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platform game

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A video game of the genre characterized by jumping (or otherwise moving) to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: video-games

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22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: videojoc de plataformes — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Danish: platformspil — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Dutch: platformspel — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Dutch: platformer — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Finnish: tasohyppely — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Finnish: tasohyppelypeli — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Finnish: tasoloikka — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • French: jeu de platforme — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • German: Plattformspiel — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • German: Plattformer — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Hebrew: משחק פלטפורמה (miskhák platfórma) — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Italian: videogioco a piattaforme — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Japanese: プラットフォームゲーム (purattofōmu gēmu) — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Korean: 플랫폼 게임 (peullaetpom geim) — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Lithuanian: platformer — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: plattformspil — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: plattformspel — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Polish: gra platformowa — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Polish: platformówka — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Portuguese: jogo de plataforma — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Spanish: videojuego de plataformas — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles
  • Swedish: plattformsspel — A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles