turn-based
English
Adjective
- (gaming) In which players or characters take turns alternately, rather than acting simultaneously.
- Antonym: real-time
- Hyponym: play-by-mail
- Coordinate term: tick-based
- 2023 December 1, Evelynn Kersting, “GAMES AND TIME”, in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee[1], page 225[2], archived from the original on 6 June 2025:
- The most popular turn-based esport is the virtual card game Hearthstone.