real-time strategy

American  

[ree-uhl-tahym strat-i-jee, reel] / ˈri əlˈtaɪm ˌstræt ɪ dʒi, ˈril /

noun

Digital Technology.

1. a genre of video games in which a player battles enemies, faces environmental challenges, or achieves a goal while other player characters and nonplayer characters are playing simultaneously, without sequenced turns or rounds of play (often used attributively). RTS

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Etymology

Origin of real-time strategy

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

The real-time strategy series puts players in the role of historical leaders charged with managing resources and armies as they seek to conquer or control the world.

From BBC

War for Westeros is a real-time strategy game - or RTS - out next year, where players can control the armies of the Great Houses across some of the locations you might know from the show and books it's based on.

From BBC

The trailer showed off a top-down real-time strategy game with elements of resource management and questing.

From BBC

Under Kotick, many Blizzard staff members with experience developing real-time strategy games left the company.

From Seattle Times

“StarCraft” is a science fiction, real-time strategy game made by Blizzard Entertainment.

From Washington Post