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 |
DOS (1990), Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1989) Midwinter is set in a post-apocalyptic world, as the Earth entered a nuclear winter caused by the fall of a... |
Browser (2010), iPad (2011) and iPhone (2011) Might & Magic: Heroes Kingdoms Asia is a free to play web based massive multiplayer online real-time strategy game placed... |
iPhone (2010) Mikado Defenders is a tower defence game based in feudal Japan. The object of the game is to defend the... |
PlayStation (1999) Milano is a girl who's just moved away from home. With a new home and no money or furniture she... |
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DOS (1996) The game is a Bomberman clone with different goals in Single-player and Multi-player modes.It begins in the Weapon Shop, where... |
Atari ST (1987) Minos is a first person labyrinth game with 40 levels. The aim of each level is to first find a... |
Windows (2005) Mission Barbarossa is an add-on for the real time strategy game Blitzkrieg. It offers a new campaign with nine missions... |
DOS (1995) and Windows Mission Critical is a first-person graphic adventure. It is 2134, and the human race has been at war for 50... |
Windows (2000) Mission: Humanity is a real-time strategy game similar in play to Command & Conquer. The plot involves the aftermath of... |
DOS (1991) Mission: Impossible is an adventure game that puts you in command of a 4-man spy team. You can control separate... |
Windows (2005) Mission Kursk: The Unofficial Addon to Blitzkrieg is an add-on for the real time strategy game Blitzkrieg. The game features... |
ZX Spectrum (1986) and Commodore 64 (1986) Omega is the codename for a mysterious alien craft which has appeared in space, armed with potentially destructive missiles. Your... |
PlayStation (1995) Missland is a simple "spot the differences" game. The player is given two slightly different 3D objects, or placed inside... |
PlayStation (1998) Missland 2 is a simple "spot the differences" game. Just like the first title, the player is given a view... |
Windows (2003) Mistmare is a role-playing game set in an alternate reality of the year 1996, where the industrial revolution never took... |
Windows (2002) Mobile Forces is a modern era deathmatch and mission based multiplayer first person shooter with vehicles. The usual array of... |
Windows (1999) and Linux (2001) Visually very similar to the Sim City series, Mobility also allows the player to control and dictate the growth of... |
Windows (1999) A city building game similar in nature to SimCity but with elements of a real time strategy thrown in to... |
Windows (2001) Mob Rule repackaged as budget title, and includes the official strategy guide from BradyGames. Otherwise there is no change in... |
DOS (1988) and Commodore 64 (1988) One or two player real-time strategy game where you control armies of Infanty, Cavalry, Artillery, and Spies searching for your... |
PlayStation 2 (2003) and Xbox (2003) In this 3D puzzle game, roll through all the blocks, using color switches to get different colored blocks. If there... |
DOS (1997) Want a unique game of mayhem? You play this game as a mole who's only goal is to kill every... |
DOS (1988) Money Bags is a game of international finance. You're given $1 million and a year of game time to try... |
Windows (2003) Monkeys Odyssey is an arcade game which features space ships, monkeys and bananas!
It has pretty straightforward gameplay: the goal... |
