History Main / TimedMission

** Upon reaching the Grymforge, a nasty timed segment appears wherein you must rescue True Soul Nere and some gnome slaves within the span of two Long Rests. [[spoiler:Running out of time leads to the deaths of Nere and the traped slaves, and the duergar will leave with the slaves, preventing you from rescuing them.]] Annoyingly, the game -- which otherwise runs on TakeYourTime -- doesn't tell you about your time limit until you take a Long Rest.

* ''VideoGame/{{Helldivers}}'' and its sequel have a variation: the Super Destroyer can only stay in a planet's low orbit for a short time. If the mission's timer expires, Super Destroyer will leave, and the players will be stranded on the planet. This doesn't automatically result in mission failure, and the mission can still be completed if the players are good and lucky enough; but it does cut the players off from their Strategems, including [[VideoGameLives reinforcements]], making everything that much harder.

** ''VideoGame/FlashOfTheBlade'' does basically the same, though you're given much more lenient time limits as you need more effort to parry with your sword. In that case, It's easier to empty your LifeMeter than let the time run out.

** ''Guardian Signs''. You have two minutes to get onto a submarine that doubles as the Pokemon Pinchers' Base. Later, you have ten minutes to climb to the top of the now flooding submarine and open the hatch to free everyone before Sub Floods Everyone Drowns.

** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'', ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'', ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog3'', and ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' enforce a ten-minute time limit on all of the stages.

* The ''Videogame/WingCommander'' series has these pop up from [[IncrediblyLamePun time to time]].

* One of the levels in ''Mickey's Ultimate Challenge'' is timed: the memory-matching challenge. Your goal is to match each character to the corresponding painting for the castle's torches burn out. The castle gets darker as time passes.

* In ''VideoGame/DreamsInTheWitchHouse2023'', PlayerCharacter Walter Gilman has the months of March and April to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the Mason House, which translates to 60 in-day games. Depending on how much of the conspiracy Walter has uncovered at this point, one of the game's MultipleEndings will be triggered.

*** One section near the end of Metal Harbor has Sonic come to a gigantic missile set to launch in fifteen seconds. If Sonic does not grab onto one of the two handles on the missile within the time limit, the missile will fly away, leaving him behind and costing him a life.
*** The levels White Jungle, Green Forest, and Security Hall are all timed, though this is {{Justified|Trope}} since the island the levels take place on has been planted with time bombs.

* ''[[VideoGame/FZero F-Zero GX]]'' has two timed missions in Story Mode; one in Chapter 1 where you must collect all the capsules on the track and cross the finish line, and one in Chapter 5 where you must escape the power plant with Jody before it explodes.

* The arcade game ''VideoGame/ElevatorAction Returns'' (''Elevator Action II'' in the US) has a time limit when the player takes too long to enter a red door. In that case, the screen will start flashing the word "CAUTION!", and if there is not much time left, the amount of remaining seconds will appear on the screen. When the timer reaches zero, the player will die instantly. The final stage also has a time limit that begins halfway through. The countdown starts at 180 seconds (3 minutes) and if the player does not finish that stage in time, then the terrorists will launch the missile, causing an immediate GameOver.

* ''VideoGame/{{Quarantine}}'' has this for any time you pick up a passenger. Annoyingly, the majority of such missions have a frustratingly short time limit, no matter how far your location is from the actual destination, and to make matters worse, the maps have a rather confusing layout which can daunt players. The arrow shown in your bottom right screen somewhat rectifies this, however.

*** In ''Golden'', in order to get the epilogue, the first step is that you must complete [[spoiler:Marie's]] Social Link before the end of December. The exact time limit depends on when you complete [[spoiler:Adachi's]] dungeon. Likewise, in order to get the ''worst'' ending, the first step is reaching a certain point in [[spoiler:Adachi's]] Social Link before the middle of November.

* In ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest 2'', you have about two minutes to figure out how to [[spoiler:disarm a bomb]] before it's game over.

* Renting a video game from a library, specifically [[https://biblioteket.sonderborg.dk/ these ones]] is this, although the time limit is usually 28 days, which is generous for nearly all games. If the game is in high demand, this can be reduced to 14 or even seven days. Certain games (like the ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' series) can be up to 80 hours long, meaning that in order to beat it in time, you'll need to play for almost ''9 hours a day.'' Completionist runs become practically impossible. In some cases, the time limit can be extended, but not if the game has been reserved, and only up to twice. However, the save is stored to the console (or memory card, if any), so buying (or returning, then re-renting) the game will allow you to continue. Also, extensions are 28 days long regardless of the original rental time limit.