Shallow water

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Player encounters water too shallow to swim/dive in (or to die in).

224
games
36
platforms
Mostly just cause for fancy water splash/wave effects without introducing swimming, but this can also slow any characters down passing through water (wading) if sufficiently deep and anything else.

Also a way to introduce water the player can move through without dying if the character is incapable of swimming and drowns instantly in deep water.

Short shallow strips on beaches and such do not count.

The first Shallow water video game was released in 1985.

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

Parent group

Water

Platforms

Windows 93
Linux 26
PS3 21
X360 20
Mac OS X 17
PS2 5
Xbox One 3
PS4 3
Wii 3
MS-DOS 3
PS Vita 2
GameCube 2
Xbox 2
NES 2
Master System 1
Android 1
iOS 1
FM Towns 1
Nintendo DS 1
NEC PC8801 1
MICRO 7 - FM7 1
Sharp X1 1
C64 1
X68000 1
Mega Drive 1
Apple IIGS 1
Switch 1
PS 1
Stadia 1
Amiga 1

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