also: ノンプレーヤーキャラクター
Video game term for a character controlled by the computer, not by a human player. Often abbreviated as NPC.
The NPCs in this game have very realistic conversations.
I receive a quest from an NPC.
Variant with long vowel mark in プレーヤー.
Spelling with interpuncts separating the components.
Variant with interpuncts and long vowel mark.
Loanword from English 'non-player character'.