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 (2007), Xbox 360 (2007) and Macintosh (2008) It's the year 1941 and you are Lt. Henry Walker a young Navy Officer stationed at Pearl Harbor. You are... |
DOS (1990) BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is the sequel to BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception. It is the year 3029 during... |
Windows (1998) The history you knew is a lie. There was no Space Race. The real story is simple... In 1950's, American... |
Windows (1999) Special compilation of Battlezone to commemorate the launch of Battlezone II: Combat Commander. Includes original Battlezone, two expansion packs -... |
Windows (1999) The sequel to the real-time strategy/first-person action game of 1998. New enhanced graphics, immersive gameplay with all the strategy/tactical elements... |
Windows (2008) Beach Party Craze is a time management simulation about running the busy beach at a coastline resort. Maria plans to... |
Macintosh (2009) and Windows (2009) A newly crowned prince wants to expand and become king. To do this, he must defend his vassals, expand their... |
Macintosh (2010) and Windows (2010) The kingdom your father had built crumbled when the evil Lord Zimund killed him and usurped the throne. 18 years... |
iPad (2011) and iPhone (2011) Bearadise is a falling pieces puzzle game with similarities to Magical Drop and Puyo Puyo games. The player takes control... |
Windows (1997) Beasts and Bumpkins is a real time strategy game, with gameplay which can be compared to Warcraft. It tells the... |
Windows (1999) Take control of your own neighborhood in this RTS game set in the hood. Your linear path sends you down... |
iPhone (2009) Beat! is a score based memory/rhythm game in which players tap a collection of up to six colored cubes, each... |
Windows (2004) Besieger is a Real Time Strategy game with a fantasy setting featuring vikings.When Korin, rightful king of the Cimmerians sets... |
Windows (2004) This compilation contains three real time strategy games:
Homeworld 2
Empire Earth
Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring... |
Windows (2008) In this Betty Boop-themed puzzle game, colored pieces fall from the top of the screen, and pile up at the... |
Game Boy Advance (2003) In a twist for the series, Beyblade VForce: Ultimate Blader Jam is not based on spinning top battles. Instead, the... |
Windows (2008) Thousands of years after the loss of their home, and following many great wars, the descendants of earth cling to... |
Windows (2003) and Macintosh (2004) Beyond the Law: The Third Wave is a squad-based, strategy shooter in which the player commands a covert team of... |
PC-98 (1994) Bible Master 2: The Chaos of Aglia is a hybrid of a real-time strategy and a role-playing game. The game... |
Windows (2003) Coming on 6CD's, this is a collection of Impressions Games "City Building Series" containing: Caesar III, Pharaoh, Queen of the... |
Windows 3.x (1994) The Big One is a simulation of the effects of an earthquake in Los Angeles. Player's task in the game... |
Windows (1999) Biko can be described as a "stalking simulation". You play as Akira, a guy who stalks pretty girls. When you... |
DOS (1990), Commodore 64 (1991) and Amiga (1991) Based on the movie.
You control Bill & Ted- Rufus, a time travelling "dude" from the future, gives you use... |
BREW (2007), J2ME (2007) and Symbian (2007) The Birds: Evil has Wings is based on Alfred Hitchcock's famous thriller The Birds. A city is attacked by flocks... |
Windows (2006) Birds On A Wire is a color matching game with small cartoon birds. The player controls a stationary cannon at... |
