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A list of all blind-accessible videogames

This is a list of every videogame accessible to the blind. For purposes of this article, blind means someone with no usable vision. For every game, its level of accessibility will be described next to it.

For some games there is not enough information so feel free to leave suggestions in the Discord or by opening an issue or pull request on this repo.

This was originally started on June 18th, 2024 in the form of this Reddit thread, then moved to a GitHub gist and was then finally moved here. A website for this list and more is planned in the future. Stay tuned!

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For updates, questions and discussions about the list and the games on it, you can join the Discord server

Important Notice

While I'm always trying to insure that the information here is as accurate as possible, you should still do your own research before buying anything. If you find something here that is inaccurate, please mention it either on the Discord or by opening an issue on this repo.

What do some of these descriptions mean?

Throughout the list you might find some terms like fully accessible, mostly accessible etc. that might not be immediately clear. Here is what they mean in this context:

  • Fully accessible: can be reasonably played and completed (if applicable) without sighted assistance
  • Mostly accessible: The game is mostly playable/completable, but has some rough edges, inefficient parts, or some smaller parts of the game aren't supported
  • Playable: technically playable, but the player should expect major friction
  • Partially accessible: some modes, menus, or core systems are accessible, but important parts of the game are not
  • Work in progress: accessibility is an in-development work in progress, could be unfinished or unstable
  • Unknown/Limited information: not enough information to classify

Games

Accidentally accessible games

These are games that are playable, but without the developers or modders specifically including accessibility for us. Experience with these games may vary.

  • Most fighting games (e.g. older Mortal Kombat)
  • Rhythm Heaven, Nintendo 3DS) - accidentally playable, menu guide available here
  • 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, PS4/PS5/Switch) - playable, more information and guide available here
  • Ninja Gaiden 3): OCR required, has navigation assist which makes it playable
  • Resident Evil 6): OCR required, has navigation assist which makes it playable.
  • The Jackbox party pack series), from volume 7 upwards including the starter pack. These are social games that work by having one player run the game and show it to others, either IRL on a tv or through a stream on a platform like Discord. The game menus are not narrated, but each minigame has unique music in the selection menu, and once a game is selected you can press up arrow on PC to have the room code read outloud. The web interface for the players is where most of the accessibility is as all visual elements, such as leaderboard changes, are audio described by screen readers. Accessibility for the specific minigames varies, but in general anything which doesn’t involve drawing, i.e. any word, trivia or creative writing games are fully accessible. Older games in the series from volume 6 down also have a few playable games, but don’t have the room code reading or enhanced audio descriptions on the website.
  • Ninja Gaiden 4) - OCR required, has navigation assist which makes it playable
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons) - OCR required, has very good sound design and sound cues for almost everything in the game and is also very customizable
  • Final Fantasy XVI) - has accidental navigation assist (animal instinct) which makes it technically somewhat playable

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