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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Demo King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame
Fantasy strategy RPG mixing turn-based conquest with real-time army battles
65% positive
469 reviews
Star Wolves
Mission-based space strategy RPG about leading a bounty hunter crew
84% positive
466 reviews
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar
Real-time strategy about Caesar's war for control of Gaul
61% positive
450 reviews
Sengoku
Character-driven grand strategy about clans competing to rule feudal Japan
58% positive
444 reviews
Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
World War II tactical wargame spanning battles and campaigns near Caen
68% positive
433 reviews
Polaris Sector
Space 4X strategy with custom ships and hands-on battles
70% positive
433 reviews
Demo Escape The Mad Empire
Isometric party-based dungeon crawler with pausable combat and repeat runs
86% positive
427 reviews
Interstellar Transport Company
Space business simulation about supplying colonies and managing trade routes
67% positive
416 reviews
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
Real-time grand strategy about uniting the states of ancient China
67% positive
406 reviews
The Last Federation
Space grand strategy about uniting alien races through politics and combat
72% positive
396 reviews
Rift Riff
Tower defense across monster worlds with a flexible, wave-by-wave approach
95% positive
394 reviews
Demo March of the Eagles
Napoleonic grand strategy about war, logistics, and European dominance
68% positive
388 reviews
Here Comes The Swarm
Survival real-time strategy about building settlements and repelling insect swarms
84% positive
384 reviews
7,62 High Calibre
Squad tactics where weapon handling and shot timing matter
77% positive
380 reviews
The Waylanders
Party-based fantasy RPG where companions combine into combat formations
51% positive
374 reviews
Skirmish Line
Top-down World War II defense with randomized Japanese assaults
88% positive
365 reviews
The White Laboratory
Physics-based tower defense where you build robots from parts
78% positive
362 reviews
Sipho
Action roguelike about building a creature from specialized body parts
83% positive
361 reviews
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows
A party-based fantasy RPG where magical masks power elemental combat
88% positive
360 reviews
Drakensang: The River of Time
A party-based fantasy RPG with real-time combat you can pause
78% positive
357 reviews
Dustwind
Post-apocalyptic real-time tactics with pausing to plan your next move
73% positive
357 reviews
Mass Effect 2 (2010) Edition
Third-person sci-fi RPG about recruiting allies against an invasion
76% positive
344 reviews
Fire Commander
Real-time firefighting strategy with squad management and limited water supplies
68% positive
334 reviews