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Best Real-Time with Pause Games

Top 50 of 102 qualifying games — tagged Real-Time with Pause (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (2011) Strategy · RTS · Sci-fi · 1M–2M owners · $12.99 96.8%13,468 reviews 2 Rusted Warfare - RTS (2017) RTS · Strategy · Base-Building · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 96.7%6,241 reviews 3 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal (2014) Tower Defense · Strategy · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 96.6%4,647 reviews 4 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North (2025) Tactical · Top-Down · Real-Time with Pause · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 95.8%10,848 reviews 5 Besiege (2020) Simulation · Sandbox · Destruction · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 95.5%49,754 reviews 6 FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) Rogue-like · Space · Strategy · 2M–5M owners · $9.99 95.3%75,052 reviews 7 Against the Storm (2023) Strategy · City Builder · Simulation · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 95.0%31,412 reviews 8 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander (2022) Sci-fi · Singleplayer · 2D · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 95.0%11,171 reviews 9 Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) (2012) Tower Defense · Female Protagonist · Tactical RPG · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 95.3%3,460 reviews 10 Empires of the Undergrowth (2024) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 94.5%15,284 reviews 11 Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition (2017) RPG · Story Rich · CRPG · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 94.7%4,958 reviews 12 Heat Signature (2017) Space · Stealth · Indie · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 94.5%7,146 reviews 13 Original War (2014) Strategy · RTS · Sci-fi · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 95.0%2,030 reviews 14 RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe (2014) Simulation · Management · Classic · 500K–1M owners · $5.99 94.5%7,709 reviews 15 Door Kickers (2014) Tactical · Strategy · Top-Down · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 94.3%9,838 reviews 16 Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition) RPG · Sci-fi · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · Free 94.1%15,543 reviews 17 Mass Effect (2007) (2008) RPG · Sci-fi · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $29.99 93.7%16,434 reviews 18 STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2012) RPG · Story Rich · Sci-fi · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 93.6%24,310 reviews 19 Cities: Skylines (2015) City Builder · Simulation · Building · 10M–20M owners · $29.99 93.0%275,770 reviews 20 Infested Planet (2014) Strategy · Tower Defense · Action · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 93.6%2,957 reviews 21 Evil Genius (2009) Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 93.3%3,506 reviews 22 Frostpunk (2018) City Builder · Survival · Resource Management · 2M–5M owners · $29.99 92.5%123,546 reviews 23 Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2013) RPG · Fantasy · Dungeons & Dragons · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 92.2%16,398 reviews 24 Victoria II (2010) Grand Strategy · Strategy · Historical · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 92.2%19,477 reviews 25 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (2013) RPG · Dungeons & Dragons · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 92.1%10,040 reviews 26 Tropico 4 (2011) City Builder · Simulation · Strategy · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 91.7%12,427 reviews 27 Dragon Age: Origins (2009) RPG · Fantasy · Story Rich · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 91.7%10,526 reviews 28 RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum (2008) Simulation · Management · Sandbox · 500K–1M owners · Free 91.8%5,179 reviews 29 Particle Fleet: Emergence (2016) Strategy · Indie · Simulation · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 92.5%1,223 reviews 30 STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic (2009) RPG · Sci-fi · Story Rich · 2M–5M owners · $9.99 91.1%31,738 reviews 31 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic (2024) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · 500K–1M owners · $39.99 91.1%22,175 reviews 32 Age of Empires III (2007) (2012) Strategy · RTS · Base-Building · 2M–5M owners · Free 90.9%32,039 reviews 33 Clanfolk (2022) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · 200K–500K owners · $29.99 91.1%3,108 reviews 34 Crusader Kings III (2020) Strategy · Medieval · Grand Strategy · 2M–5M owners · $49.99 90.0%126,909 reviews 35 Crusader Kings II (2012) Grand Strategy · Strategy · Medieval · 2M–5M owners · Free 89.9%73,809 reviews 36 Uplink (2006) Hacking · Indie · Strategy · 500K–1M owners · $11.99 90.8%2,359 reviews 37 Cataclismo (2025) Strategy · Base-Building · Simulation · 200K–500K owners · $29.99 90.6%3,593 reviews 38 S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster (2019) Strategy · RTS · Retro · 50K–100K owners · $9.99 91.2%1,192 reviews 39 Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition (2018) RPG · Dungeons & Dragons · Fantasy · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 90.1%8,567 reviews 40 FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE (2018) RPG · JRPG · Fantasy · 1M–2M owners · $49.99 90.0%8,608 reviews 41 Hearts of Iron IV (2016) Strategy · World War II · Grand Strategy · 5M–10M owners · $49.99 89.2%342,150 reviews 42 Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition (2014) RPG · Dungeons & Dragons · Fantasy · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 89.8%3,315 reviews 43 Train Valley (2015) Replay Value · Resource Management · Indie · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 89.7%3,303 reviews 44 Lost in Random (2021) Adventure · Action · Action-Adventure · 200K–500K owners · $29.99 88.8%4,638 reviews 45 Pillars of Eternity (2015) RPG · Isometric · Fantasy · 1M–2M owners · $39.99 88.2%24,650 reviews 46 Supreme Commander (2011) Strategy · RTS · Sci-fi · 1M–2M owners · $12.99 89.0%2,939 reviews 47 Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (2016) RPG · Steampunk · Story Rich · 200K–500K owners · $3.89 89.2%1,804 reviews 48 Divine Divinity (2012) RPG · Fantasy · Isometric · 500K–1M owners · $5.99 87.9%3,532 reviews 49 Europa Universalis IV (2013) Grand Strategy · Strategy · Historical · 5M–10M owners · $49.99 86.6%134,436 reviews 50 Tyranny (2016) RPG · Choices Matter · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $29.99 87.0%12,738 reviews