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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.

543
games
39
platforms
HeroQuest (Amstrad CPC)
HeroQuest
CPC 1991
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance (Windows)
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
WIN 2000-11-24
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (Windows)
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
WIN 1999-08-27
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (Windows)
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring
WIN 2003-11
Resonance of Fate (PlayStation 3)
Resonance of Fate
PS3 2010-01-28
Unreal II – The Awakening (Windows)
Unreal II – The Awakening
WIN 2003-02-04
Starsky & Hutch (PlayStation 2)
Starsky & Hutch
PS2 2003-06-20
Earth 2160 (Windows)
Earth 2160
WIN 2005-11-14
Dawn of War II - Retribution (Windows)
Dawn of War II - Retribution
WIN 2011-03-04
Perimeter (Windows)
Perimeter
WIN 2004-05-21
Postal Plus (Linux)
Postal Plus
LIN 2001
KKnD2: Krossfire (Windows)
KKnD2: Krossfire
WIN 1998
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.

The first Mission-based video game was released in 1979.

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

Platforms

Windows 255
Linux 88
MS-DOS 45
Mac OS X 25
PS2 16
Mac OS Classic 13
PS3 9
PS Vita 8
X360 8
PS 8
Amiga 8
Android 7
PS4 6
Pandora 5
PSP 4
iOS 4
Xbox 4
Internet Only 3
Nintendo DS 2
Archimedes 2
Xbox One 2
BSD 2
Saturn 2
3DS 2
NES 1
NEC PC9801 1
Flash 1
Apple II E 1
Switch 1
C64 1

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