Third-person view 2008 for PC — top best games in the Third-person view genre

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - a game in the Third-person view genre

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PC → 15 August 2009

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a continuation of the popular series of games with endless possibilities of interaction in a large open world. Five years ago, Carl...

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PC → 9 October 2009

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a legendary spin-off of Grand Theft Auto 3, which developed the ideas and mechanics laid out in it, connected by common characters...

World of Warcraft

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 6 August 2008

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 93/100

World of Warcraft is a legendary multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view in the fantasy universe of Warcraft. Determined to settle the arid...

Need for Speed Underground

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 31 January 2006

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Need for Speed Underground is an arcade racing game with first and third person views. In this part of the famous series, you will participate in night races...

Need for Speed Underground 2

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 26 June 2008

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Arcade race and continuation of one of the most successful parts of the series. This time there will be even more races, more tuning, more cars and races. And most...

Need for Speed: Undercover

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Online

Game released: PC → 17 November 2008

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Need for Speed: Undercover is a continuation of the popular arcade racing series with a third-person view. The plot of the game will allow you to work undercover...

Grand Theft Auto 4

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Shooter, Open world, Online

Game released: PC → 2 December 2008

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto 4 is a continuation of the cult series of games about the great car thief with a third-person view in the open world. In this part you will try on...

Fallout 3

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world

Game released: PC → 19 November 2008

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Fallout 3 is an action role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy universe. The events of the games take place in 2277. 200 years have passed since the...

Lineage 2

Role-playing game, MMO, Fantasy, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 28 April 2004

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 62/100

The game takes place in a fantasy world known as Aden. Players can choose from several races, including humans, elves, dark elves, orcs, dwarves, and more. Each...

Gears of War

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 12 December 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Gears of War is an action game with a third-person view in a fantastic post-apocalyptic setting. The game's plot revolves around Delta Force soldiers defending...

Grand Theft Auto 3

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 March 2010

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the open world. Working for the mafia sooner or later ends in trouble...

Need for Speed Carbon

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 22 December 2006

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Need for Speed Carbon — arcade racing with a first or third person view. In this game you will find a large open world in which you will find not only a...

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: PC → 1 October 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view. The story of the game takes place several years after the...

Gothic 3

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This open-world fantasy role-playing game follows the Nameless Hero as he reaches the mainland of Myrtana, where orcs have conquered much of the human kingdom and...

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 15 March 2010

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is a third-person action game with shooter elements. This game immerses players in an emotionally intense crime drama with unflinching...

Tomb Raider: Underworld

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PC → 28 November 2008

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Tomb Raider: Underworld is a third-person adventure action game in which Lara Croft explores ancient and uncharted locations concealing mysteries of the underworld...

Sid Meier's Pirates!

Action, Strategy, Fighting, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game, Open world, Role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 10 October 2008

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 94/100

An adventurous pirate game that combines elements of strategy, role-playing, and sea travel simulation. In the age of great discoveries, the player becomes the...

Hitman: Blood Money

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 28 August 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A stealth action game about contract killer Agent 47, who travels to America after an unknown organization begins eliminating members of his agency, the ICA. When...

Assassin's Creed

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Beat them all, Adventure

Game released: PC → 11 April 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Assassin's Creed is a pseudo-historical stealth action game with a third-person view in a medieval setting. The game takes place in parallel in 2012 and 1191...

Still Life

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: PC → 3 September 2008

Players: 9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Still Life is a detective adventure with quest elements and mini-games about an FBI employee who is investigating a series of bloody murders from the authors of...

Titan Quest

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Online

Game released: PC → 24 January 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Titan Quest is an isometric action role-playing game steeped in the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. A well-developed character customization system, 28 classes...

Mass Effect

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 19 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect is a sci-fi action RPG with a third-person perspective. The events of the game will take you to XXII, when humanity mastered the technology of...

Race Driver: GRID

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 9 April 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Race Driver: GRID is a racing simulator with a third and first person view from the creators of the DIRT series. In addition to the available circuit tracks around...

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (2008)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is an action game with a third-person view. Spider-Man is looking for Mary Jane in New York, which is infested with people infected with...

Euro Truck Simulator

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Online

Game released: PC → 10 September 2008

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 81/100

Euro Truck Simulator is a realistic truck driver simulator that will allow you to feel the atmosphere of traveling on the road in a big truck, when there is not a...

Perfect World

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game

Game released: PC → 12 July 2005

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 86/100

A free multiplayer role-playing game, sometimes referred to as the "Chinese version of World of Warcraft." It offers a large open world, many unique races, as well...

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: PC → 4 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Bully: Scholarship Edition is an improved edition of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the open world. The game is an original simulator of a...

Dead Space (2008)

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PC → 13 October 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Third-person shooter Dead Space (2008) is the foundation of a series of sci-fi horror survival games about the struggles of engineer Isaac Clarke in the depths of...

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC → 4 January 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a continuation of the exciting action game with a third-person view, which continues the tragic story of police officer Max...

Devil May Cry 4

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Slasher

Game released: PC → 23 June 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This third-person fantasy hack-and-slash takes place in the fortified city of Fortuna, where the religious Order of the Sword fights demons. Young knight Nero is...

Syberia 2

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 29 August 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Syberia 2 is a continuation of the exciting point and click adventure with a third-person view. The game will continue the story of Kate Walker, who went on a...

R2 Online

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Free game

Game released: PC → 21 May 2008

Players: 7.1/10

R2 Online is a PvP-oriented multiplayer fantasy role-playing game in which you will find a diverse and beautiful world with hordes of monsters, quests, levels and...

Spore

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, God Simulator, Open world

Game released: PC → 19 December 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This evolution and civilization simulation follows a species from a single cell to spacefaring exploration. Progression spans five stages—Cell, Creature, Tribe...

Fahrenheit

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie

Game released: PC → 12 March 2008

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Fahrenheit is an interactive thriller set in New York City in January 2009, where ordinary people begin killing strangers in public according to the same ritual...

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Online

Game released: PC → 26 August 2008

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade racing game centres on collisions, deformable cars and physics designed to approximate real-world behaviour. Career progression moves through three...

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PC → 6 November 2008

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This tactical World War II shooter is set during Operation Market Garden, the war’s largest airborne operation. Players lead Matt Baker, Joe Hartsock, and the...

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: PC → 26 March 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Among the scorched sands of Persia, an ancient legend...

Manhunt

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 2 October 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This stealth action game with horror elements takes place in Carcer City, where James Earl Cash becomes the target of a brutal blood sport. After his life is...

Alone in the Dark (2008)

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Stealth

Game released: PC → 20 June 2008

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 43/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Alone in the Dark (2008) is a reboot of the legendary horror series, which will continue the story of paranormal investigator Edward...

Prince of Persia (2008)

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: PC → 17 December 2008

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set in a fantasy version of ancient Persia, this action-adventure follows a wandering warrior who joins forces with Elika to confront Ahriman’s lieutenants and...

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Best Games in the Third-person view genre of 2008 for PC