platform game

noun

1. a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems

Example Sentences

Penny's Big Breakaway, made by Evening Star, is a platform game with a distinctively 1990s look.

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But when that platform game was released in 2021, it was regarded as a critical failure.

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Cats, those household pets that still double as the king of online memes, have of course been given the video game treatment before — narrative adventure “Night in the Woods” or mobile platform game “Super Phantom Cat” among them.

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It’s essentially a platform game about a guy who is constantly late for a date.

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What strikes me as different about “Journey of the Broken Circle,” “Maquette,” “Genesis Noir” and even at times the wacky divorce-focused platform game “It Takes Two” is how each indirectly feels made for this late-pandemic cultural moment.

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