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

Word History

First Known Use

1989, in the meaning defined above