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
266 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Supreme Commander
Sci-fi real-time strategy with large armies and base building
87% positive
2,519 reviews
Tower of Time
Isometric party RPG with pauseable real-time battles inside a mysterious tower
81% positive
2,416 reviews
Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)
Third-person sci-fi action RPG with squad combat and online co-op
75% positive
2,267 reviews
Of Orcs And Men
Third-person action RPG about an orc and goblin hunting an emperor
74% positive
2,206 reviews
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Colony survival sim with tactical battles against invading demons
79% positive
2,190 reviews
Airborne Kingdom
City builder about balancing a flying town while exploring
86% positive
2,171 reviews
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Historical grand strategy spanning World War I to the Cold War
87% positive
1,993 reviews
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Isometric fantasy RPG with open-world quests and competing magic and technology
88% positive
1,935 reviews
Demo From Glory To Goo
Sci-fi base-building RTS about defending a colony from alien Goo
94% positive
1,887 reviews
Original War
Sci-fi real-time strategy with scarce soldiers who persist across missions
94% positive
1,878 reviews
Industries of Titan
Industrial city builder on Titan with factories and corporate rivals
62% positive
1,618 reviews
Demo Europa Universalis III Complete
Historical grand strategy spanning centuries of trade, diplomacy, and war
80% positive
1,557 reviews
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Zombie survival strategy sim about reclaiming a ruined city
86% positive
1,552 reviews
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Wicked Seed
A horror RPG mixing real-time defense with turn-based attacks
94% positive
1,547 reviews
Distant Worlds: Universe
Pausable real-time space strategy with sprawling galaxies and automated commerce
71% positive
1,492 reviews
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Mountain city builder with avalanche defenses and intertown trade
81% positive
1,466 reviews
Demo Trigon: Space Story
Top-down space roguelike with tactical ship battles and permanent death
68% positive
1,406 reviews
Bounty Train
Train management strategy with frontier trading and armed ambushes
69% positive
1,394 reviews
Supreme Ruler Ultimate
Real-time grand strategy controlling nations from World War II onward
77% positive
1,283 reviews
Particle Fleet: Emergence
Real-time space strategy with custom fleets and physics-driven enemies
92% positive
1,231 reviews
The Dwarves
Fantasy RPG with small hero squads facing much larger forces
75% positive
1,221 reviews
Starship Theory
Ship-building survival strategy about keeping a stranded crew alive
50% positive
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Railroad Tycoon 3
Railroad management strategy with historical scenarios and a changing economy
77% positive
1,177 reviews
Railroad Corporation
Historical railroad management sim about building routes and balancing profits
74% positive
1,124 reviews