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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.

549
games
40
platforms
Syndicate (Amiga OCS)
Syndicate
OCS 1993
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike (MS-DOS)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike
DOS 1997
Dawn of War II (Windows)
Dawn of War II
WIN 2009-02-19
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (PlayStation 2)
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
PS2 2003-03-04
Starship Troopers (Windows)
Starship Troopers
WIN 2005
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (Windows)
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
WIN 1998-12-03
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries (Windows)
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries
WIN 2002-11-07
A Game of Dwarves (Windows)
A Game of Dwarves
WIN 2012-10-23
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds (MS-DOS)
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
DOS 1995
Supreme Commander (Windows)
Supreme Commander
WIN 2007-02-20
Prototype (Windows)
Prototype
WIN 2009-06-10
Gravitron 2 (Windows)
Gravitron 2
WIN 2008-08-31
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.

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Games by year

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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 46
Mac OS X 25
PS2 16
Mac OS Classic 13
Amiga 11
PS3 9
X360 8
PS 8
PS Vita 8
Android 7
PS4 6
Pandora 5
PSP 4
iOS 4
Xbox 4
Internet Only 3
Xbox One 2
BSD 2
Saturn 2
3DS 2
Amiga CD32 2
Nintendo DS 2
Archimedes 2
NEC PC9801 1
Flash 1
Apple II E 1
C64 1
Switch 1

Most common companies

Electronic Arts33
Activision28
THQ26
11 bit studios14
Sega13
LucasArts10
Virgin10
Vblank Entertainment10
505 Games10
Blizzard7
Interplay7
Ubisoft7
GT Interactive7
Gremlin Graphics6
Capcom6