Well let me tell you, I'm completely blind and play both Black ops 3 and 4, I was actually asked to be part of the private beta buy a treyarch employee for Black ops 4, I offered my feedback and suggestions to improve the game overall and they were implemented within a patch or two. Even some of the sound design guys followed me as well as other big call of duty content creators recognizing my efforts. Not to mention sledgehammer games and infinity Ward both recognizing me as well, call of duty as a whole is accessible and playable to the blind community but most people don't realize it because they don't have the patience to learn it. Diablo 3 and mortal Kombat 11 both are accessible and playable as well. there is a decent amount of attention on resident evil 6, I know a couple people who play Grand theft Auto v.

it was to the point that treyarch studios was tagging me when they added major sound of changes, sledgehammer games shouted me out and a official live stream and infinity Ward sent me some nice gear for playing modern warfare


currently I'm in the process of teaching 2 other blind gamers how to play call of duty Black ops 4 zombies mode, both of these guys I play mortal Kombat with

I make my girlfriend ( blind since birth ) play Skyrim , oblivion , Harry Potter wizard unite and even Skyrim VR by either video description, moving the character and video description or as we try at the moment is to get as much helping mod as we can to make her play Skyrim VR almost autonomously. It is far from been a success yet but we will eventually get there. It's hard to make video game company to make their games works for visually impaired or deaf people's. As you and more in the same condition as you press on that, maybe we will soon see more games adapted. A good part of our gaming generation will have loss in their vision as they get holder and our need to game will not stop there. Iv seen in this thread so much blind programmers, modders and geniuses to help them and I love it. I went too far here for the simple question you asked. I guess start with some games called MUD and you can go on www.audiogames.net it as all the game that are made for visually impaired can play. Keep on doing what you love!! ( If you ever have a friend with Skyrim vr, I'll send how and Wich mode I used to make it work for visually impaired on this thread so keep up reading it Frome time to time )

Everyone's saying The Last of Us 2, recently released, is the most accessible game ever. Maybe start there? https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-53093613

u/tj_the_blind_gamer
u/MostlyBlindGamer
My apologies for the ping, but I thought either slash both of you could provide some help here!

Usually the games I play like L4D2, Genshin and Minecraft, I'll turn down the resolution to about 1280x900+ to make everything look bigger like the menu UI, the cursor and generally the words.

Cuz whenever i switch it to 1920 res; the UI, words and many other things become smaller and that makes me unable to see some of the things at all. Atleast Minecraft allows you to change the sizes of things.

Loving all the responses here, currently on a rabbit hole watching TJ's call of duty videos on YouTube. Found this thread because I'm a sighted musician who made a casual iPhone game based entirely on sound and vibration, though I'm learning as I go, fine tuning Voice Over for it and curious if it feels intuitive. You collect game items inside natural soundscapes that move as you move the phone like a compass. I also have a ton of freebie codes for anyone who doesn't want to pay the 99 cents cuz, ya know, times is hard lol. Here's the link: $1

My vision varies a lot, so my gaming habits vary as well.

I recently played The Last of Us Part II on the PS4 and really appreciated the built-in accessibility features.

I started Death Stranding the other day and I'm not very optimistic about playing it comfortably, but I've gotten some use out of the PS4's zoom tool.

I'm considering using remote play to play the game through the PC and use other magnification options there.

I hear the Xbox has good screen reader support and I've heard of a zoom feature on the Switch. You should look into these features.

Otherwise, PC is the most accessible platform. You can even use NVDA with OCR in games.

Even if you don't have a dedicated gaming PC, you can use remote play for the Xbox on any laptop or whatever you have lying around.

As far as accessible games, I find myself watching YouTube videos to figure out if the graphics are simpler and clear enough for me and I end up getting lots of games for cheap from Humble Bundle and such and just trying them out.

I just finished Hue (it was available for free on the Epic Games Store) and I really enjoyed it. The graphics are simpler and colorful.

I just started playing around with Take on Helicopters ($1 on the current Humble Bundle) and the fact that it's old means the graphics are less realistic and easier to understand.

I haven't managed to play any racing games in a while, but when I do I always turn on the teaching line assist so I don't lose track of the track (pardon the pun).

Sorry for the huge comment, I hope this helps.

This post and the comments were really helpful and wonderful to read, as an avid gamer whose sight is rapidly declining. Thank you.

Several fighting games and some sidescrolling beatemups are playable, for instance Killer Instinct, Injustice II, Street Fighter, Marvel VS Capcom, Soul Caliber, Blazblue, Dragon Ball Fighter Z, and Mortal Kombat for some fighting games, and Shank II or Streets of Rage as examples of beatemups.
The less platforming, stage hazards, and visual only cues a game has the easier it will be to play. Games with tag team mechanics can be difficult to play well if you can't see the metres, but anything with rumble feedback, audio cues, and or good stereo positioning, particularly when played with headphones and either streamed to a PC using optical character recognition or with a good menu and combo guide is usually doable.
Not all games in a series will be as accessible, so it's best not to assume and to do your research before buying.

Some audio heavy rhythm games, like space channel 5 are quite usable, and even some of the music games like rockband (with a good ear for music and allot of practice) can be played quite well by the blind.
Racing games like Forza 7 can be played with a fair amount of success do to the rumble strips and extra race options, and some of the Jackbox games are quite enjoyable too, though more so if you have someone sighted to act as an intermediary.

Most games with lots of exploration aren't worth trying to stumble your way through unless your willing to suffer, but as another user pointed out, TLU II is the closest we've gotten so far.


These are just my opinions and my limited knowledge of the situation, I don't even own a console my self though I have played games on them several times.
Probably the best way, aside from learning directly from someone like TJ, would be to sign up for "audiogames.net" and post a topic asking for help getting started.

This might be out of this context, I play rs games, if this is relevant they have games for the visually impaired all card based games are available Monopoly Farkle pig etc etc, if you are into any kind of gaming I do have a group on WhatsApp I can certainly add you in there although this is aimed towards rs gamers specifically, we do talk about video games sometimes at times.
If anyone is interested feel free to comment here?

/u/BlindsightBlue

@tj_the_blind_gamer How would one go about learning Diablo 3 if you are totally blind? What are its accessibility features like? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks!