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 |
Amiga (1991), Atari ST (1991) and DOS (1991) The game is an enhanced remake of the original Paraplane for Amstrad CPC.Different stages of player's skills allow you to... |
NES (1990) Having been sucked into and stranded in an alternate universe, you and your girlfriend must work your way around the... |
PlayStation (1998), PSP (2011) and PlayStation 3 (2011) An ordinary day in New York for rookie police officer Aya Brea. Christmas Eve is the present day, and you've... |
Windows (2006) A theory says that there are infinite parallel realities. In one reality for instance, the dinosaurs never died. At the... |
Windows (2007) The Gold Edition includes ParaWorld and expands it by adding two new units, two new heroes, a new upgrade, a... |
Windows (2001) Enter the six planets of the Labyrinth, alien planets rich in life. Just you, the sky, the native wildlife, the... |
Windows (2009) Partisan is an action RPG set during World War II. The player takes the role of a commandant of the... |
PlayStation (1997) Pastel Muse is a puzzle game where you shoot colored balls down a slope to match them up with the... |
PSP (2009) This is a direct sequel to the game Patapon. The tiny eyeball warriors return in their quest to find "IT"... |
PSP (2011) Patapon 3 is the direct sequel to Patapon and Patapon 2.
It follows the gameplay of its predecessor: guiding the... |
Windows (2005) A Russian town, isolated for years from the surrounding influences of technology, finds itself subject to a terrible plague. The... |
Linux (2003), Macintosh (2003) and Windows (2003) Pathological is a freeware clone of Rainbow Arts' puzzle game Logical.Each level consists of wheels that can be spun by... |
PC-98 (1994) Patlabor: Operation Tokyo Bay is a real-time city-building simulation somewhat similar to SimCity series. The setting is taken from the... |
Windows (2003) Join the Hanseatic League - a group of daring traders banded together to trade with foreign lands and become a... |
Windows (2010) Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade is a managerial simulation set in the Hanse region. During the late middle ages the... |
Windows (2011) This compilation of Patrician IV contains the main game Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade itself as well as the add-on... |
Windows (2011) Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty is an add-on for Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade. The two main additions are... |
DOS (1993) The game is set in time of famous Desert Storm operation, where you can control Iraqi or Coallition forces to... |
Windows (2001) Patrizier II: Aufschwung der Hanse is an expansion to the original Patrician II: Quest for Power game. The content is... |
Windows (2010) The Limited Edition includes:
Patrician IV
Patrizier II (Gold Edition)
Two exclusive ingame-items (a ship and a building)
Two-sided poster... |
DOS (1991) and Macintosh (1991) In the wargame you can play as Americans or Germans on famous World War 2 battlefield - the Battle of... |
Commodore 64 (1985) and ZX Spectrum (1985) Based on a flop 1984 movie of the same name, you play as music star Paul McCartney whose master tape... |
Nintendo DS (2008) An expanded remake of the first game, Healing Hands once again puts the player into the shoes of a new... |
Windows (2003) Pax Romana is a real-time strategy game in the tradition of Europa Universalis. The setting: the ancient Mediterranean world. The... |
Windows (2005) Pax Solaris is a strategy game set in space. On a overhead stellar map the player sees a lot of... |
