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walking simulator en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) An adventure game focused on gradual exploration and discovery through observation, with little in the way of action.
    • In a walking simulator game, the player usually spends a good deal of time walking around, having conversations, seeking clues, and following a predetermined narrative. 2018, Daniel Muriel, Garry Crawford, Video Games as Culture: Considering the Role and Importance of Video Games in Contemporary Society, Routledge, →ISBN:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walking, simulator.
    • During the late 1960s and early 1970s, it was also the site of the lunar 1/6 gravity walking simulator rig. 2007, Rex D. Hall, Shayler David, Bert Vis, Russia's Cosmonauts: Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 81:

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Relateds

art game

Translations (2)

pl symulator chodzenia (an adventure game) · hu sétaszimulátor (an adventure game)