Third-person view 2010 for Linux — top best games in the Third-person view genre

Mount & Blade: Warband - a game in the Third-person view genre

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

Game released: Linux → 31 March 2010

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Mount & Blade: Warband is an action role-playing game with strategy elements and a third-person view in a medieval setting. You will be able to become the ruler of...

Ecco the Dolphin

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 53/100

This action-adventure with puzzles follows Ecco, a dolphin searching for his family after a strange whirlpool sweeps them from their home bay. He explores a vast...

Trine

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 2 November 2010

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This fantasy action-platformer with physics-based puzzles follows a wizard, a knight and a thief whose fates become bound by a mysterious artifact called the Trine...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 - Chaos Rising

Role-playing game, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Online

Game released: Linux → 12 March 2010

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

An expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2, this real-time strategy game continues the Blood Ravens’ fight against Chaos in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. A...

Altered Beast (1989)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action platformer is set in a mythological world and follows a quest to rescue Athena, the daughter of Zeus, who has been captured by Neff, God of the...

Alien Storm

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 26 October 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 87/100

An arcade action shooter about an invasion by alien predators that wreak havoc across the planet. The player controls the Alien Busters, a team fighting back...

Crack Down

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010

Steam: 100/100

Crack Down — top-down arcade action game. Using a top-down perspective, the player controls either Ben or Andy, a pair of agents tasked with stopping the mad...

Flotilla

Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 29 March 2010

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based space strategy game with tactical combat in three-dimensional space, Flotilla puts the player in command of a fleet traveling through the galaxy. The...

Sonic 3D Blast

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Platformer

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 88/100

An isometric platformer in which Sonic sets out to rescue the Flickies and stop Dr. Eggman from finding the Chaos Emeralds. Eggman turns the unusual birds into...

Ristar

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2010

Steam: 100/100

A platformer about Ristar, a star who comes from the depths of space to oppose the tyrant Greedy. He has plunged the galaxy of Valdi into misery and darkness, and...

Heroes of Newerth

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, MOBA

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2010

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Heroes of Newerth is a session-based multiplayer action RPG in the MOBA genre, with real-time strategy elements. It has a medieval fantasy setting and a...

Air Forte

Action, Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Top-down view, Logic, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 18 July 2010

Steam: 50/100

This casual educational game combines math, vocabulary, and geography challenges with piloting an aircraft through aerial arenas. It can be played solo or with up...

Ecco Jr.

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2010

Steam: 85/100

This puzzle adventure follows the dolphin Ecco and his friends as they swim through the ocean in search of the giant whale Big Blue. To reach him in the Endless...

Depths of Peril

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Linux → 24 November 2010

Steam: 88/100

This single-player action RPG with strategy elements is set in a fantasy world where leaders of barbarian factions vie for control of the city of Jorvik. The player...

Empire: Total War - Elite Units of the East

Strategy, DLC, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 8 February 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

An expansion for Total War: Empire, adding 12 elite units to the Maratha and Ottoman factions. The units can be unlocked in the campaign by meeting specific...

Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 85/100

An action game about ninja Joe Musashi, who returns to Japan to fight the Neo Zeed organization. After the battle in Neo City, his sworn enemy is secretly...

House in California

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 31 October 2010

House in California is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from the masters at Cardboard Computer. The main publisher of the game is Cardboard...

Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Pinball

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2010

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 90/100

A platformer with pinball elements follows Sonic as he attempts to breach the Pinball Defense System and stop Dr. Eggman. Using his invention, the Veg-o-Fortress...

Worms: Reloaded Game of the Year Edition

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 25 November 2010

Worms: Reloaded Game of the Year Edition is a third-person arcade turn-based strategy game with platformer elements. Experience the visuals of a new high-definition...

Machinarium (Collector's Edition)

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Point & Click, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 5 March 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

This adventure puzzle game follows Josef, a robot thrown onto a scrap heap outside the city of Machinarium. He must return to the robot city, confront the Black Cap...

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2010

Steam: 50/100

This platform action game follows Alex Kidd as he searches for his missing father, King Thor, on the planet Paperock. His family suspects that Thor was kidnapped by...

Galaxy Force 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2010

Steam: 83/100

This arcade space shooter centers on the battle for Junos, a peaceful system of five planets at the edge of the Milky Way. Halcyon, ruler of the Fourth Empire, has...

Super Thunder Blade

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Helicopters, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2010

Steam: 66/100

This arcade shooter follows the Super Thunder Blade helicopter as it sets out to stop a renegade army threatening the free world. The helicopter heads for the...

Sleep Is Death (Geisterfahrer)

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based

Game released: Linux → 16 April 2010

Sleep Is Death (Geisterfahrer) is a third-person role-playing...

Space Harrier 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Linux → 1 June 2010

Steam: 100/100

The fantasy world of Fantasyland has been overrun by destructive forces, and Space Harrier rushes to its aid. Armed with a laser, he battles hordes of enemies and...

Life Flashes By

Adventure, Third-person view, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 23 November 2010

Life Flashes By is a third-person adventure with a visual novel twist from Deirdra Kiai...

Bonanza Bros.

Action, Third-person view, Stealth

Game released: Linux → 13 September 2010

Steam: 100/100

A third-person stealth action game about investigator brothers Mike and Spike, hired by a businessman to test the security at his properties. Money, documents, and...

Cubosphere

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 18 January 2010

Cubosphere is a third-person action game with a mixture of strategy, puzzle and...

Frasse and the Peas of Kejick (Special Edition)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2010

Frasse and the Peas of Kejick (Special Edition) is a third-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from Trumgottist Entertainment. The game is published by...

Frogatto & Friends

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Side view, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 16 July 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Frogatto & Friends is a third-person action game with platformer and sandbox...

Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 3 December 2010

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This 3D puzzle game challenges players to guide cubes to exits of matching colors. In Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH, routes are shaped with conveyor belts, warps...

Saga of Ryzom

Role-playing game, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, MMO, Free game, Indie

Game released: Linux → 30 November 2010

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This science-fantasy MMORPG unfolds on Atys, a living planet where four homin races struggle to survive. The world grows and changes on its own, while players...

Earl Bobby is looking for a Loo

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2010

Earl Bobby is looking for a Loo is a third-person adventure with puzzle...

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Best Games in the Third-person view genre of 2010 for Linux (Game released)