minigame
Noun
Meaning
minigame (plural minigames)
(video games) A small and simple game, especially an incidental game within a larger video game.
If you collect 100 coins, you get to play a balloon-popping minigame.
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Examples
Some of the bosses are fought through a minigame of rock-paper-scissors where others you have to fight or crash the Sukopako "motorbike" into a pirate bear.
Here's are the basics of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's hacking minigame explained.
Nintendo has released several mini games for the Play-Yan that can be downloaded from their website, although Nintendo later removed all minigame functionality through a firmware update.
Some of these will come naturally through the minigame itself, and others can be bought as DLC.