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Asphyxiation

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Player has to deal with asphyxiation or limited supply of whatever substance they require for breathing (such as oxygen). Including situations that remove or supplant the breathable substance, such as drowning, vacuum, gases, etc.

189
games
40
platforms

Alternate names: Oxygen, Drowning, Suffocation

Tomb Raider: Underworld (Xbox 360)
Tomb Raider: Underworld
X360 2008-11-18
Depth Hunter (Windows)
Depth Hunter
WIN 2011
Singularity (PlayStation 3)
Singularity
PS3 2010-06-29
Ancients of Ooga (Windows)
Ancients of Ooga
WIN 2010-10
Astro Plumber (Amstrad CPC)
Astro Plumber
CPC 1986
No Man's Sky (Windows)
No Man's Sky
WIN 2016-08-12
Schatzsuche (Atari 400/800)
Schatzsuche
A800 1985
Frankenstein 2000 (Acorn Electron)
Frankenstein 2000
ELEC 1985
Astro Plumber (Acorn Electron)
Astro Plumber
ELEC 1985
Astro Plumber (Commodore 16/Plus 4)
Astro Plumber
C16 1985
Titanic (Amstrad CPC)
Titanic
CPC 1988
Mr. Wino (Amstrad CPC)
Mr. Wino
CPC 1988
See also: airflows (may cause asphyxiation by depleting breathable air from an area), ventilation
This covers things like drowning (liquid filling the respiratory tract preventing breathing), asphyxiant gases or other depletion of breathable air or such in the area, vacuums, and other methods. Strangling is not included unless the game specifically simulates asphyxiation for it rather than just causing damage/death.

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Child group

NPC asphyxiation

Games by year

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The first Asphyxiation video game was released in 1981.

Deep Silver, Electronic Arts and FoxEye published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (Oxygen Meter)

Platforms

Windows 56
Linux 22
MS-DOS 12
ZX Spectrum 11
X360 10
Mac OS X 9
Amstrad CPC 8
PS3 8
C64 7
Apple II E 5
Memotech MTX 3
Atari 400/800 2
PS4 2
NES 2
BBC 2
MSX 2
Electron 2
Amiga 2
Atari ST 2
iOS 2
Oric 1
Mac OS Classic 1
VIC-20 1
HP 48 1
Saturn 1
3DO 1
Colour Genie 1
Master System 1
PS 1
Switch 1

Most common companies

Deep Silver7
Electronic Arts6
FoxEye5
Blue Ribbon5
Microsoft Game Studios5
Subset Games4
Team17 Software4
Klei Entertainment4
Topo Soft4
Mastertronic4
Gremlin Graphics4
Biart Studio4
Firebird3
Silverbird3
Hello Games3