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Oxygen: First Breath

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

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Quick resume

This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

Global score

89/100

Genres

Indie, Simulator, Strategy, Free To Play

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    Pros

    • Engaging survival and resource management mechanics
    • Good tutorials and accessible gameplay
    • Atmospheric post-apocalyptic setting
    • Free demo with substantial content
    • Smooth ui and controls

    Cons

    • Limited story depth and endgame content
    • Some ui and tutorial roughness
    • Repetitive gameplay and tasks
    • Lack of multiplayer or social features
    • Graphics and narration could be improved

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Players express nostalgia and desire to continue playing the full game beyond the demo, indicating attachment and habitual play potential."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "Players can customize colony layout and research paths, though building options and aesthetics are somewhat limited."

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    • Domination

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      "No evidence of exerting control over others; gameplay is solitary and focused on personal management."

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    • Escapism

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      "The post-apocalyptic setting and survival challenges provide immersive distraction and stress relief from real life."

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      "Post-apocalyptic setting and survival challenges provide immersive distraction from real life."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily for enjoyment and interest; no indication of obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Players try different strategies, character builds, and resource management approaches to survive."

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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      "Limited character or environment customization; players mostly use standard game components and aesthetics."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Game is grounded in realistic post-apocalyptic survival and combat; no fantasy or supernatural elements."

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    • Fellowship

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      "No social or community features; gameplay is solitary."

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    • Growth

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      "Players learn game mechanics, improve strategies, and develop colony management skills"

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      "Players learn and improve resource management, survival tactics, and colony expansion skills."

    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires continuous attention and micromanagement; not suitable for idle or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No close social interactions or relationship building; solitary gameplay."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead and manage their colony, assigning workers and directing development."

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      "Players lead and manage their colony, assigning tasks and directing development."

    • Progression

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      "Players accumulate resources, research technologies, build and upgrade structures, and expand their colony."

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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      "No social recognition or status systems present."

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fantasy, Expression.

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