playfield noun3 •A playing field.The position of the playfield is here identified as lying north of this open space between it and the burn, and occupying the haugh which extended west […] — 1884 •The onscreen area within which a game (especially a video game) is played.In this case, the playfield is more disorienting and feels more like the maze that it is. — 2007 •The main surface inside the machine where the ball moves and the game takes place. formsplayfields