"casual game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: casual games [plural]
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  1. (video games) A video game targeting casual, irregular gamers, typically having few rules to learn and a low initial level of difficulty. Wikipedia link: casual game Categories (topical): Video game genres, Video games Hyponyms: party game

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