party game

English

Noun

party game (plural party games)

1. A game played at a party, such as musical chairs or charades.

   Hypernym: game

   Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:game

   Near-synonym: parlour game

2. (video games) A multiplayer game, usually consisting of a series of short minigames, that can be easily played in a social setting.

   Hypernym: casual game

   • 2009, Rusel Demaria, Reset: Changing the Way We Look at Video Games, page 373:

     Mario games range from strict arcade games to racing games, party games, and complex 3D action-adventures.

Related terms

• party trick

Translations

game played at a party

• Danish: selskabsleg
• Dutch: gezelschapsspel (nl) n
• Faroese: veitsluspæl
• Finnish: seurapeli (fi), seuraleikki
• German: Gesellschaftsspiel (de) n, Partyspiel (de) n
• Icelandic: samkvæmisleikur m
• Japanese: 山手線ゲーム (ja) (やまのてせんゲーム, Yamanote-sen gēmu)
• Polish: gra towarzyska f

multiplayer video game

• Finnish: seurapeli (fi)
• Polish: gra dla wielu graczy f