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Low Oxygen

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Creative and clever puzzles
  • Short and accessible
  • Charming pixel art style
  • Key rebinding options

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky and unintuitive controls
  • Repetitive and minimal music
  • Some bugs and glitches
  • Lack of narrative depth
  • Limited replay value beyond achievements

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Low Oxygen. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Low Oxygen. These titles are not in What to play next.

Low Oxygen: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Survival, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 23/08/2026