turn-based

adjective

ˈtərn-ˌbāst

: 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

Turn-based combat is frequently used in strategy and tactics games.—

Harry Ted Sprinks

Examples of turn-based in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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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