Game terms

Updated: 06/22/2024 by Computer Hope

Game terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 620 terms like software, copium, joystick, and Pay-to-win. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'L' to find terms like 'loot box' in the 'L' section.

Top 10 game terms
Chat terms - Software terms
Software Network Gaming website Joystick IC Line of sight RAID Console LOL Game
Number
1UP 1v1 2v2 3PS 3v3 1337
A
AA AAA Abandonware Account sharing Action game Actions per minute Add Add-on ADS Adventure game AFK Aggro Aim Aimbot Aim down sights Aiming down sights Alias All your base are belong to us Alpha Alpha access Alpha founding Alt Amateur Among Us AODRM AoE Apex Legends APM Area of Effect Audience Auto aim
B
B4N Backlit keyboard Ban Base Battle.net Battle pass Battle royale game BBIAB BBL Beat'em ups Benchmark Beta Bethesda Launcher BF BFG BG Bhop Big budget game Bind Bind on equip Bind on pickup Bind point Biofeedback game Black Desert Online Blade SAS Shadow Blink Blockchain game BlueStacks BOE Boosting BOP Boss Bots Bound BR Brawlers BRB Browser-based game Buff Build Bunny hop BYOC BYOD BYOL
C
Call of Duty Camper Cap Carebear Car game Casual gaming Cave story CB CC CD CE Chain mail Cheating Cheese Clan Class Clipping Closed beta Cloud gaming COD Collector's edition Con Console Continuum Controller Cooldown Co-op Co-op game Copium Counter-Strike CPU Creature Credits Crowd control /cry CS CS:GO CTF Currency Custom-built PC CYA
D
Damage /dance DC DC'd DD DDO DDR Dead Dead game Death comms Deathmatch Death mic Debuff Demo DF Diff Difficulty level Digital distribution Digital distribution network Digital distribution platform DIN Ding Dinosaur game DirectX Disconnect DKP DL DLC DLive DM Dmg DND DOT DotA Download DPS Dribbleware DRM Drop DualShock Dub Dupe
E
E3 EA Early access Electronics sports Emote Emulator Engine Epic Epic Games Launcher EQ ERP ESA E-sports ESRB Exclusive game Exp Expansion pack EZ
F
F2P Facebook Gaming Faceroll Fail Famicom Farmer FF FFA FFS Fighting game First Person Shooter First-person view Flight Simulator FMCDH FML Fortnite FPS Frag Frame Frames Per Second Fraps Free Fire Freemium Free-to-play Free-to-start From the hip FT FTL FTW FU
G
G2G GaaS Gaikai Game Game as a service Game control adapter Game currency GameFi GameMaker Studio Game of life Gamepad Game paddle GamePop Game port Game preview Gamer Gamergate Games Explorer Gamespy Gamification Gaming computer Gaming console Gaming controller Gaming keyboard Gaming laptop Gaming mouse mat Gaming PC Gaming website Gaming wheel Gank Garry's Mod GCD Gear Gearhead GeForce GeForce Now Genre Geofence GF GFG GG GGS GGWP Ghosting Gib GJ GL GLHF Glitch Global cooldown GM Goat Gold Gone gold GR Grats Grawlix Grenade jumping Greybeards Griefer Grind Group GS GTA GTAVC GTG Guild Gun Gunbound Gun game
H
Hacker Hacks Haha Handle Haptic feedback Hardcore Hax HC Hearthstone Hehe HF High ping Hit Hit points HoT Hot mic HP HTC Vive HUD Humble Bundle
I
IC IG IMBA INC Indie game Infotainment In-game Instance Intellivision Inventory Inventory Tetris IRL Item
J
Joystick Jump
K
KEK Kewl Key binding Keyboard mapping Kick Kill Killer micro Killscreen Kinect KOS KS KYS
L
L L2P Lag LAN party Latency /laugh Leaderboard Leet Leetspeak Level Level cap Level editor LFG LFM LFP Light gun Line of sight Little fish Live service game Llama LMAO LMFAO LOD Log LOL Loot Loot box LOS Low ping LPB LSG Ludologist
M
M Machinima Magical spell Mana Map Mapping Master looter Meatshield Melee Meta MIA Microtransaction Minecraft Minigame Mini-map Minnow MLG MMO MMOG MMORPG Mob MOBA Mod MOTD Mount Mouse pad MP Mt MTX Mud Multiplayer
N
N1 NE1 Need before greed Nerf Nerfed Nerfing Network Newbie Nick Ninja Nintendo DS Nintendo Switch Nitro Type Noclip Noclipping No life Noob NP NPC NS NT Nvidia shield
O
OB Oculus Rift Offline OG OMFG OMG OMW One-trick pony Online OnLive OOC OOM Oops OP Open beta Open-world Orly OTP OTS OTW Over-the-shoulder Overwatch Overwatch 2 Owned Ownz
P
P2E P2W Packet Paddle Paid alpha Party Patch Pay-to-earn Pay-to-win Paywall PC PEGI Permaban Physics engine Ping Pk PL Platformer Player Player killer PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PlayStation PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Now PlayStation Portable POG PogChamp Poggers Pogo Point-and-click Point-and-shoot Pop Potato POTG Power leveling Power-up Primary looter Pro Proc Procedural generation Project Atlas PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP PST PTR PUBG PUG Pull PunkBuster PvE PvP Pwned
Q
QQ Quad Queue up
R
Race Racing game Ragdoll Ragdoll physics Ragequit RAID RAM Random deathmatch Rank RAWR Ray casting Ray tracing RDM Real money trade Region Release Relog Remap Replay Respawn Retail RetroArch Retro gamer Rez Rift RL RMT ROBLOX ROBUX Rocket jumping Rockstar Games Launcher Roll ROM cartridge Rookie Root RP RPG RSAC RTS Runescape Rush RVR
S
Salty Sandbagging Sandbox Save point Screenshot Script kiddie Scroll Scythe Season pass Shareware Silver Sim Simulation Single-player game /sit SK Skin Smurf Software Solo Spammer Spawn Spawn camping Spawn kill Speed hacker Speedrunning Spell Stack Stadia Stat Steam Steam Deck Steam Early Access Steam Machine Steering wheel STFU Story Story game STR Strafe Strafe jumping Streamer Stream sniper Stream sniping Sub Subscribe Subscription Support Surf SUS
T
T Tag Tank TDM Team Team deathmatch Teamspeak Teleport Teleport hacker Third-party Third-person shooter Third-person view THX Township Toxic TP TPS Trailer Train Transmog Trash mob Triple-A Troll TTV Turtle Twink Twitch Twitch Bits Twitch gameplay Twitch Studio
U
Uber Ubisoft Connect UI Unit Unity Unreal Engine Uplay Uptime
V
VAC Valve Anti-Cheat VC Vectrex Ventrilo Video card Video RAM VoIP VTuber
W
W W00t Wallpaper Engine Warez Warp WASD keys /wave Waypoint WB Whale Wii Wii U Windowed mode WISP Woot WoW WP WRU WSAD keys WTB WTG WTS
X
Xbox Xbox Live XP XPAC
Y
Yoke YOLO Yrly YT
Z
Zerg Zone Zynga

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