playthrough
nounUS /ˈpleɪˌθɹu/
Etymology From play + through.
1
Video games The act, or a recording, of playing a game from start to finish.
- 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 23, 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 2024:
- Synonyms
- run, walkthrough