hidden-object game

noun

A genre of puzzle video game in which the player must find specific items hidden within a scene.

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Meanings

nounhidden-object game (plural hidden-object games)

plural hidden-object games · alternative hidden object game

  1. video gamesA genre of puzzle video game in which the player must find specific items hidden within a scene.

    Though it dresses itself in a fairly intriguing adventure tale, Chronicles of Vampires is a hidden-object game with interspersed minigames.

    2012 March 29, Patrick C., “Chronicles of Vampires: Origins”, in Nintendo Power, number 276, page 23
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    We gaze out at the scrapyard, eyes darting and search like it's the highest-stakes hidden-object game of all time—and at last, June points—"THERE!"

    2017, Max Brailler, The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King, page 140

    Art of Murder is one of those lesser-known point-and-click franchises that's lost enough momentum over time to eventually become a hidden object game.

    2022 September 29, Matthew Elliott, “They're Back: Old Games Revisited”, in PC PowerPlay, number 294, page 95
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