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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

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

266 games

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Drakensang
Drakensang
Third-person fantasy RPG with four-person parties and pauseable combat
81% positive 703 reviews
World Warfare & Economics
World Warfare & Economics
Grand strategy simulation about ruling nations through economics and war
58% positive 688 reviews
Solar Nations 2 Demo
Solar Nations 2
Solar System grand strategy spanning national politics and interplanetary war
85% positive 677 reviews
The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians - Enhanced Edition
The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians - Enhanced Edition
Grid-based dungeon crawler with real-time battles you can pause
81% positive 660 reviews
Victory At Sea Pacific
Victory At Sea Pacific
World War II naval strategy from Pacific theater to ship
62% positive 651 reviews
Aarklash: Legacy Demo
Aarklash: Legacy
A party-based tactical RPG with real-time combat you can pause
75% positive 628 reviews
Lost Technology AI
Lost Technology
Fantasy strategy game with turn-based conquest and real-time battles
87% positive 615 reviews
Cursed Treasure 2
Cursed Treasure 2
Fantasy tower defense where you protect gems from invading heroes
81% positive 580 reviews
Star Wolves 3: Civil War
Star Wolves 3: Civil War
Real-time space strategy with squadron tactics and free roaming
83% positive 571 reviews
Supreme Ruler 2030
Supreme Ruler 2030
Real-time grand strategy balancing national politics and worldwide warfare
62% positive 567 reviews
03.04 Demo
03.04
First-person horror shooter about facing your sins in purgatory
78% positive Free
Power to the People
Power to the People
Power-grid management sim keeping growing cities supplied through disasters
81% positive 557 reviews
Lords of Magic: Special Edition
Lords of Magic: Special Edition
Fantasy strategy RPG with empire building and real-time battles
91% positive 550 reviews
Freedom Force Demo
Freedom Force
Comic-book superhero strategy RPG with pauseable squad battles
56% positive 549 reviews
7,62 Hard Life
7,62 Hard Life
Single-player tactical RPG with real-time combat and faction choices
77% positive 547 reviews
UFO: Afterlight
UFO: Afterlight
Sci-fi strategy on Mars with tactical battles against aliens
66% positive 537 reviews
Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
Real-time strategy in ancient Italy built around armies and supply lines
80% positive 534 reviews
Counter Terrorist Agency
Counter Terrorist Agency
Real-time strategy about tracing terrorist networks and deciding when to act
44% positive 516 reviews
Hero of Fate AI
Hero of Fate
Fantasy survival roguelite with party building and branching fate events
78% positive 510 reviews
STATIONflow
STATIONflow
Station-building simulation about routing crowds through underground rail hubs
86% positive 505 reviews
Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition
Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition
Side-view tower defense where digging helps contain a flowing enemy
89% positive 497 reviews
States of Power AI
States of Power
World War II grand strategy in single-session matches
90% positive 495 reviews
Dredgers
Dredgers
Action roguelike where you mix combat, magic, and crafting classes
86% positive 494 reviews
Command Ops 2 Core Game
Command Ops 2 Core Game
World War II wargame where orders take time to execute
82% positive Free