Pausable real-time games

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Pauasable real time is a type of gameplay in which the game normally runs in real time but can be paused by the player at a time of his choosing, during which the game is not completely frozen but instead allows a player to make decisions, give orders to units, etc. Games of this type are often, but not always, strategy games.

List of Pausable real-time games

This is a list of free/libre pausable real-time games:

Game	Screenshot	Last Release	Genres	Description
Mindustry		2022-11-13	Tower defense, real-time strategy	Mindustry Mindustry Genre Tower defense, real-time strategy Latest release 7.0 build 140.4  (Announcement) Release date April 30th, 2017 (initial) November 13th, 2022 (latest release) Platforms FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS, Android Developer Anuke Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 P. language Java Library Arc Homepage https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry Contribute Mindustry is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Available as a package in:   AUR: mindustry   Flatpak: com.github.Anuken.Mindustry  Snap: mindustry  OpenSUSE: Mindustry Mindustry is an RTS tower defense factory game. It started as a winning entry in 2017 GDL Metal Monstrosity Jam. The game supports LAN and online multiplayer.
Pingus		2011-12-24	Puzzle game	Featured Article This article has reached Featured Article status, which means that it has been recognized as one of the best articles on Libregamewiki. Pingus Pingus' 15th level Three solutions, it's up to you Genre Puzzle game Latest release 0.7.6  (Announcement) Release date 2011-12-24 Developers Ingo Ruhnke, David Philippi Code license GNU GPL version 3 Media license GNU GPL version 3 Library SDL Homepage https://pingus.seul.org/ Contribute Pingus is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Available as a package in:   Arch: pingus  Debian: pingus  Fedora: pingus   Flatpak: org.seul.pingus  FreeBSD: pingus  Gentoo: games-puzzle/pingus  Haiku: games-puzzle/pingus/  Mageia: pingus  Slackware: pingus  Snap: pingus-game  OpenSUSE: pingus  Ubuntu: pingus Pingus is a clone of the proprietary puzzle game Lemmings which makes use of penguins. The game uses SDL, however it once used ClanLib. The entire game, including its media are licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Globulation 2		2009-05-25	RTS	Globulation 2 Beginning stage of a typical game in Globulation 2. Genre RTS Latest release 0.9.4.1 (Beta 4) Release date March 25th, 2009 Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language C++ Library SDL Homepage https://globulation2.org/wiki/Main_Page Contribute Globulation 2 is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Available as a package in:   Arch: glob2  Fedora: glob2   Mageia: globulation2  Slackware: glob2  OpenSUSE: globulation2  Ubuntu: glob2 Globulation 2 is a RTS game with an unusual gameplay design. The source and media are licensed under the GPL. The latest release of the game is 0.9.4.1 released on March 25th, 2009. It is programmed in C++. It uses the SDL and Boost libraries.
UFO: Alien Invasion		2014-06-28	Turn-based, Real-time hybrid strategy	UFO: Alien Invasion UFO: Alien Invasion Genre Turn-based, Real-time hybrid strategy Latest release 2.5 Release date June 28th, 2014 Platforms Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS Code license GPL Media license GPL, CC-BY, CC-BY-SA Engine Modified Quake II engine P. language C++ Library SDL Homepage https://ufoai.org/ Contribute UFO: Alien Invasion is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Chat Forum Available as a package in:   AUR: ufoai-git  Debian: ufoai   FreeBSD: ufoai  Gentoo: games-strategy/ufoai  Mageia: ufoai  Slackware: ufoai  OpenSUSE: ufoai  Ubuntu: ufoai UFO: Alien Invasion is a hybrid turn-based strategy game and real time strategy game with the objection to defend earth from an alien invasion. The player has to build bases and extend them by building additional buildings, research technologies and develop weapons which are then used to fight the aliens in tactical scenarios.
Lincity		2004-07-09	City building	Lincity Lincity 1.12pre48 Genre City building Latest release 1.13.1 Release date 2004-07-09 Developer I J Peters Code license GPL P. language C Homepage http://lincity.sourceforge.net/ Contribute Lincity is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Forum Available as a package in:   OpenSUSE: lincity Lincity is a city building simulation game. The latest stable version is Version 1.12.1, released on August 13, 2004. It is originally written by I J Peters and licensed under the GPL. It is written in the C programming language. A version was included on the 100 Great Games for Linux shovelware collection.
LinCity-NG		2025-07-04	City building game	Pausable real-time games a city in LinCity-NG 2.0 Genre City building game Latest release 2.14.0  (Announcement) Release date July 4th, 2025 Developer GotM Code license GPL Media license GPL/CC-BY-SA 2.0 dual licence Library SDL Contribute Pausable real-time games is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Source Code Available as a package in:   Debian: lincity-ng  Fedora: lincity-ng   FreeBSD: lincity-ng  Gentoo: games-simulation/lincity-ng  Haiku: games-simulation/lincity_ng  Mageia: lincity-ng  Slackware: lincity-ng  OpenSUSE: lincity-ng  Ubuntu: lincity-ng LinCity-NG is a city building game that is the successor to and fork of LinCity. It is being developed by members of the Happypenguin's Game of the Month project. It used the SDL library.

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