Korean slang profile
크런치 모드
keureonchi modeu
A working practice of repeatedly concentrating overtime and extra shifts into a period before events such as a game launch.
A working practice of repeatedly concentrating overtime and extra shifts into a period before events such as a game launch.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 크런치모드
- Earliest source found
- Feb 26, 2025
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
신작 마감이 다가오자 팀에서 크런치 모드 이야기가 나왔다.
As the new release deadline approached, the team started talking about 크런치 모드.
02Documented history
- February 2025이투데이 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]
03Origin & word formation
이투데이 introduced the game industry’s intensive pre-release labor practices and worker-experience survey results in 2025. Who first used the expression and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. When it was first used and how it spread need further comparison.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- [이투데이 말투데이] 가도멸괵(假途滅虢)/크런치 모드 (이투데이)Published Feb 26, 2025Original source checked Nov 13, 2026