difficulty levels
Gradations of hardness
Difficulty levels are graduated settings that adjust how challenging a game, exercise, or task is.
Video games typically offer easy, medium, and hard modes, affecting enemy strength, resource availability, or puzzle complexity.
The term extends beyond gaming: The workout app has three difficulty levels.
Difficulty level sometimes appears as a single compound meaning degree of challenge: The difficulty level of the exam was appropriate.
- easyRequiring minimal effort
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
- obstaclesThings in the way
- intermediateBetween two levels
tutorial · casual gamer · skill trees · spectra · boss fights · game mechanics · scales · challenges · new game plus · advanced · git gud · skill ceiling · expert · mission objectives · replayability · arcade style · resource management · career progression
- game rulesruleset, scoring, time limits, fouls, penalties
- game mechanicsrules, cooldown, points, health points, score
- hiking clubgroup hikes, day hikes, meetups, chapter meetings, membership dues
- game AIchess engine, minimax, search algorithm, game bot, pruning
- Math CompetitionsIMO, AMC, Putnam, mathletes, math league
- word gamescrossword, Scrabble, crossword puzzle, anagram, word game
difficulty, difficult, difficultly, difficulties, level, levels, leveled, leveling, leveler