Playful attraction is an Emotional Attraction in which the person experiencing the attraction often wants to play with the person they are attracted to in some way. The way one wants to play can include things like roughhousing, playing multiplayer video games, competing with one another for any particular prize, running about and/or chasing one another, and more depending on how the people involved enjoy playing.
A playful partner would be considered a playmate.
History
The term was coined by Fandom user BubbyAurora on June 7th, 2021.