story mode
Game's plot option
Story mode is a video game's single-player campaign featuring narrative progression, cutscenes, and structured missions—distinguished from multiplayer, arcade, or endless modes that focus on competition or high scores rather than plot.
I usually play through story mode first before trying online matches.
The term extends to any structured narrative experience within interactive media.
- cutscenesNon-playable game footage
- backstoryCharacter's past narrative
- storylineSequence of fictional events
- narrative arcStory's overall shape
- protagonistStory's central figure
character development · world map · plot · main quest · checkpoints · save point · chapters · exposition · character arcs · lore · cinematic · single-player · branching paths · climax · final boss · resolution · narrative · moral dilemmas
- game contentDLC, expansions, quests, boss fights, levels
- game modesranked match, deathmatch, practice match, team deathmatch, capture the flag
- story gamesinteractive fiction, visual novels, text adventures, gamebooks, choose your own adventure
- Idol Gamesgacha, card collecting, live concerts, auditions, scouting
- game narrativenarrative, plot, storyline, dialogue tree, player choice
- Wrestling GamesWWE, WWF, WWE Raw, wrestling ring, wrestlers
story modemultiplayer mode
Multi-person gaming setting
online multiplayer · team deathmatch · PvP · battle royale · co-op mode
story modearcade mode
Single-session progressive gameplay
free play · sandbox mode · endless mode · survival mode · challenge mode