EAGLE ISLAND (G)

This cute little adventure platformer developed by Pixelnicks features you and your wonderful owl companion fighting through enemies and traversing through temples to get to the guardian eagle.

The platformer features many accessibility options from text-to-speech for screen reading to optional outlines for platforms and the player character, which leaves the game open for many people of all ages to play!  

Accessibility Features

Audio

• Audio cues for health
• Text-to-speech for screen reading

Visual

• Optional Aim Guide
• Subtitles on
• Customizable UI display
• Screenshake disable

Color

• Dimmable background
• Light effects option
• Character / platform outline option

Fine Motor

• Controller remapping (in-game and for menus)
• Auto aim
• Gamespeed adjustment

FIFA 22 (G)

This classic soccer game series is rife with many accessibility options in 22! There are six difficulty options to pick between based on your skill level. Additionally this is complimented with options including adjusting game speed, and ways to auto switch to keep track of the ball.

There are many more things you cutsomize to create an experience that suits your needs, so absolutely go check out the game!

Accessibility Features

General

• Difficulty selection (6 levels)
• Game speed adjustment

Auditory

• Pause menu narration
• Speech-to-text (multiplayer)
• Text-to-speech (multiplayer)
• Subtitles

Visual

• Large and clear UI (player indicators, clickable objects) 

Color

• Colorblind Filters - Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia
• Brightness and Contrast options

Fine motor

• Game speed adjustment
• Auto-switching to aid ball tracking

FORZA HORIZON 5 (G)

Forza Horizon 5 is a car racing based game set in an open world environment that is based on Mexico. Because of the range of accessibility options the game offers, there are a wide variety of players who are now able to enjoy a racing game.

Options include clear customizable subtitles, game speed adjustments, and even assisted driving!

Accessibility Features

Auditory

• Volume controls - master, music, sound effects, dialogue
• Customizable subtitles
• Converting incoming voice to chat text
• Text-to-speech

Visual

• UI Text Size Adjustment
• Notification duration
• Adjustable font size
• Speech-to-text

Color

• Colorblind Filters - Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia

Fine motor

• Assisted Driving
• Game speed adjustment (offline)

HYPERDOT (G)

The very premise of Hyperdot brings open the realm of possibilities in accessibility, you play as a small circle enclosed in an area where simple shapes surround you. The game? Dodge everything.

The game’s solo developer, Charles McGregor, built it with two pillars in mind: minimalism and flexibility. This flexibility has allowed the game to be an incredibly accessible and open title.
CanIPlayThat has even ranked the game as being 10/10 in accessibility, writing: “HyperDot is perfect. Not only is it one of the most entertaining arcade games I've played in years, its hidden therapeutic qualities for physically disabled players cannot be emphasized enough.”

Accessibility Features

Visual

• Disable screenshake
• Disable background anims

Color

• Colorblind Filters - Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia
• Brightness and Contrast options

Fine Motor

• Diverse range of supported controllers (Xbox Adaptive Controller, PS4, Joy-Cons, etc.)
• Controllers detected automatically
• Mouse – limited exertion
• Eye-tracking
• Tilt / Touch

SEQUENCE STORM (ALL AGES)

This rhythm game is designed extremely well for visually impaired gamers, as you are able to play solely through audio cues! The games opening features immediate narration for what’s happening on screen. Having a game featuring accessibility beyond the gameplay is always a fantastic thing, so go check it out!

Accessibility Features

Audio

• Narrated visual content including menus
• Replace visual cues with audio cues (optional)

Color

• Customizable in-game colours

Fine Motor

• Auto Steering
• Toggle repeated button presses
• Remappable controls
• Simplified control options

SUBMERGED: HIDDEN DEPTHS (G)

Developor Uppercut Games, describes Hidden Depths as “a relaxing, third-person exploration game set in a hauntingly beautiful world of water and ruins.” You play as two siblings navigating the water and exploring city ruins in this “relaxploration” title.
We love this because gameplay is not timed, or consequential, the lack of pressure allows it to be open to a wide variety of players.

Accessibility Features

General

• Premise and gameplay is very simple / relaxing

Visual

• Customizable direction markers
• Subtitles

Color

• Color-blind modes
• Brightness and contrast adjustments

Fine Motor

• One-handed option
• Controller remapping

UNPACKING (G)

This is an implicit narrative game that features a single character unpacking their rooms for different living spaces based on stages of their life.
Developed by Witch Beam, the game has a puzzle by choice feature. In puzzle mode, as you unpack objects, there are specific places objects must go in order to get a good star rating. In the non-puzzle option, the game acts as an entirely meditative experience where players can simply enjoy the joys of organising a space without the physical labour. 

