: 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

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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

Word History

First Known Use

1989, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of turn-based was in 1989

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“Turn-based.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn-based. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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