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A gameplay mode or progression stretch where players fight a sequence of bosses back to back with little downtime in between.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The update's endgame is basically a boss rush with better loot and zero mercy."
LORE & ORIGIN
Long-running gaming term that stayed relevant through action games, roguelikes, and event modes built around escalating encounter chains.
FIRST SEEN
2000s
PEAK POPULARITY
2000s-2026 (Action Game Vocabulary)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
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