> 20/400 vision, suffer from eye strain

Sounds like the strain might be the main issue. You might have to be deliberate about not reading text or doing whatever sets off your strain while playing. Lean on your tools and try to remember interface elements deliberately. Make extensive use of hotkeys, especially in combat.

> How did you cope on timed missions

Timed missions aren't timed in real time. You get a certain number of turns to complete the mission. Not low vision advice, but you just need to keep moving, keep time in mind on every turn, and put some priority on the objective. Managing stealth is important in missions where that matters, because often the timer doesn't start until you're detected. The Reaper character is good for scouting the map a bit if you have them along.

> Also what is readaloud and other software

TextAloud is software for dyslexic and low vision Windows users. You need to buy it but it's not ruiniously expensive like JAWS. You can set it up to read any text that appears in the clipboard.

Capture2Text is free software that lets you draw a box on the screen, and then it will convert that to text. You can set it up to send to the clipbaord, and then TextAloud will read it out loud for you. This is my homegrown solution for playing games, I've never heard of anyone else doing this, though peopple must have their ways. Or maybe I'm just weird.

> Are they screen readers for games?

No, they're for doing other things. They work for games, though. Make sure your game isn't on fullscreen, you want that option that is like false fullscreen or whatever. Or windowed stretched to fill the screen. Luckily that optioni is pretty common in games these days.

> Or can you just use nvda

No, NVDA won't do anything. These games aren't accessible in any conventional sense.

> Any other games you'd recommend

Sounds like my eyesight is worse than yours, and I've successfully played:

- Darkest Dungeon (this game is amazing)
- Vermintide 2 (multiplayer cooperative melee combat, I kind of suck at the ranged combat but that doesn't matter too much)
- Dicey Dungeon (the contrast in this game kind of sucks but the dice are huge and memorization goes a long way)
- Deep Rock Galactic (I played this with an understanding friend and I wasn't dead weight. I used the engineer class a lot in which you build turrents that automatically shoot and you get grenades. You need a friend to play this or it will be boring)
- Baba Is You (just a very high contrast game, but it's really cognitively hard)
- Minecraft (there is a narrator in the game that is kind of useless but will at least read chats out loud for you. Inventory is hardest but come up with a system and put items in certain slots for quick use)
- Dying Light (a lot of melee in this game, guns not a big part and you can use shields when people shoot at you. Pretty fun AAA zombie survival game)
- Soul Calibur (awesome fighting games)
- Divinity 2 (I probably wouldn't recommend this as a low vision game but I got pretty far with a friend)

Yeah, I play a lot of games. Haven't played much since July when I played a specific game for too long and strained my eyes pretty badly. Avoid games with bright lights, I guess.

Feel free to PM me, I'd be happy to chat on Zoom about strategies or whatever.

Honestly that's probably an issue for sighted people as well. You do tend to develop a bit of an instinct for how likely you are to be able to line up a shot. Don't feel too bad if you have to reload to the beginning of the turn if you mess up. I used rangers a lot in my first playthrough and snipers a lot in my second, if you give them good equipment snipers are really good.