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Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
Anthropomorphism is the concept of an object, concept or character that has human qualities or traits, such as speech, a level of intelligence similar or higher than a human's and self consciousness. "Anthro" means "of human" and related to the concept of humanity.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
Games officially verified by Valve to be fully playable on Steam Deck.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
A sub-genre of adventure games, visual novels are a form of interactive fiction that usually have very little in terms of gameplay but often focus more on extensive storytelling, character interactions, decision-making and branching narratives.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!
You don't know how to play our game, so we'll teach you how.
A concept found in many puzzle and casual games. Matching blocks of the same color or type to gain points and/or erase the blocks.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Winged, usually flying creatures, many of which enjoy perching on branches and defecating on unfortunate victims below.
Built in feature of some of the Steam games. Saves players high scores online and allows them to be compared to other players scores.
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