Worth it for the right player.
At $5.99. It has been as low as $1.79.
- Story and characters: 142 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 206 sampled reviews
Based on 283 player reviews · updated 7 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 206 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Asphyxia, developed and published by ebi-hime, is a visual novel that trades scope and spectacle for emotional intensity and introspection, offering a tightly focused narrative that lingers more in its tone than its length might suggest.
Despite the fairly colourful visuals, there are some pretty heavy themes (one of which may or may not be clinical depression) going on, not to mention everyone seems pretty short with each other and prone to casually bringing up suicide and death.
The soundtrack follows a similar approach, providing a gentle, atmospheric backdrop that enhances the mood without overwhelming it.
Finally, I will say that Asphyxia is really a wonderful game, after the first 5-10 min of gameplay, you will start to feel what Sam is feeling and you will WANT to see the end, to help her in her relationship.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $5.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.79.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
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