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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.

Related: Strategy, Simulation, Grand Strategy, RPG

253 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

253 games

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Polaris Sector
Polaris Sector
Space 4X strategy with custom ships and hands-on battles
70% positive 433 reviews
Escape The Mad Empire Demo
Escape The Mad Empire
Isometric party-based dungeon crawler with pausable combat and repeat runs
86% positive 427 reviews
Interstellar Transport Company
Interstellar Transport Company
Space business simulation about supplying colonies and managing trade routes
67% positive 416 reviews
Close Combat: The Bloody First
Close Combat: The Bloody First
Real-time World War II tactics with a US infantry company
51% positive 414 reviews
NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
Real-time grand strategy about uniting the states of ancient China
67% positive 406 reviews
The Last Federation
The Last Federation
Space grand strategy about uniting alien races through politics and combat
72% positive 396 reviews
Rift Riff
Rift Riff
Tower defense across monster worlds with a flexible, wave-by-wave approach
95% positive 394 reviews
March of the Eagles Demo
March of the Eagles
Napoleonic grand strategy about war, logistics, and European dominance
68% positive 388 reviews
Here Comes The Swarm
Here Comes The Swarm
Survival real-time strategy about building settlements and repelling insect swarms
84% positive 384 reviews
7,62 High Calibre
7,62 High Calibre
Squad tactics where weapon handling and shot timing matter
77% positive 380 reviews
The Waylanders
The Waylanders
Party-based fantasy RPG where companions combine into combat formations
51% positive 374 reviews
Skirmish Line
Skirmish Line
Top-down World War II defense with randomized Japanese assaults
88% positive 365 reviews
The White Laboratory
The White Laboratory
Physics-based tower defense where you build robots from parts
78% positive 362 reviews
Sipho
Sipho
Action roguelike about building a creature from specialized body parts
83% positive 361 reviews
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows
A party-based fantasy RPG where magical masks power elemental combat
88% positive 360 reviews
Drakensang: The River of Time
Drakensang: The River of Time
A party-based fantasy RPG with real-time combat you can pause
78% positive 357 reviews
Dustwind
Dustwind
Post-apocalyptic real-time tactics with pausing to plan your next move
73% positive 357 reviews
Mass Effect 2 (2010) Edition
Mass Effect 2 (2010) Edition
Third-person sci-fi RPG about recruiting allies against an invasion
76% positive 344 reviews
Fire Commander
Fire Commander
Real-time firefighting strategy with squad management and limited water supplies
68% positive 334 reviews
Sumerians
Sumerians
Historical city builder centered on irrigation, trade, and planning
87% positive 331 reviews
Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich Demo
Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich
Comic-book tactical RPG with time-traveling superheroes fighting the Reich
86% positive 316 reviews
Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
Space station management sim built around scarce resources and survival
52% positive 297 reviews
UFO: Aftermath
UFO: Aftermath
Alien invasion strategy combining territory control with small-squad ground combat
75% positive 293 reviews
Supreme Ruler 1936
Supreme Ruler 1936
Real-time grand strategy combining national politics with battlefield command
75% positive 291 reviews