Asphyxia

Asphyxia

Released Aug 2015

A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?

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Evaluation

Asphyxia is a yuri visual novel that launched on August 4, 2015 as a self-contained story with four endings. The game has no DLC, no season pass, and no announced expansions — it shipped as a complete, standalone product. The developer, ebi-hime, is a prolific solo creator who releases new visual novels as entirely separate games rather than expanding existing ones. The news feed for Asphyxia reflects this pattern: posts are almost entirely announcements and releases of new, separate titles (Her Love, Like Poison, Cage of Roses, Out of the Ocean, The Demon Queen's Dire Dilemma, Clear Skye Thinking, etc.). None of these are additions to Asphyxia itself. The one directly relevant update for Asphyxia came on February 1, 2025, when ebi-hime released a small maintenance patch fixing typos, swapping some sound effects, and correcting sprite art issues. This polish update — which the developer explicitly described as "dusting off the cobwebs" on an "old and crusty" project — is consistent with a completed game receiving minor upkeep, not ongoing content development. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no roadmap, no announced future content for Asphyxia, and no developer statements suggesting the game will receive additional story content. The game is complete as originally released.
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Developer released a small maintenance patch for Asphyxia fixing typos, replacing sound effects, and correcting sprite art. Described the game as an 'old and crusty' project being 'dusted off' — language consistent with a completed product receiving minor polish, not active content development.
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Store description presents Asphyxia as a self-contained visual novel with a defined cast, a single narrative, four endings, and approximately 70,000 words of content. No mention of DLC, expansions, or ongoing updates.
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Details

Developer
Publisher
ebi-hime
Achievements
8
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game



Asphyxia is a gloomy yuri visual novel that takes well-known Romantic poets like Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron, and turns them into cute anime girls. It's every literature student's dream! ♥

Follow Samantha Coleridge, who is (as one might expect coming from Coleridge) languishing in the doldrums of depression. Samantha has been miserable for a long time, but her bleak mood has continued to worsen after an intense falling-out with her best friend, Lillian Wordsworth.

Why did her friendship with Lillian collapse, and was Samantha truly to blame for it?

Samantha turns these thoughts over in her head fitfully for several months, until a school field trip gives her a chance to once again spend time with Lillian. In the enchanting environs of the Lake District, will Samantha finally be able to fix her fractured relationship with Lillian...

Or is it destined to crumble once again?




  • 70k worth of text (approx 3-6 hours of reading)
  • A story with four different endings and several choices
  • Gorgeous character and background artwork
  • A cast of characters all based on Romantic poets (and Alexander Pope)
  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge, re-envisioned as a sad lesbian!!!
  • She has a crush on Wordsworth now!!!
  • Wordsworth doesn’t reciprocate!!!
  • Also, chic vampire Byron is pretty cute ♥
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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