hidden-object game
noun1
Video games A 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 23, Patrick C., “Chronicles of Vampires: Origins”, in Nintendo Power, number 276, page 23:
- 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:
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- 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 23, Matthew Elliott, “They're Back: Old Games Revisited”, in PC PowerPlay, number 294, page 95: