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 |
PlayStation 3 (2010), Windows (2010) and Xbox 360 (2010) Witch Hunt is a commercial downloadable content (DLC) pack for Dragon Age: Origins and is not integrated into the main... |
Windows (2006) Wizard's War Chest is a compilation of the following three games:
Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul
Etherlords
Etherlords... |
Windows (2000) Wizards & Warriors is a traditional role-playing game similar in many ways to Wizardry games. The player builds a team... |
Windows (2010) Wizznic! is an open-source, freeware remake of Puzznic, recreating the original arcade levels, the NES ones and including a couple... |
DOS (1994) This game is, quite simply, a wolf simulator. In the game, you take the role of a wolf, either in... |
DOS (1990), Amiga (1990), Atari ST (1991), Macintosh (1993) and PC-98 (1992) In this WW2 combat simulation one or two players can take command of one of three different sets of naval... |
Windows (2006) Although Western players could take a game named Wonderland Online for an adaption of the famous book Alice's Adventures in... |
Windows (2003) Word Harmony is a word game with a Japanese art theme, in which the player manipulates physically-simulated "letter balls" to... |
SNES (1992), DOS (1992), Game Boy (1992) and Macintosh (1993) In the spirit of Tetris comes Wordtris. Falling letters must be placed in order to form words in order to... |
Browser (2006) WordTris is a browser-based variant of Wordtris. The game is designed to look and play like the original Spectrum Holobyte... |
Windows (2010) This game starts you off in the year 2000 B.C as ruler of a new tribe. The goal with the... |
Windows (2004) World Fables is a conventional real-time strategy game with a unconventional setting. The world of fables is reigned by four... |
Windows (2007) World in Conflict is a real-time strategy pursuing an alternative history starting in 1989. The Soviet Union is crippled by... |
Windows (2007) This Collector's Edition of World in Conflict includes:
An authentic piece of the Berlin Wall
Modern Marvels: The Berlin Wall... |
Windows (2009) World in Conflict (Complete Edition) includes:
World in Conflict
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault |
Windows (2009) World in Conflict: Soviet Assault is the first expansion to World in Conflict and shows the player the Soviet perspective... |
Wii (2008), Windows (2008), Macintosh (2008), Linux (2009), iPad (2010), iPhone (2011) and Android (2011) World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle game where players need to build constructions using balls of goo. The original... |
Windows (2006) In this compilation the following games are included:
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky... |
Macintosh (2010) and Windows (2010) The Collector's Edition includes:
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm on DVD-ROM
Hardcover artbook "The Art of Cataclysm" with 176 pages
Exclusive... |
Macintosh (2012) and Windows (2012) The Collector's Edition includes:
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria on DVD-ROM
Hardcover artbook "The Art of Mists of Pandaria"... |
Windows (2008) At the end of the 21st century a colossal object appeared around the orbit of Pluto and scientists named it... |
Windows (2008) The Collector's Edition includes:
WorldShift
Mouse pad
Lanyard key chain
Art book
Five stickers
Double-sided poster
Official soundtrack by Borislav... |
Windows (2005) World War I is a real-time strategy, based on historical events of 1914-1918. The player is to take command of... |
Windows (2003) World War II: Frontline Command is a World War II themed 3D RTS game built on the Steel Soldiers engine.... |
Windows (2001) World War III: Black Gold is a real-time strategy game with a futuristic theme. In the year 2015 the oil... |
