completionist

Must unlock everything

A completionist is someone driven to finish everything a game, collection, or project has to offer—not just the main objectives but every side quest, hidden item, and optional achievement.

The term comes from video gaming but applies anywhere obsessive thoroughness takes hold: She's such a completionist that she read every footnote in the 800-page biography.

gaming

100%

Full amount possible

sidequests · unlockables · achievements · leaderboards · speedrun · highscore · endgame · grinding · progression · replayability

thoroughness

exhaustive

Covering all possibilities

methodical · detail-oriented · painstaking · scrupulous · rigorous · in-depth · all-encompassing · extensive · thorough · leaving no stone unturned

obsessive

fixation

Persistent mental attachment

consumed · preoccupied · engrossed · monomaniacal · excessive · unrelenting · absorbed · immersed · fixated · overzealous

dedication

commitment

Firm pledge to act

diligence · devotion · resolve · persistence · steadfastness · focus · engagement · passion · loyalty · concentration

Categories
Opposites
gaming engagement style

completionistcasual player

Non-competitive participant

casual gamer · speedrunner · casual · dabbler · trophy hunter

goal orientation toward tasks

completionistminimalist

One favoring bare essentials

satisficer · dabbler · quitter · abandoner · dilettante

Family

complete, plenty, completely, completed, supplement, incomplete, accomplish, compliment, implement

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