survival horror
English
noun
Definitions
- (video game genre) A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (such as health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese サバイバルホラー compound from English survival + English horror.
Origin
English
horror
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- J-horror English
- antisurvival English
- cryosurvival English
- ecohorror English
- horrification English
- horrify English
- horror English
- horrorcore English
- horrorfest English
- horrormeister English
- horrorsome English
- neurosurvival English
- nonhorror English
- nonsurvival English
- prosurvival English
- survival English
- survivalism English
- survivalist English
- survivalistic English
- survive English
- technohorror English
- horror Latin
- サバイバルホラー Japanese
- ホラー Japanese
- horror Polish
- horer Middle English