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The House of the Dead III

First release
Jun 01, 2002
Publisher
Sega
Genres
Shooter · Action, Fantasy, Science fiction, Horror, Historical

The House of the Dead III is a 2002 light gun arcade game with a horror zombie-survival theme, and the third installment to the House of the Dead series of video games, developed by Wow Entertainment and Sega. It was later ported to the Xbox in 2003, Microsoft Windows in 2005, the Wii in 2008 in a compilation with The House of the Dead 2, and PlayStation 3 in 2012 with PlayStation Move support. The game continues the story of the previous games and introduces new gameplay concepts such as story branching. The game's protagonist is Lisa Rogan, daughter of Thomas Rogan, the first game's main character, and players control Lisa, G, or Daniel Curien.

Also known as Za Hausu obu za Deddo III, House of the Dead 3, House of the Dead III, The House of the Dead 3
… See more, ザ・ハウス・オブ・ザ・デッド III

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Storyline
The zombie infestation has spread all over the world, reducing the world into desolation with the civilization collapsing. In 2019 (16 years after the events of The House of the Dead 4), a paramilitary force led by retired AMS agent Thomas Rogan infiltrates the EFI Research Facility, a research center formerly owned by Dr. Roy Curien located in an unnamed place in Europe or North America, to investigate what led to the world's collapse. During the mission, his entire team is killed, until he and his second-in-command, Captain Dan Taylor are left. When they manage to find their answer in a giant laboratory, Death, a gigantic mutant who serves as the facility's security guard, kills Taylor and injures Rogan. While fighting to stay alive, Rogan is approached by an unidentified figure in a semi-corporate attire who offers help. Contact with him is lost. Two weeks later, on October 31, Rogan's daughter, Lisa, accompanied by his former partner, semi-retired agent "G", arrives at the facility to rescue him. While navigating through the facility, they fend off against hordes of undead creatures, before they encounter Death, whom they fight twice. Later, they fight a deformed sloth, The Fool, and a mutated tendrilous plant named The Sun. Along the way, Lisa muses to "G" how she has to live in the shadows of her well-known father and that she is often the subject of his comparison.Read more

The zombie infestation has spread all over the world, reducing the world into desolation with the civilization collapsing. In 2019 (16 years after the events of The House of the Dead 4), a paramilitary force led by retired AMS agent Thomas Rogan infiltrates the EFI Research Facility, a research center formerly owned by Dr. Roy Curien located in an unnamed place in Europe or North America, to investigate what led to the world's collapse. During the mission, his entire team is killed, until he and his second-in-command, Captain Dan Taylor are left. When they manage to find their answer in a giant laboratory, Death, a gigantic mutant who serves as the facility's security guard, kills Taylor and injures Rogan. While fighting to stay alive, Rogan is approached by an unidentified figure in a semi-corporate attire who offers help. Contact with him is lost. Two weeks later, on October 31, Rogan's daughter, Lisa, accompanied by his former partner, semi-retired agent "G", arrives at the facility to rescue him. While navigating through the facility, they fend off against hordes of undead creatures, before they encounter Death, whom they fight twice. Later, they fight a deformed sloth, The Fool, and a mutated tendrilous plant named The Sun. Along the way, Lisa muses to "G" how she has to live in the shadows of her well-known father and that she is often the subject of his comparison.

Release dates
Arcade
Jun 01, 2002
Xbox
Oct 24, 2002
Xbox
Jan 30, 2003
All 11 release dates
Xbox
Mar 14, 2003
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Feb 11, 2005
Wii
Mar 11, 2008
Wii
Mar 19, 2008
Wii
Mar 28, 2008
PlayStation 3
Feb 07, 2012
PlayStation 3
Feb 15, 2012
PlayStation 3
Apr 19, 2012
Age ratings
PEGI 16ESRB M
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
modern warfare, rail shooter, post-apocalyptic, bloody, death
… All 30, multiple endings, undead, on-rails, mad scientist, high score, playstation network, boss fight, playstation trophies, modern military, voice acting, game title announcer, polygonal 3d, playstation move support, unlockables, non-player character, extreme violence, vision obstruction, peripherals, playstation now, predecessor included, auto-scrolling levels, quick time event, strategic dismemberment, novint falcon support, xbox 360 backwards compatibility

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 9 Nov 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 9 Nov 2026