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Best Real-Time with Pause Games

Top 50 of 109 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 2026-08-06.

1 Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (2011) Strategy · RTS · Sci-fi · $12.99 96.7%14,302 reviews 2 Rusted Warfare - RTS (2017) RTS · Strategy · Base-Building · $4.99 96.4%7,465 reviews 3 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal (2014) Tower Defense · Strategy · Indie · $14.99 96.4%4,817 reviews 4 From Glory To Goo (2024) Base-Building · Colony Sim · Tower Defense · $11.99 96.7%1,749 reviews 5 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North (2025) Tactical · Top-Down · Real-Time with Pause · $24.99 96.1%13,465 reviews 6 FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) Rogue-like · Space · Strategy · $9.99 95.1%78,456 reviews 7 Besiege (2020) Simulation · Sandbox · Destruction · $14.99 95.1%53,087 reviews 8 Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) (2012) Tower Defense · Female Protagonist · Tactical RPG · $14.99 95.0%3,508 reviews 9 Against the Storm (2023) Strategy · City Builder · Simulation · $29.99 94.5%37,055 reviews 10 Empires of the Undergrowth (2024) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · $29.99 94.4%18,604 reviews 11 Heat Signature (2017) Space · Stealth · Indie · $14.99 94.5%7,407 reviews 12 Original War (2014) Strategy · RTS · Sci-fi · $9.99 95.0%2,165 reviews 13 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander (2022) Sci-fi · Singleplayer · 2D · $19.99 94.4%12,776 reviews 14 Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition (2017) RPG · Story Rich · CRPG · $19.99 94.5%5,565 reviews 15 RollerCoaster Tycoon: Deluxe (2014) Simulation · Management · Classic · $5.99 94.3%8,254 reviews 16 Door Kickers (2014) Tactical · Strategy · Top-Down · $19.99 94.2%10,054 reviews 17 Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition) RPG · Sci-fi · Story Rich · Free 94.1%15,545 reviews 18 Void War (2025) Rogue-lite · Space · Perma Death · $19.99 94.2%3,873 reviews 19 STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2012) RPG · Story Rich · Sci-fi · $9.99 93.6%25,930 reviews 20 Mass Effect (2007) (2008) RPG · Sci-fi · Story Rich · $29.99 93.6%16,573 reviews 21 Cities: Skylines (2015) City Builder · Simulation · Building · $29.99 92.9%290,991 reviews 22 Infested Planet (2014) Strategy · Tower Defense · Action · $14.99 93.6%3,038 reviews 23 Frostpunk (2018) City Builder · Survival · Resource Management · $29.99 92.7%136,668 reviews 24 Evil Genius (2009) Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist · $9.99 93.1%3,603 reviews 25 Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2013) RPG · Fantasy · Dungeons & Dragons · $19.99 92.4%17,886 reviews 26 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (2013) RPG · Dungeons & Dragons · Story Rich · $19.99 92.3%10,850 reviews 27 Victoria II (2010) Grand Strategy · Strategy · Historical · $19.99 92.1%19,978 reviews 28 Tropico 4 (2011) City Builder · Simulation · Strategy · $14.99 91.7%12,720 reviews 29 Dragon Age: Origins (2009) RPG · Fantasy · Story Rich · $29.99 91.7%10,520 reviews 30 RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum (2008) Simulation · Management · Sandbox · Free 91.9%5,243 reviews 31 Particle Fleet: Emergence (2016) Strategy · Indie · Simulation · $14.99 92.5%1,279 reviews 32 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic (2024) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · $39.99 91.2%26,796 reviews 33 Clanfolk (2022) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · $29.99 91.7%4,011 reviews 34 STAR WARS Knights of the Old Republic (2009) RPG · Sci-fi · Story Rich · $9.99 91.1%33,842 reviews 35 Age of Empires III (2007) (2012) Strategy · RTS · Base-Building · Free 90.9%32,240 reviews 36 Crusader Kings II (2012) Grand Strategy · Strategy · Medieval · Free 90.5%73,815 reviews 37 Crusader Kings III (2020) Strategy · Medieval · Grand Strategy · $49.99 90.4%142,234 reviews 38 Hearts of Iron IV (2016) Strategy · World War II · Grand Strategy · $49.99 90.0%373,697 reviews 39 Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition (2018) RPG · Dungeons & Dragons · Fantasy · $19.99 90.3%9,502 reviews 40 Uplink (2006) Hacking · Indie · Strategy · $11.99 90.8%2,429 reviews 41 S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster (2019) Strategy · RTS · Retro · $9.99 90.8%1,288 reviews 42 Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition (2014) RPG · Dungeons & Dragons · Fantasy · $19.99 90.0%3,654 reviews 43 Train Valley (2015) Replay Value · Resource Management · Indie · $9.99 89.7%3,450 reviews 44 FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE (2018) RPG · JRPG · Fantasy · $49.99 89.0%10,114 reviews 45 Cataclismo (2025) Strategy · Base-Building · Simulation · $29.99 89.1%4,254 reviews 46 Pillars of Eternity (2015) RPG · Isometric · Fantasy · $39.99 88.5%26,038 reviews 47 Lost in Random (2021) Adventure · Action · Action-Adventure · $29.99 88.9%5,263 reviews 48 Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (2016) RPG · Steampunk · Story Rich · $3.89 89.4%1,974 reviews 49 Supreme Commander (2011) Strategy · RTS · Sci-fi · $12.99 89.0%3,134 reviews 50 Europa Universalis IV (2013) Grand Strategy · Strategy · Historical · $49.99 87.7%137,064 reviews