Real-Time
Description
Real-time refers to gameplay that happens without waiting for player input, i.e. in "real time". Action games are real-time by default and therefore do not require this tag.
Real-time tag is used for RTS (real-time strategy) games, many managerial simulations which are not turn-based (e.g.
Transport Tycoon), as well as puzzle games that require quick thinking, such as
Tetris variants.
The tag is also used to describe combat in certain role-playing games (the ATB system of many
Final Fantasy games or the Infinity Engine combat in
Baldur's Gate and some other Western RPGs). This type of combat requires the player to manage the activities of the combatants in real time, and should not be confused with that of
Action RPGs, where combat is action-oriented.
Rare examples of real-time games outside of the aforementioned genres (
The Last Express) also exist.
 Game Title |
Dreamcast (2000) The king has gotten lost looking for his daughter, so a golem sets out on a journey to find him... |
Windows (2001) Golf Resort Tycoon is a real time business management sim. You design and maintain a golf resort, keeping tabs on... |
Browser (2011) Atop the screen, a giant whirling asteroid approaches the Earth, sure to fall out of the sky and kill thousands... |
Windows (2003) This colorful game combines puzzle elements with fast paced action. From labyrinth style puzzles to last man standing firefights; this... |
Windows 3.x (1992) Simulating the carnival midway "Whac-A-Mole" games, this simple program puts the player in the role of an amateur exterminator trying... |
Windows (2001) A little baby was abandoned by his parents, and one fine day a dragon found a cradle near his door.... |
Commodore 64 (1983) Gothmog's Lair is an interactive fiction adventure in a fantasy setting. There are no general location graphics; instead there are... |
Windows (2007) In G.P.S.: Geo-Political Simulator the player becomes the head of one of 229 states and needs to control its political... |
Windows (2008) In the ancient Roman Empire take control of one of the five powerful noble family and help make the Empire... |
Windows (2010) Gold edition of Grand Ages: Rome includes the main game and expansion pack: Grand Ages: Rome - Reign of Augustus.... |
Windows (1999) London 1961 is the second mission pack for Grand Theft Auto. It has been made available as a free digital... |
Windows (2003) Gravity Fight is based around controlling a ship which can rotate, thrust in the direction it is facing, fire bullets... |
Windows (2004) Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad is a World War II real-time strategy game with a focus on historical authenticity. There... |
Windows (2000) A compilation including three titles of Impressions' city building series:Caesar IIIPharaohCleopatra: Queen of the Nile |
Commodore 64 (1988) In the game you are a prisoner, who wants to escape and pass your way out undetected. First, you should... |
Windows (2006) Great Invasions is a real-time strategy game, taking place in Europe, back in the "dark ages". It makes you a... |
Macintosh (2010) and Windows (2010) Great Migrations is based on the National Geographic documentary series with the same name. It's an educational game where the... |
DOS (1993) The CD-ROM release of Great Naval Battles includes the main game and its three add-ons:
Super Ships of the Atlantic... |
DOS (1993) This add-on to Great Naval Battles adds a scenario editor to the game. If the two earlier add-ons (Super Ships... |
DOS (1992) Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-1943 is the first of four Naval Combat Simulators by Strategic Simulations Inc. in the... |
DOS (1993) This is an add-on for Great Naval Battles. It presents the what-if scenario of ships of the American Navy's Pacific... |
DOS (1994) Great Naval Battles Guadalcanal 1942-1943 is the second installment of Strategic Simulations Advanced Simulator Series. The game sends you to... |
DOS (1995) Great Naval Battles: Fury in the Pacific is the third installment of Strategic Simulations Advanced Simulator Series. Fury in the... |
DOS (1995) A naval surface warfare wargame set in the European Theather of WW2. You can play in a series of independent... |
Windows (2007) Taking place 2500 years ago, Fate of Hellas recreates the war between the Greeks and their mortal enemies. The single... |
