| 100% | SPEEDRUNS | 9 | Attempts to blast through a video game |
| 49% | HARD | 4 | Like a video game set to maximum difficulty |
| 48% | NEXTLEVEL | 9 | Advancing in a video game means going to the __ |
| 47% | OVERWORLD | 9 | Area in a video game that connects to all other locations |
| 47% | SKILLFLOOR | 10 | *Figurative obstacle representing a video gamer's minimum ability to succeed |
| 45% | LIFE | 4 | Chance to play, in a video game |
| 45% | MOD | 3 | Alteration to a video game, for short |
| 45% | MOD | 3 | Change to a video game, for short |
| 45% | STORYMODE | 9 | Video game setting that allows a player to focus on the narrative |
| 44% | MOD | 3 | Unofficial alteration to a video game |
| 44% | WII | 3 | Video game console that had the slogan "Experience a new way to play" |
| 44% | WII | 3 | Video game console that used the slogan "Experience a new way to play" |
| 43% | SPACEINVADERS | 13 | Iconic video game since 1978, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 42% | RAGEQUIT | 8 | Become too frustrated to continue playing a video game: Hyph. |
| 41% | MARIO | 5 | First video game character to be honored with a figure in the Hollywood Wax Museum |
| 41% | SONIC | 5 | First video game character to have a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 41% | LOOTBOX | 7 | Purchasable grab bag in a video game |
| 41% | DEMO | 4 | Free trial version of a video game |
| 41% | COMBO | 5 | Sequence of moves in a video game |
| 41% | BOSS | 4 | Final opponent in many a video game |
| 41% | DOOM | 4 | 1993 video game about a space marine's quest to find and kill demons from hell |
| 41% | NBA | 3 | With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 40% | KINGDOMHEARTS | 13 | Video game series in which a hooded Mickey Mouse asks, "Say, fellas, did somebody mention the Door to Darkness?" |
| 40% | REDROVER | 8 | Playground game, try to run through a human chain |
| 40% | MOD | 3 | A player-made alteration to a video game |
| 40% | ONEUP | 5 | Extra life, in a video game |
| 40% | SPAWN | 5 | Appear, as in a video game |
| 40% | AVATARS | 7 | Players' images within a video game |
| 40% | HADES | 5 | 2020 video game in which Zagreus, the son of the title character, attempts to escape the Greek underworld |
| 40% | FLAVORTEXT | 10 | Words that add depth to a video game character |