online multiplayer
Networked competitive play
Online multiplayer describes video games or game modes that allow multiple players to interact over the internet simultaneously.
Unlike local multiplayer, where players share a physical space, online multiplayer connects people across distances through servers or peer-to-peer networks.
The term covers everything from cooperative gameplay to competitive matches: We spent the weekend grinding online multiplayer.
Games built entirely around this feature are sometimes called MMOs (massively multiplayer online games).
- griefingDeliberate gameplay harassment
- trash talkCompetitive verbal intimidation
- competitive playGames with winners decided
- team deathmatchGroup combat mode
- cooperative playShared activity toward goals
clans · matchmaking · avatar · guilds · leaderboards · kill streak · latency · lag · chat · microtransactions · loot box · servers · squad · lobby · match · voice chat · spawn · peer-to-peer
- gaming modesco-op, versus, team deathmatch, free-for-all, ranked mode
- video gamesvideo games, gameplay, Fortnite, mobile game, arcade
- online gamingco-op, clans, teams, matchmaking, voice chat
- Forzalap times, time trials, race tracks, assists, manual transmission
- PlayStationDualShock, PS5, PS3, PS4, PlayStation Network
- 2K GamesNBA 2K, Top Spin, VC, virtual currency, Pro-Am
online multiplayersingle-player
For one participant only
solo · singleplayer · solo mode · single-player campaign · story mode