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 |
Windows (2006) Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends maintains the hallmarks of the first RTS in the franchise (attrition, non-depletable resources, national... |
Windows (2004) Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots is the expansion pack to Rise of Nations. In this version, the game introduces... |
Windows (2007) Rising Eagle is a multiplayer tactical shooter which takes place in the year 2040's conflicts around the world, with the... |
Windows (2005) Something is amiss in the land of Equiada. The Shimmering Order is on the rise again, plotting to overthrow the... |
Windows (1997) Rising Lands takes place in a not too distant future, where earth has been devastated by a comet. The survivors... |
Windows (1998) Enter a world where RTS requires thinking about strategies. The game takes RTS games to a new level by adding... |
SNES (1992) Everybody has remembered waking up early on the weekend to watch Saturday morning cartoons. But would would happen if the... |
Windows (2001) This adventure games takes place in India. You are an American student named Fred Reynolds. You have only three days... |
Windows (2002), Linux (2004), Amiga (2006) and Macintosh (2004) Lead the men in green pants through the Sherwood Forrest and fight the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. Robin Hood is... |
Windows (1998) One of the first 3D real time strategy games, offering a quite new concept. Instead of gaining resources and building... |
Amiga (1990) Robot Commander is a real-time strategy game without a background scenario which goes beyond "science-fiction with robots". It is designed... |
Windows (2003) robotfindskitten3d is a 3D OpenGL variation of robotfindskitten.As in the original, you, robot, have to find kitten. This mission is... |
Game Boy Advance (2005) and Nintendo DS (2005) Based on the Blue Sky film (distributed by Fox) of the same name,
Robots takes players on an adventure to... |
Nintendo 64 (1999) Whoopy World was finished. The high-tech theme-park would be opening tomorrow. How much Rocket, the maintenance robot, wanted to go... |
Linux (1998), Windows (1998), Macintosh (2002), Amiga (2005) and DOS (1998) Rocks 'n' Diamonds is a puzzle game, based on the concept of Boulder Dash. The player's goal on each level... |
Apple II (1982), DOS (1985) and Commodore 64 (1984) Rocky's Boots is a simple educational puzzle game where you can learn about logic circuits.You control a nondescript square, moving... |
PlayStation 2 (2005) Jaster Rogue, a young man from the planet Rosa, has always dreamed of exploring the stars. His home planet is... |
PlayStation 2 (2007) Rogue Galaxy is the North American and European localized version of Rogue Galaxy (2005), only released in Japan at the... |
Windows (1999) and Xbox (2003) You're the manager of an amusement park. You've got to work with a budget to keep your customers coming back.... |
Windows (2002) Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 is the sequel to Rollercoaster Tycoon. The player once again takes the role of a theme park... |
Windows (2004) and Macintosh (2005) A sequel to the original two classics from Atari, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 puts you in the role of an amusement... |
Windows (2005) This compilation pack includes the original RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 game, as well as the RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! expansion pack,... |
Windows (2006) and Macintosh (2010) RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum! is a special pack which contains RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, and its expansions Soaked! and Wild! |
Windows (2005) and Macintosh (2007) RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! is the first expansion pack for the third in the series of the RollerCoaster Tycoon games.... |
Windows (2005) RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild! is the second expansion for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. It brings 8 new (and very experimental) coaster... |
