The Best Pause Games

Update : Contraptions Collection added at rank #9.
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Heat Signature (2017)

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PC Windows

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.


  • pause
  • stealth
  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • space
  • corridor
  • sci-fi
  • procedural
  • action
  • inventory
  • strategy
  • real-time
  • hyper-fast
  • heist
  • stealth-em-up

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Resident Evil Village VR (2021)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows

Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.

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  • horror
  • light
  • pause
  • perspective
  • zombies
  • must-play
  • easy-to-learn
  • top-notch
  • first-person
  • reflexes
  • aliens
  • shooter
  • inventory
  • combat
  • racing

3

Jewels Magic: Mystery Match3 (2019)

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IOS iPhone Android

Have Fun & Enjoy! 23.0203.00 Update Note:Bug fixes and Performance improvements. 23.1.0 Update Note.

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  • puzzle
  • free-play
  • pause
  • thought-provoking
  • match-three
  • horizontal
  • subscription
  • adventure
  • vertical
  • book
  • skill
  • challenging
  • combo

4

Power to the People (2022)

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PC Windows

Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?

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  • city-building
  • resource-management
  • modern
  • building
  • economy
  • procedural
  • management
  • isometric
  • base-building
  • pause
  • time-management
  • colourful
  • 3d
  • real-time
  • simulation

5

Orbi Universo (2020)

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PC Windows

Play as the leader of a civilization, from the Roman Empire to a Chinese dynasty, make it prosper and stand the test of time. Orbi Universo is a strategy/simulation game in which you manage your civilization and make it evolve through different periods, from the Neolithic to the Age of Revolution.

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  • real-time
  • moddable
  • abstract
  • historical
  • rome
  • pause
  • management
  • minimalist
  • strategy
  • replay-value
  • political
  • simulation
  • economy
  • politics
  • grand-strategy

6

True Surf (2018)

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Android IOS iPhone

- fixed issues with Facebook login

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  • sport
  • entertainment
  • physics
  • subscription
  • driven
  • pause
  • wave
  • real-time
  • local
  • simulation
  • skill
  • action
  • classic

7

Touhou Big Big Battle (2020)

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PC Windows

just a touhou rts game

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  • moba
  • easy-to-learn
  • in-depth
  • construction
  • pause
  • competitive
  • inventory
  • team
  • real-time
  • endless
  • battle
  • card
  • multiplayer
  • casual
  • skill

8

All of You (2020)

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IOS iPhone Linux PC Windows Mac OS Playstation 3 Playstation 4 Xbox 360

Play and pause time in every part of the level to unveil the right path for the main character. You will follow the journey of a clumsy chicken traversing all kinds of places in search of her lost chicks. Explore strange places filled with fun characters, exciting surprises, and many treacherous dangers all to find every one of your chicks.


  • pause
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • adventure

9

Contraptions Collection (2024)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Objects are affected by the laws of physics and play a key part in solving the puzzle. The objects form a “contraption” which are placed in such a way, which creates a chain reaction that will wipe out all monsters. The catch is that the contraption is broken - some objects are not in the right place. You do this, by repositioning, flipping, or connecting the different objects.

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  • editor
  • physics
  • level
  • puzzle
  • pause
  • casual
  • cartoony
  • family-friendly
  • platform
  • aliens
  • funny
  • colourful

10

Blade Prince Academy (2024)

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PC Windows

Blade Prince Academy is a new take on tactical RPGs, where you lead your squad of Blade Princes to defend the city of Abjectalia in real-time with pause combat. Use your team's power to devastate any threat, but be vigilant, there is always a price to pay when you make a pact with darkness.

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  • real-time
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • pause
  • anime
  • strategy
  • party
  • dark
  • cyberpunk
  • fantasy
  • visual-novel
  • story
  • stylized
  • lore

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