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AccessibleplayukGaming accessibility, explained

For disabled players, carers and parents

Games that fit the way you play

Plain-English guides to accessibility settings, adaptive controllers and UK support, built from official sources and checked against the date shown on every page.

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  • 4 need guides
  • 6 device guides
  • 14 game profiles
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Start with what you need

All need guides

Each guide explains what helps, which settings to switch on first, and ends with a checklist you can tick and print.

  • Vision

    Gaming with low vision or sight loss: settings and features that help

  • Hearing

    Gaming if you are deaf or have hearing loss: subtitles, visual cues and chat

  • Motor and mobility

    Gaming with limited mobility: controllers, remapping and one-handed setups

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Controllers and settings, explained

All device guides

  • Xbox Adaptive Controller

    The Xbox Adaptive Controller is a flat, wide controller with two large buttons and a row of ports for external switches and joysticks. It does very…

  • PlayStation Access controller

    The Access controller is Sony's customisable controller kit for PS5. It has a stick, eight buttons you can rearrange with different caps, and…

  • Nintendo Switch accessibility

    Nintendo Switch 2 added a much fuller set of accessibility settings than the original Switch, including text to speech and GameChat transcription.…

  • Xbox accessibility settings

    Xbox gathers most of its accessibility options in one place: Profile & system > Settings > Accessibility. This guide goes through each…

  • PS5 accessibility settings

    PS5 keeps its accessibility options under Settings > Accessibility, with a few audio and controller options elsewhere. This guide covers every…

  • Windows accessibility for gaming

    Windows has a deep set of accessibility tools, but not all of them reach into games. This guide explains the settings that help with PC gaming, which…

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Help in the UK

UK charities can help with equipment advice, loans and setups, and the platform makers run their own accessibility support. Our support page explains who does what.

See UK support and funding

Game profiles

Each profile lists what the publisher documents for ten features, with notes and the sources we read.

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