multiplayer

adjective

mul·​ti·​play·​er ˌməl-tē-ˈplā-ər 

-ˌtī-

: involving or intended for more than one player

a multiplayer trade/deal in baseball

a card game with solitaire and multiplayer rules

often : involving or allowing simultaneous play by more than one player through a shared interface

Since the multiplayer game World of Warcraft debuted in 2004, gamers have spent more than 50 billion hours guiding their role-playing avatars through its mythical virtual worlds.

—Discover

While both are meant for multiplayer combat, the AI in single-player mode can provide you with dangerously smart foes.

—Newsweek

Buy if: you want fast-paced multiplayer fun that's tense as heck.

—Jimmy Donnellan

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above