Meanings
plural playthroughs · alternative play-through
- board gamesvideo gamesThe act, or a recording, of playing a game from start to finish.
1 more example
I've started as many new playthroughs just to try a new idea for a centaur rifleman or steel-plated pugilist as I have because my last character met a grisly end after getting their head erupted by a psychic duelist. […] As exciting as my newest character build might be, it's Qud's setting that makes that next playthrough so appealing.
2025 February 28, Lincoln Carpenter, “Best Roguelike 2024: Caves of Qud”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2025, page 43; published online 22 December 2024Synonyms: run, walkthrough
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act, or a recording, of playing a game from start to finish.
Origin
Translations
Finnish läpipeluu
- läpipeluuplaying a game from start to finish
Spanish partida completa
- partida completaplaying a game from start to finish
Cite this entry
playthrough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playthrough
“playthrough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playthrough. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playthrough,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playthrough.
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