microgame

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?

Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)

Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor.

English micro-

Proto-Germanic *gamaną

Proto-West Germanic *gaman

Old English gamen

Middle English game

English game

English microgame

From micro- + game.

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Noun

microgame (plural microgames)

1. (board games) A board game packaged in a small set with instructions in booklet format and counters to be cut from sheets of paper or cardboard.
2. (video games) A very small minigame, typically lasting for only a few seconds.
   • 2020 June 6, Alan Bernal, “Overwatch gets crazy minigames with epic WarioWare-inspired mod”, in Dexerto‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 May 2021:

     Inspired by the Team Fortress 2 mod that the name takes after, Bonkorn created 48 microgames with 12 ‘boss stages’ – not to mention the seven different ‘Special Modes’ that adds an extra rule for every other match. […] Every microgame lasts five seconds until it shifts to the next randomly selected ruleset.