completionism

English edit

completionism (uncountable)

(video games) The goal of achieving every objective in a game, as opposed to merely doing enough to win.
The goal of collecting, visiting, experiencing, etc. every item of a set.
- 2013, Alex S. Romagnoli, Gian S. Pagnucci, Enter the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature‎^[1], →ISBN, page 41:
  Lee's crossover idea was a sales bonanza, propelling Marvel readership inot unheard-of spheres of completionism
- 2019, Michael J. Nazarewycz, “Preface”, in Historic Movie Theaters of Delaware‎^[2], page 8:
  I say "almost" because, for as exhaustive an attempt at completionism as this has been, I know I don't have them all.
- 2020, Alice Vincent, “March”, in Rootbound: Rewilding a Life‎^[3], →ISBN:
  There is an infections completionism to the way millennials travel; we visit one country for a short while and consider it done, ticket off.