microgame

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noun

A board game packaged in a small set with instructions in booklet format and counters to be cut from sheets of paper or cardboard.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounmicrogame (plural microgames)

plural microgames

  1. board gamesA board game packaged in a small set with instructions in booklet format and counters to be cut from sheets of paper or cardboard.
  2. video gamesA very small minigame, typically lasting for only a few seconds.
    1 more example

    Inspired by the Team Fortress 2 mod that the name takes after, Bonkorn created 48 microgames with 12 ‘boss stages’ – not to mention the seven different ‘Special Modes’ that adds an extra rule for every other match. […] Every microgame lasts five seconds until it shifts to the next randomly selected ruleset.

    2020 June 6, Alan Bernal, “Overwatch gets crazy minigames with epic WarioWare-inspired mod”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 16 May 2021

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Germanic*gamaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  7. Old Englishgamen
  8. Middle Englishgame
  9. Englishgame
  10. Englishmicrogame

From micro- + game.

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APA

microgame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microgame

MLA

“microgame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microgame. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microgame,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microgame.

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