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walking simulator

walking simulator noun: an adventure game focused on gradual exploration and discovery through observation, with little in the way of action.

Noun

walking simulator (plural walking simulators)

  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

Forms of walking simulator

pluralwalking simulators

Questions about walking simulator

What does walking simulator mean?
Walking simulator means an adventure game focused on gradual exploration and discovery through observation, with little in the way of action.
What part of speech is walking simulator?
Walking simulator is a noun.
What is the plural of walking simulator?
The plural of walking simulator is walking simulators.

Words near walking simulator in the dictionary

  1. walking school buses
  2. walking shark
  3. walking sharks
  4. walking shorts
  5. walking sim
  6. walking simulator
  7. walking simulators
  8. walking skeleton
  9. walking skeletons
  10. walking skin cancer
  11. walking Spanish

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