challenge mode
Expert setting activated
Challenge mode is a setting in video games that increases difficulty, often by removing checkpoints, limiting resources, or strengthening enemies.
The phrase extends beyond gaming to describe deliberately making any task harder: I'm doing this project on challenge mode—no tutorials, no help.
Sometimes used self-deprecatingly when circumstances force difficulty: Forgot my glasses, so I'm driving home on challenge mode.
- secret bossConcealed optional antagonist
- difficultyState of being hard
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- extremeFurthest from moderate
- unlockableCapable of being opened
bonus stage · achievement · endgame · true ending · speedrun · leaderboard · mastery · hardcore · survival · time trial · skull · modifier · permadeath · no damage · glass cannon · iron man · self-imposed rules · bragging rights
- game modesranked match, deathmatch, practice match, team deathmatch, capture the flag
- gaming modesmultiplayer, co-op, versus, team deathmatch, free-for-all
- questsquest, seeking, main quest, searching, side quest
- Kahoot featuresquiz, questions, answers, leaderboard, lobby
- replay featuresreplayability, replay value, new game plus, multiple endings, unlockables
- tower defensetowers, waves, enemies, upgrade, creeps
challenge modeeasy mode
Lowest difficulty option
beginner mode · casual mode · story mode · standard mode · default mode
challenge modezen mode
Distraction-free mental clarity
god mode · creative mode · sandbox mode · free play · casual play
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