No there isn't, but words don't just exist in a dictionary. Words are constantly evolving things as people alter and create new definitions for them. If we only ever went by what the dictionary said, then we'd never get idiomatic expressions, slang, new words etc. Fantasy, when used the correct way for literature is just another way of saying fiction, but when normal people talk about a fantasy novel, they mean to describe a book that has a specific set of features, magic being one of them. An alternate history book that explores what could have happened if one major event had gone differently would not be referred to as a fantasy novel by the majority of people. The same is true of a video game. All games are technically fantasy, but that's definition is not a useful description. Magic and giant spiders and enchantments, on the other hand, is a useful definition of fantasy and is the one that your average person on the street will tell you if you ask them to describe fantasy. The OP specifically stated this definition of fantasy.
Also, you pulled up the definition of fantasy as a noun, I feel like in today's time, when describing books, movies and games, we tend to use the word fantasy as an adjective which has a distinct definition from Fantasy the noun and Fantasied the adjective.
I know that words are an evolving thing. I put the definition there to emphasize the fact that to fantasize means to imagine things as stated in the definition. Seeing as I bolded the word and underlined it, and I would have though someone like you would realize that I wasn't just stating the definition for the sake of definitions. Apparently I was mistaken.
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I truly believe we are all saying the same thing here but coming at it from different sides of the coin (cube?). Does Minecraft have fantasy elements? Absolutely it does. Is Minecraft a fantasy game? It depends on your definition of a fantasy game.
I know that words are an evolving thing. I put the definition there to emphasize the fact that to fantasize means to imagine things as stated in the definition. Seeing as I bolded the word and underlined it, and I would have though someone like you would realize that I wasn't just stating the definition for the sake of definitions. Apparently I was mistaken.
I truly believe we are all saying the same thing here but coming at it from different sides of the coin (cube?). Does Minecraft have fantasy elements? Absolutely it does. Is Minecraft a fantasy game? It depends on your definition of a fantasy game.
Is Minecraft a fantasy game in my opinion? No.
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I specifically want to mention I was mistaken on Steam not having a fantasy category. I briefly checked but clearly overlooked it. My bad.