Third-person view shooters (TPS)
Third-person shooters (TPS) are action video games in which the player, visible on screen, shoots its way in a 3D environment (real 3D, false 3D, isometric, etc.) through a third-person perspective. Some of the most popular third-person shooters games are the Tomb Raider series, Space Harrier, Fade to Black.
Most popular third-person shooter games
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Air Strike USA
DOS1990 Digital Integration
Released in 1990, Air Strike USA is what you'd get if Top Gun had a baby with a Saturday morning cartoon. You pilot a heavily armed jet through side-scrolling skies, shooting down everything that moves and quite a few things that ...
Amok
DOS1996 Scavenger
Ever wanted to pilot a walking death machine through a series of exploding industrial hellscapes while being shot at from every angle? Welcome to Amok. This 1996 mech-shooter is a glorious mess of 3D environments, big explosions, ...
Die Hard
DOS1989 Activision
Before “yippee-ki-yay” became gaming shorthand for chaos, Die Hard (1989) tried to capture the movie’s skyscraper shootout on DOS. You play as John McClane, trapped in Nakatomi Plaza with terrorists to outwit and...
Fade to Black
DOS1995 Delphine software
Infiltrator
DOS1987 Chris Gray Enterprises
Infiltrator 2
DOS1988 Chris Gray Enterprises
Mach 3
DOS1987 Loriciels
MDK
DOSMac OSWindows XP/98/951997protected Shiny Entertainment
Narco Police
DOS1990 Iron Byte
Narco Police is a tactical action game developed by Dinamic Software and released in 1990. It was available on various platforms, including MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, and ZX Spectrum. The game is set in a dystopian near-future world...
Outbound
Windows XP/98/952001freeware
Postal
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected Running With Scissors
Predator 2
DOS1991 Arc Developments
Sky Runner
DOS1987 Artronic Limited
Space Harrier
DOS1989 Sega
Space Harrier is a 3rd-person view rail-shooter developed by Sega in 1985. Space Harrier was a hit in the arcades, and later it was converted for a number of platforms, including DOS (4 years later!). The sequels - Space Harrier 3...
SWIV 3D
DOS1996 SCi Games
Virus
DOS1988
Zeitgeist
Windows XP/98/951996 Taito
Zeitgeist — also known as Jupiter Strike in some markets — is a PlayStation-era space shooter that boldly says: "Let’s do Star Fox, but with less personality and more techno music." You’re piloting a sleek ...
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