turn-based
adjective
: of, relating to, or being a game or part of a game in which the players take turns or in which a single player takes turns with an AI (see ai entry 1 sense 2a) opponent
Turn-based games allow you to pause the world around you and contemplate your next move during combat.—
Nichole Serrano
Nichole SerranoTurn-based combat is frequently used in strategy and tactics games.—Harry Ted Sprinks
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This turn-based, tactical rogue-like deck builder is simple in execution, but difficult to master.
—Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
Game Design Foundry's video explainer on real-time, turn-based, and hybrid kinds of combat, including Pillars of Eternity.
—Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
All battles are turn-based, anyway, and some frame drops didn’t make much of a difference to me there.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 10 Oct. 2024
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Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
Game Design Foundry's video explainer on real-time, turn-based, and hybrid kinds of combat, including Pillars of Eternity.
—Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
All battles are turn-based, anyway, and some frame drops didn’t make much of a difference to me there.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Turn-based.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn-based. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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