Autopause on lost focus

Video game concept

The game automatically pauses when it loses focus.

5
games
1
platform

Alternate names: Defocus
Name variations: unfocus

This covers all cases where the game automatically pauses when it loses focus, such as being minimzed, user switches to some other app, a forceful app shows a pop-up over the game, etc.

This is applicable on any multi-tasking operating systems/platforms, which includes most desktop platforms along with some others, such as mobile devices (cellphones), and so forth.

Generally this exists to prevent unwanted harm to the game progress from happening when the player does something else or damage from from focus stealing background apps.

Can be bothersome in games which involve a lot of waiting in case this can't be disabled.

Parent group

Autopause

Games by year

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The first Autopause on lost focus video game was released on November 2004.

Platforms

Windows 5