Best Real-Time with Pause games on PC
Games play out continuously in real time but let players pause the action to issue commands, adjust plans, or manage systems before continuing.
- Continuous action between pauses
- Commands issued while paused
- Tactical or management decisions
Related: Strategy, Simulation, Grand Strategy, RPG
253 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Let Them Trade
Medieval city builder where towns trade independently and pay taxes
84% positive
1,101 reviews
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
Real-time tank battles between rabbits and pigs, without base building
93% positive
1,076 reviews
GreedFall: The Dying World
Party-based fantasy RPG with real-time combat you can pause
61% positive
1,075 reviews
Demo Jagged Alliance - Back in Action
Isometric tactical strategy with pausable combat and mercenary squads
71% positive
1,067 reviews
Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness
Isometric fantasy RPG with pausable combat and greed-driven choices
75% positive
1,043 reviews
AI War: Fleet Command
Real-time space strategy where aggression alerts a stronger AI
85% positive
1,036 reviews
Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
Real-time space tactics with customizable ships and varied missions
84% positive
1,035 reviews
Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
Evolution sandbox where you guide species or watch them adapt
74% positive
1,003 reviews
Demo Banquet for Fools
Party-based action RPG with brawling combat on a cursed island
88% positive
995 reviews
Startopia
Space station management sim with alien residents and terraforming
90% positive
973 reviews
Battlevoid: Harbinger
Space strategy roguelike with turn-based travel and real-time fleet combat
79% positive
971 reviews
Creeper World: Anniversary Edition
Top-down tower defense against a floodlike enemy that spreads across maps
97% positive
956 reviews
BattleGroupVR
First-person VR space strategy commanding fleets from a flagship
92% positive
951 reviews
Ember
Isometric fantasy RPG with real-time party battles and tactical pause
76% positive
939 reviews
Airborne Empire
Open-world city builder with a flying city and pirate battles
85% positive
902 reviews
Beyond Divinity
Isometric fantasy RPG with two bound characters and pausable combat
49% positive
887 reviews
X-COM: Apocalypse
Sci-fi strategy mixing real-time city defense and tactical missions
89% positive
881 reviews
Dark Envoy
Isometric party RPG with tactical, real-time combat you can pause
69% positive
818 reviews
Citystate
City-building sandbox where policy decisions shape a new nation
76% positive
815 reviews
MachiaVillain
Horror-themed management sim about building traps and feeding monsters
66% positive
810 reviews
Marauder
Tactical RPG about building a squad in a war-torn town
74% positive
780 reviews
Demo The DioField Chronicle
A tactical RPG with mercenary troops and real-time battlefield orders
51% positive
707 reviews
Drakensang
Third-person fantasy RPG with four-person parties and pauseable combat
81% positive
703 reviews
World Warfare & Economics
Grand strategy simulation about ruling nations through economics and war
58% positive
688 reviews