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Mission-based

Video game concept

Game progress is divided into several missions or similar sequences, player may or may not have choice in which mission to take.

536
games
34
platforms
Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix (Windows)
Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix
WIN 2002-05-21
Rage of Mages II: Necromancer (Windows)
Rage of Mages II: Necromancer
WIN 1999
Into the Fire (Windows)
Into the Fire
WIN 1999-12
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers (Linux)
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
LIN 2011-07-15
Alpha Protocol (Windows)
Alpha Protocol
WIN 2010-05-27
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Windows)
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
WIN 2007-07
Hellbender (Windows)
Hellbender
WIN 1996-07
Empire: Total War (Windows)
Empire: Total War
WIN 2009-03-03
MechWarrior 2: Arcade Combat Edition (PlayStation)
MechWarrior 2: Arcade Combat Edition
PS1 1996-02-20
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (Windows)
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring
WIN 2003-11
X-COM: Enforcer (Windows)
X-COM: Enforcer
WIN 2001-04-17
Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy (Windows)
Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy
WIN 2008-12-06

The first video game about Mission-based was released in 1987.

Electronic Arts, Activision and THQ has published most of these games

See also: intermissions
Missions may be contained within single map or span multiple, so that's not a defining trait.
Missions may re-use maps, so using separate maps is not a defining trait.

Platforms

Windows 253
Linux 87
MS-DOS 46
Mac OS X 25
PS2 16
Mac OS Classic 13
PS3 9
PS Vita 8
X360 8
PS 8
Amiga 7
Android 6
PS4 5
Pandora 5
Xbox 4
PSP 4
Internet Only 3
iOS 3
Atari ST 3
Archimedes 2
Nintendo DS 2
Xbox One 2
BSD 2
ZX Spectrum 128 2
Saturn 2
3DS 2
Amstrad CPC 2
BeOS 1
GameCube 1
GBA 1

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