God mode

Not to be confused with God game.

This article is about the video game mechanic. For the operating system hack, see Windows Master Control Panel shortcut.

In health-based video games, god mode, infinite health or infinite life, is a game mechanic or cheat that prevents the playing character from being harmed, sustaining damage and ultimately, dying. By contrast, invincibility or invulnerability is a usually temporary instance of this effect, obtainable in games with it as a power-up.

Function

See also: Cheating in video games and Cheating in online games

Depending on how the effect is activated, god mode can function as a tool for game testing, a legitimate gameplay element (one of the most famous being Starman from the Mario series), an unlockable feature (seen for example, in GoldenEye 007) or in more illicit cases, a hack.

See also

• Noclip mode
• Powergaming
• Difficulty level