The Ultimate Character Controller is a professional, kinematic character controller designed with performance, modularity, and polish at its core. Trusted by tens of thousands of developers and backed by over a decade of iteration, it's your complete solution for fluid and customizable character control in first and third person games.

Whether you're building a shooter, melee brawler, magic combat system, or open-world adventure, the Ultimate Character Controller gives you the foundation to bring your characters to life - fast.

📦This package includes UFPS and the Third Person Controller.

🎮 Demo | 📚 Documentation | 🎥 Videos | 💬 Discussions | 🌐 Discord

✨Highlights

Seamlessly switch between first and third person perspectives
Use modular items for guns, swords, magic, throwables, flashlights, etc.
Includes full body awareness, advanced IK, and procedural spring animation
Use the Character & Item Builder to get started in seconds
Designed for Unity 2022.3 - Unity 6, with URP, HDRP, and built-in RP support

🧠Why the Ultimate Character Controller?

Perspective Switching: Swap between first and third person at runtime
Modular Item System: Customize behavior for any weapon or tool
Procedural Spring System: Achieve fluid, dynamic first-person motion
Ability System: Add modular character actions with ease
Dynamic Gravity: Support gravity in any direction
Per-Character Time Scaling: Set time scale per character
Character Switching: Change models dynamically at runtime

🧑‍🚀For All Skill Levels

New to Unity or Character Controllers?

Jump in fast using the Character & Item Builder, along with detailed video walkthroughs and 300+ pages of documentation.

Experienced Developer?

You’ll love the clean codebase, modular structure, and extensibility - ideal for deep customization and system-level integration.

🧠Character Features

Kinematic Controller
First & Third Person Support
Dynamic Gravity
Character Model Switching
Moving Platform Support
Full Body Awareness
Procedural Animation
Inverse Kinematics (IK)
Ragdoll Support
Split-Screen Support
Real-Time Character Switching

🛠️Item Overview

Fully Modular Design
Shooter, Melee, Magic, Throwable, Flashlight
Parry, Block, Recoil, Jump Attacks, Special Attacks
Visible Trajectories
Pickups & Object Pooling
Build Items in Seconds

🏃‍♂️Abilities

Align to Ground
Align to Gravity Zone
Damage Visualization
Die
Drive
Fall
Follow 2.5D Path
Generic
Height Change
Idle
Interact
Item Equip Verifier
Item Pullback
Jump
Lean
Look At
Move Towards
NavMesh Movement
Pickup Item
Quick Start
Quick Stop
Quick Turn
Ragdoll
Restrict Position
Restrict Rotation
Revive
Ride
Rideable
Rotate Towards
Slide
Speed Change
Stop Movement Animation
Target Orbit

🧭Movement Types

First Person Combat / Free Look
Third Person Adventure / Combat / RPG
2.5D / Top-Down / Point & Click

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Interactor
Master Audio
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UMA
Ultimate Inventory System
Universal Render Pipeline (URP)

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Since 2012, Opsive’s character controllers have powered thousands of games across every genre. With continuous updates, premium support, and a passionate developer community, you're building on a system that’s proven, polished, and production-ready.