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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.

533
games
34
platforms
Alien Dominion: The Acronian Encounter (Windows)
Alien Dominion: The Acronian Encounter
WIN 2010
Dragon Fin Soup (PlayStation Vita)
Dragon Fin Soup
VITA 2015-11-03
Pursued (Linux)
Pursued
LIN 2013-02-14
Medieval II: Total War (Windows)
Medieval II: Total War
WIN 2006-11-15
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers (Linux)
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
LIN 2011-07-15
Magic Carpet (MS-DOS)
Magic Carpet
DOS 1994
Dark Reign 2 (Windows)
Dark Reign 2
WIN 2000-06-30
Chasm - The Rift (MS-DOS)
Chasm - The Rift
DOS 1997
Fade to Black (MS-DOS)
Fade to Black
DOS 1995
Dawn of War (Windows)
Dawn of War
WIN 2004-09-20
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions (GameCube)
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions
GC 2002-11-13
Enclave (Windows)
Enclave
WIN 2002-07-19

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 250
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
Atari ST 3
Internet Only 3
iOS 3
3DS 2
Amstrad CPC 2
Archimedes 2
Nintendo DS 2
Xbox One 2
BSD 2
ZX Spectrum 128 2
Saturn 2
BeOS 1
GameCube 1
GBA 1

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