Grid-based first-person movement
Video game concept
First person games where the movement and other elements are locked to a grid. May or may not have a smooth transition.
540
games
64platforms
Alternate names: First-person grid
Name variations: Grid-based first-person

SAT 1994

OCS 1992

ST 1990

ST 1990

OCS 1989

MSX2 1991

WIN 2017-09-28

C64 1990

PECD 1992-01-24

8801 1990-12-21

GB 1993

8801 1987-02
The first video game about Grid-based first-person movement was released on September 1981.
ASCII, SSI and Electronic Arts has published most of these games
This is a specific variation of 3DoF (three degrees of freedom): forward/back, left/right, and yaw (in 90 degree increments). Many are also only 2DoF with the lack of side stepping.
Better name for this concept is needed, but since there's no agreement on it besides grid based movement or similar elsewhere and that doesn't distinguish from other uses of grids, we're limited to this currently.
Better name for this concept is needed, but since there's no agreement on it besides grid based movement or similar elsewhere and that doesn't distinguish from other uses of grids, we're limited to this currently.