Korean slang profile
TPS
TPS
A genre abbreviation for shooting games with a third-person view showing the character from outside.
A genre abbreviation for shooting games with a third-person view showing the character from outside.
- Expanded form
- Third Person ShooterThird Person Shooter
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Jul 22, 2021
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
화면에 내 캐릭터가 보이는 TPS 조작에 익숙해졌어.
I got used to TPS controls with my character visible on screen.
02Documented history
- July 2021ZDNet Korea introduced a game, giving a third-person shooting explanation alongside TPS’s expanded English form.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for ‘Third Person Shooter’ (Third Person Shooter). A 2021 source from ZDNet Korea gives this explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
One source explicitly gives this explanation. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 엠게임, 신작 3인칭 슈팅 '배틀스티드' 8월 스팀 출시 (ZDNet Korea)Published Jul 22, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026