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Interactive triggers

Other (objects, etc.) entity

Player encounters trigger mechanisms they can or must interact with, usually in form of push buttons or turning levers/valves.

240
games
26
platforms

Alternate names: Buttons, Levers, Switches

Inescapable (Windows)
Inescapable
WIN 2013-10-18
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (Windows)
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
WIN 2010-12-20
Wolfenstein: The New Order (Xbox One)
Wolfenstein: The New Order
XBOX1 2014-05-20
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Xbox 360)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
X360 2011-11-11
Knytt Underground (Linux)
Knytt Underground
LIN 2012-12-31
Blades of Time (Mac OS X)
Blades of Time
OSX 2012
Darksiders (PlayStation 3)
Darksiders
PS3 2010-01-05
Rage (Xbox 360)
Rage
X360 2011-10-04
Boondog (Linux)
Boondog
LIN 2008
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Windows)
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WIN 1999-11-18
Rogue Warrior (Windows)
Rogue Warrior
WIN 2009-11-26
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure (PlayStation Portable)
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
PSP 2006-06-27
Some of these have multiple states even, or allow very fine control over something, but most commonly these only have two states (on and off).

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Parent group

Interaction: Environment

Child groups

Pressure plates, Cross-map triggers, Disguised triggers

Games by year

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The first Interactive triggers video game was released in 1990.

Bethesda Softworks, Square Enix and Playdead published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 80
Linux 68
PS3 17
X360 16
Mac OS X 16
MS-DOS 8
PS Vita 5
PS4 4
PSP 4
PS2 3
Mac OS Classic 2
Wii U 2
Xbox One 2
Nintendo DS 1
ZX Spectrum 1
BeOS 1
GBC 1
Amiga 1
C64 1
Atari ST 1
Amstrad CPC 1
Android 1
BSD 1
3DS 1
Switch 1
Wii 1

Most common companies

Bethesda Softworks14
Square Enix10
Playdead6
MicroStyle6
Zelda s9larus6
Night Dive Studios5
Gaslamp Games4
Caravel Games4
Electronic Arts4
NIS America3
M.A Software3
Whole Hog Games3
Magnetic Realms3
Frictional Games3
Bit Kid3