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 (2009) and Macintosh (2010) Westward IV: All Aboard is another entry in Sandlot's series of city simulations with a western setting. The game uses... |
Windows (1999), Dreamcast (2000) and Nintendo 64 (1998) In Wetrix the player must build barriers on the arena to stop the water from leaking out. As time progresses,... |
Windows (2006) Inspired by the dual screen of the Nintendo DS, What Linus Bruckman Sees When His Eyes Are Closed is an... |
Android (2011), iPad (2011), iPhone (2011) and Windows Phone (2012) Where's My Water? is a real-time puzzle game based on the physics of water. The player needs to guide water... |
PlayStation 3 (2008) Leonard, Yuile and their new friend are delivering wine to a banquet in honour of Princess Cisna of Balandor. When... |
PlayStation 3 (2009) EX Edition is a Japan-only re-release of the original White Knight Chronicles. Next to the base game it includes an... |
PlayStation 3 (2011) In the original White Knight Chronicles adventure, you helped rescue a princess and saw a kingdom rejoice in its return... |
PlayStation 3 (2010) White Knight Chronicles (International Edition) is the localized release of White Knight Chronicles for the international market, as the original... |
Browser (2010) Two of the rappers of Das Racist, Victor Vazquez and Himanshu Suri, are on a quest through New York City's... |
ZX Spectrum (1986) You play the part of a software / hardware distributor in the 8-bit days. Buy computers and games then sell... |
Windows (2007) Wicked Defense is a Tower Defense game. Like other Tower Defense games the player is shown a top down map... |
Macintosh (2004), Linux (2002) and Windows (2002) Widelands is a freeware, open-source strategy game inspired by the first two entries in the Settlers series. As in these... |
Windows (2005) Wildfire is another game were the player takes control of the local firefighting forces. In comparison to its competitors, e.g.... |
Windows (2007) The first add-on for the game Wildlife Park 2 has its focal point on the visitor satisfaction. There are a... |
Windows (2008) The Family Edition is an upgraded version of the Platinum Edition. It contains the following games:
Wildlife Park 2
Wildlife... |
Windows (2008) The Platinum Edition combines the main Wildlife Park 2 game and the add-ons Crazy Zoo and Marine World in one... |
Windows (2006) The Gold Edition of Wildlife Park contains the main game and the add-on Wildlife Park: Wild Creatures. |
Windows (2004) Wildlife Park: Wild Creatures is a add-on for Wildlife Park. It features 15 new unusual animals like yetis or mammoths,... |
Windows (2005) Will of Steel is a top-down RTS game that has the player take control of USMC Battalion named (ironically?) William... |
Windows 3.x (1996) WinBlocker is a shareware falling block puzzle game. The game is played via the keyboard or joystick and has a... |
Dreamcast (2008), Windows (2011), GP2X Wiz (2009) and GP2X (2007) Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles is - as already indicated by its name - a puzzle game, similar to games... |
Apple II (1980) This game puts the player on the other side of the mid-1970's Oil Crisis. As the Chief Executive of Engulf... |
Windows 3.x (1993) This is for all the would-be gunslingers who'd rather be playing Law of the West than doing a mail merge.... |
Linux (2006) and Windows (2006) Wings 2 is a 2 player side-scrolling combat game. It might best be described as a competitive version of Asteroids.... |
Windows (2009) Wings of Prey is a World War II flight combat simulation from Gaijin Entertainment and an expanded version of IL-2... |
