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 (2012) and Xbox 360 (2012) Vigilante is the sixth download content (DLC) for Tropico 4. It contains a new building, Labor Camp, which works as... |
Windows (2004) Tropico: Master Players Edition is a package that includes:
The original Tropico.
The Paradise Island expansion.
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove.... |
Windows (2002) and Macintosh (2003) Tropico: Mucho Macho Edition is a package that includes:
the original Tropico.
The Paradise Island expansion.
12 all-new scenarios.
The... |
Windows (2002) Tropico: Paradise Island is the add-on for the successful strategy game Tropico. The add-on includes many new features that will... |
Windows (2009) Tropico Reloaded is a compilation that contains the Tropico titles:
Tropico
Tropico: Paradise Island
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove |
Windows (2012) The Trouble With Robots is a side-scrolling customisable card game. Unusually for the genre the game is not turn-based, but... |
Windows (2007) The Truth About Game Development is a sarcastic glimpse at modern game development: you play a game producer, and your... |
Windows (2010) Tubular! is a freeware student project developed at the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences by a team of eight... |
Windows (2007) An enhanced version of the original Tumble Bees, the Deluxe version has additional game modes, no ads, and can be... |
DOS (1990), Commodore 64 (1990), Amiga (1990) and Atari ST (1990) In this Mahjongg variant the player has to remove the tiles with the same marks from the board until all... |
DOS (1991) Turn It II is a sequel to Turn It. In this Shanghai variant the player has to remove the tiles... |
Windows (2004) Run your own TV station! Your Granduncle has died, leaving you with a nearly-bankrupt TV station. Turn this station around,... |
Windows (2007) and Macintosh (2007) This managerial strategy game requires you to manage a successful TV Network. Time elapses as you make your decisions, which... |
DOS (1996) In Twigger you play a mole-like creature. You move around in a cart, with which you can lay eggs and... |
Palm OS (2002) Two-Inch Town is a simulation which shares gameplay basics with titles like Little Computer People, and to a simplified degree... |
Windows (2004) Two Thrones is a grand strategy game similar to Europa Universalis: Crown of the North. The game takes us to... |
Xbox 360 (2007) The Collector's Edition of Two Worlds includes:
The Two Worlds game disc
Tabletop RPG book
Bonus disc including original soundtrack,... |
Windows (2008) Two Worlds (Game of the Year Edition) is an improved re-release of Two Worlds. It includes the add-on Tainted Blood... |
Macintosh (2011) and Windows (2011) Two Worlds II: Castle Defense is a tower defense game in which the player takes the role of emperor Gandohar... |
Windows (2007) and Xbox 360 (2007) This Royal Edition includes:
Two Worlds
Two Worlds T-shirt
55-sheets playing cards
Two-sided poster with the world map of Antaloor... |
Windows (2000) Real-time strategy game, similar to Warcraft II or Age of Kings in gameplay, but with text-only mission briefings. Features a... |
Windows (1998) and PlayStation (2000) The game is based on the novel UBIK by Philip K. Dick. The player controls the main character from the... |
PC-98 (1994) Based on the anime series Tekkaman Blade. In the year 2087, the Earth is attacked by an alien race known... |
NES (1987) It is the year 1999. Invading aliens are slowly forcing our orbiting moon towards Earth. In one hundred hours all... |
TurboGrafx CD (1992) Uchū Senkan Yamato is based on the anime series Space Battleship Yamato, also known as Star Blazers. The events of... |