Accessibility Features

General

• Customizable Accessibility Options
• Premise and gameplay is very simple/ relaxing
• Allow items everywhere – removes puzzle option
• No timers and optional scores

Visual

• Highlight invalid items (optional)
• Scalable UI
• Motion sickness option (fade transition)
• Visual cues for rooms needing completion / when completed

Color

• Customizable highlight

Audio

• Gameplay not reliant on sound
• Audio cues for rooms needing completion / when completed

Fine Motor

• Playable with just a mouse

CELESTE (PG)

This indie platformer (by Extremely OK Games) does well to offer optional difficulty options to avoid cognitive loading. "Assist Mode" offers adjustments to the game's speed, the amount of stamina you have, and even Invincibility if you want to focus on the narrative of the game!

It remains however, that the game lacks a colourblind option and content warnings. So while we need to praise it's Assist Mode, there are some visual and content issues that could do with a level up!

Accessibility Features

General

• Game Speed (Assist Mode)
• Infinite Stamina (Assist Mode)
• Rumble cues

Visual

• Photosensitive Mode
• Optional removal of screen-shake

Fine motor

•  Playable with only keyboard

CHICORY (PG)

Chicory’s story is inherently to do with color, as you play as a dog that holds a magical paint brush. Despite the narrative being reliant on the premise of color, the game ensures that anyone can play in part through its clear contrast.

Lobanov, the game’s developer, explained to Game Rant  "The choice of colors is purely aesthetic, it’s just like what color you want to draw with." Beyond color options, there are a variety of other options the game includes to ensure many players can have fun, including ways to mitigate misophonia!

Accessibility Features

General

• Player Health
• Content Warnings
• Bossfight Skip Option
• Content warnings

Visual

• Text Scroll Speed
• Text Effects Options
• Font Style (Fun/Readable)
• Eyestrain Helper
• Optional screenshake and screen effects

Color

• Game inherently designed with color-blindness in mind

Audio

• Wet Sounds (Enable or disable “wet” sounds)
• Gameplay not reliant on sound
• Game conveyed through text

Fine Motor

• Controller remapping
• Controller Vibration options
• Game Reaction Speed

EASTERN MARKET MURDER (AGES 12 AND UP)

Often times, AR experiences are only available to those who are mobile. Eastern Market Murder stands out in the crowd with options to play at home or right in the centre of Melbourne, Australia.

Developed by True Crime Games, the experience has been praised as an intense and fantastic murder mystery. Further commendations have been given for its historical accuracy, even using a real event as its basis!

Accessibility Features

General

• Offsite mode – no walking required
• Game is solely on a mobile device

Visual

• Closed captioning

Color

• Color-blind modes
• Brightness and contrast adjustments

Audio

• Dialogue between characters is voice-acted

MOVING OUT (PG)

This fun title (developed by SMG Studio) features players helping families move out of their houses as quickly as possible!

Over time the game has released updates to improve accessibility. These updates has added features, such as multiple options in Assist Mode. The most notable update with these improvements was titled "Moving In". Some of the options for Assist Mode include skipping levels on fail, and even adding extra time to the levels timer! 

Accessibility Features

General

• Customizable Assist Mode (skip level on fail, reduced difficulty etc.)
• Extra time onto the timer
• Options to make objects lighter or remove obstacles
• Wide array of character customisations including wheelchair options

Auditory

• Optional Subtitles

Visual

• Scalable UI
• Dyslexic friendly font option

Color

• Brightness and contrast settings

Fine motor

• Auto Snap – locks furniture in place
• Controller remapping

RATCHET & CLANK: A RIFT APART (PG, 8+)

As the developer writes, “After the release of Marvel’s Spider-Man, we received an outpouring of positive feedback from the disabled community and this further strengthened our commitment to add more accessibility features to the upcoming Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the first Ratchet & Clank game with an accessibility feature list.”

As a game that offers nostalgia for older players and paves the way for younger ones, we just had to feature the amount of work that has gone into the title.  

Accessibility Features

General

• Difficulty selection (4 levels)
• Game speed adjustment
• Optional controller vibration

Auditory

• Subtitles

Visual

• Optional screen effects and screenshake
• Clear Waypoints (optional always on)
• Center dot / reticle to help with aim
• Adjustable colours for key interactions (text, aim arc, target arc)

Color

• Brightness and contrast settings
• Multiple options for contrast (enemy shader, hero shader, interactable shader etc.)

