non-player character

English

Noun

non-player character (plural non-player characters)

1. (roleplaying games, video games) A character in a role-playing game or computer game whose actions are not controlled by a player.

Usage notes

Often used to specifically refer to characters who are not hostile towards the players. Hostile non-player characters are instead called enemies, monsters, mobs, or creeps.

Synonyms

• NPC
• AI (for computer games, but not role-playing games)
• computer (for computer games, but not role-playing games)

Antonyms

• player character

Translations

character in a role-playing game or computer game

• Catalan: personatge no jugador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非玩家角色 (fēi-wánjiā juésè)

• Finnish: NPC (fi), ei-pelaaja-hahmo, ei-pelaajahahmo
• French: personnage non-joueur m (PNJ)
• German: Nicht-Spieler-Charakter (NSC or NPC)
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• Italian: personaggio non giocante (PNG)
• Polish: bohater niezależny m (BN)
• Portuguese: non-player character m (NPC), personagem não jogável m or f
• Romanian: personaj non-jucător n
• Spanish: personaje no-jugador m (NPC)
• Swedish: spelledarperson (SLP)