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, it's level of accessibility will be described next to it.
For some games there is not enough information so feel free to leave your experiences in the comments. Also, if you know of any other blind-accessible games that aren't on this list, please write them down in the comments. You can also message me on Discord (my username is: molitvan).
This was originally started on June 18th, 2024 in the form of this Reddit thread and has since been moved here. A website for this list and more is planned in the future. Stay tuned!
- The Last of Us part I. (PC/PS5) - fully accessible w/audio description
- The Last of Us part II. (PC/PS4/PS5) - fully accessible, but the PS5 and PC versions have more features like audio description and higher quality TTS with support for all game languages
- God of War Ragnarök (PS4/PS5) - half-baked accessibility with many features broken or partially finished (like the screen reader not reading most of the game), but there is a guide, available here specifically meant to help blind players get around these issues. Also there is audio description, but with many grammatical errors.
- Spiderman 2 (PC/PS5) - mostly accessible w/audio description (requires brief sighted assistance at certain points in the game, but otherwise fully accessible)
- Minecraft: Java Edition (PC, with the Minecraft Access mod) - mostly accessible, requires decent spatial awareness
- Factorio (PC, with the Factorio Access mod) - mostly accessible, currently stuck on an older game version with support for the newest version being worked on and expected probably in a few months. That older version (1.1) still has planty of content and new players won't notice any significant changes when upgrading to 2.0.
- Lethal Company (PC, with the Lethal Access mod) - mostly accessible
- Forza Motorsport (PC/Xbox) - fully accessible, high learning curve, includes audio description
- As Dusk Falls (PC/PS5/Xbox) - fully accessible w/audio description (the game is also available for PS4, but that version is not accessible)
- Hades (PC, with the Erumi's Blind Accessibility Options modpack) - playable, but a bit tricky at times, uses OCR
- Hades II. (PC, with the Blind Accessibility and the Tolk Compatibility mods) - limited information, also there isn't any useful information in the mod's readme, but a post by the developer with more info can be found here
- Stardew Valley (PC, with the Stardew Access mod) - mostly accessible with downsides being related to combat and efficiency when doing some tasks compared to sighted players. Most of that can be fixed with other mods though.
- Plants vs Zombies (PC, with the pvz-a11y mod) - fully accessible
- Diablo IV (all platforms) - mostly accessible, requires mental mapping in dungeons, nav assist only in overworld for now
- Brock the Investigator (all platforms) - fully accessible w/audio description
- Mortal Kombat 1 (all platforms) - fully accessible w/audio description
- Slay the Spire (PC, with the Say the Spire mod) - fully accessible
- Hearthstone (PC, with the Hearthstone Access mod) - fully accessible
- World of Warcraft (PC, with the Blind Slash mod) - mostly accessible, sighted assistance required in dungeons and end-game content
- World of Warcraft Classic (PC, with the SKU mod) - not in active development as seen by the notice in the description. As such, I don't recommend it to new players, but I'm putting it here just to make it clear it exists for now.
- Crusader Kings III (PC, with a mod) - fully accessible with OCR. This means that everything can be played, but the mod relies on using live OCR instead of directly outputing text to a tts.
- Skull Girls (PC) - fully accessible
- Balatro (PC, with the Black Hole mod) - fully accessible
- Any game made in Ren'Py e.g. Doki Doki Literature Club, Slay the Princess... (PC, sometimes with a mod) - fully accessible
- Fortnite (PC, with the FA11y mod, aim assist available separately here) - playable, but a bit tricky to learn. Also requires a good computer because the mod uses machine learning for everything
- Yu-Gi-Oh: Master Duels (PC, with the Master Duels Blind Mode mod) - work in progress, looking very promising
- Pokémon Reborn (PC)
- Without mods: mostly accessible, instead of navigation assistance there are audio cues for bumping into things to tell you what it is and also for figuring out where walls or empty space are
- with the PK Reborn Access mod - improves the experience with a lot of features including proper nav assist and improving menu narration in some screens
- Assassin's Creed Shadows (all platforms) - limited information, the game looks to be playable, but very frustrating. It may get removed from this list in the future.
- Street Fighter 6 (all platforms) - fully accessible gameplay with features like accessibility audio cues, but with no screen reader. Works well with OCR
- All GBC and GBA Pokemon games including some ROM hacks (emulated on PC, with the Pokemon Access mod) - fully accessible
- F1 25 (all platforms) - accessibility audio cues in races enabling almost full accessibility of gameplay, however no screen reader or any other features
- Blackbox (iOS) - fully accessible
- Soulblaze (PC) - fully accessible
- Sequence Storm (PC) - fully accessible
- Red and Black (PC) - fully accessible
- Terraria (PC, with the Terraria Access mod) - work in progress, under active development
- Final Fantasy VI (PC, with the FF6 Screen Reader mod) - work in progress, under active development
- Final Fantasy IX (PC, with this fork of the Memoria engine, download separately available here) - work in progress, under active development
- Disco Elysium (PC, with the Disco Accessibility mod, download separately available here) - fully accessible, requires both controller and keyboard, navigation needs some getting used to
- Rimworld (PC, with the Rimworld Access mod) - mostly accessible, limited information on what specifically isn't accessible, more info available here
- 1428: Shadows Over Silesia (PC) - fully accessible w/audio description
- Rhythm Doctor (PC) - fully accessible w/audio description, except the custom level editor
- Bits and Bops (PC) - fully accessible w/audio description
- Slots and Daggers (PC, with this mod) - fully accessible
- DawnCaster (Android/iOS, PC coming soon) - fully accessible w/audio description
- Pokemon Rejuvenation (PC, with the Crawli Support Pack modpack) - playable, but very early
- Pokemon Showdown (PC) - fully accessible
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (PC) - more info available here
- Escape from Norwood (PC/Android/iOS) - fully accessible
- Kilta (PC) - fully accessible
- Firebird (PC) - fully accessible
- Luck be a Landlord (PC) - fully accessible
These are games that are playable, but without the developers or modders specifically including accessibility for us. Experience with these games may wary.
- 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.
- Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero - playable, but requires a lot of OCR
You should add Black Box. It's probably the second most creatively accessible game ever, after The Last of Us, Part II.