Fine motor

• Multiple options for different assist modes (aim, flight, ledge-guard)
• Fire Mode options
• Adaptive triggers
• Controller remapping
• Shortcut key actions to one key

SEA OF THIEVES (PG)

Since Sea of Thieves’ launch in March 2018, at least 39 of their updates have contained accessibility improvements or entirely new features in addition to the many accessibility features included at launch.

The team at Rare strive to continually build and improve on features to make Sea of Thieves a more accessible, inclusive game. Whether it’s refining their systems for better narration, ensuring new experiences are accessible by design or taking feedback and listening to players.

Accessibility Features

General

• Dedicated accessibility menu on first load

Auditory

• Volume Controls - master, music, sound effects, dialogue 
• Subtitles - background, speaker indicator, adjustable anytime

Visual

• Contrast settings (brightness)
• Narrator - in-game text, menu

Color

• Colorblind filters - Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia

Fine motor

• Full controller customization

APEX LEGENDS (Mature/Teen)

Apex Legends offers some fantastic accessibility options, particularly as a multiplayer title. The captioning of the game indicates who is speaking and allows for font size adjustment - and every bit of dialogue is captioned. It also includes colorblind options, and is known for having a ping system to alert team mates rather than having to jump on a microphone.

Accessibility Features

Auditory

• Volume controls - master, music, sound effects, dialogue
• Subtitles
• Converting incoming voice to chat text

Visual

• Contrast settings (Brightness)
• Text to voice
• Adjustable font size

Color

• Colorblind Filters - Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia

Fine motor

• Full controller customization

+ Accessibility menu

HADES (Mature/Teen)

Though this game itself is fast-paced, it offers "God Mode" which grants a damage resistance buff that increases 2% after each death (the game is a rogue-like, so you need to anticipate dying a lot!). The buff is capped at 80%.

This opens up opportunity for a wider variety of players due to the barrier of difficulty being lifted. In addition Supergiant Games have included a number of awesome accessibility features!

Accessibility Features

Auditory

• Closed captions
• Large subtitles, speaker indicator
• All speech subtitled (or no speech in game)
• Audible navigation cues

Visual

• Voice acted dialogue (or no speech in game)
• Audio cues for visual events
• Colorblind filter

Fine motor

•  Controller customization

IMMORTALS FENYX RISING (TEENS 13+)

In Immortals Fenyx Rising, play as Fenyx, a new winged demigod, on a quest to save the Greek gods and their home from a dark curse. An accessibility menu appears before the game begins, and includes controller customization with variety of options across visual and auditory features, as well as large size fonts and icons. This makes this one a winner!

Accessibility Features

General

• Pause gameplay and save anywhere
• Difficulty options - preset & custom

Auditory

• Volume controls - master, music, sound effects,
• Dialogue - subtitles, resizable, speaker indicator, adjustable anytime

Visual

• Contrast settings - brightness

Color

• Colorblind filters - adjustable anytime, Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia

Fine motor

• Partial controller customization

MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (Mature/Teen)

Accessibility Features

General

• Accessibility menu
• Speed adjustable and pause gameplay
• Difficulty options - preset & custom

Auditory

• Subtitles, overheard subtitles, closed captions (font size adjustable)
• Volume controls - master, sound effects, voice, and music
• EQ presets and focus mix

Visual

• High contrast (through in-game visor only)

MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES (M)

Accessibility Features

General

• Aim-Assist
• Explicit puzzle hints
• Automatic advancement of Quicktime Events (no button pressing)
• Automatic Camera Rotation (at objectives, enemies, or while swinging)

Auditory

• Volume Controls - master, music, sound effects, dialogue 
• Subtitles - background, speaker indicator, adjustable anytime, colour adjustments

Visual

• Contrast settings (brightnes, intensity, and specific options)
• Narrator - in-game text, menu
• Control hints

Fine motor

• Controller remapping
• Accessibility vibration

SIMS 4 (Mature/Teen)

Accessibility Features

General

• Accessibility menu (accessed through main)
• Difficulty Options 
• Speed adjustment
• No time limit (low pressure)
• Save anytime

Auditory

• Audio cues for visual events
• Master volume - sound effects and music

Visual

• UI scale
• Outline interactive elements
• Contrast adjuster