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Xbox X|SWe've documented 19 accessibility features for Sniks, including Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions, No Repeated Pressing, No Holds and One Tap Targeted. Its accessibility is strongest in Visual and Getting Started but it also has features in Controls, Reading and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
This report is created with input from accessibility experts and the player community to help people find games that have the accessibility features they require. Once you have found potential games on the database, there are excellent specialist accessibility sites that offer in-depth reviews to guide your purchasing decisions.
Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Sniks accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 2 years ago.
Game Details
Release Date: 05/08/2020
Out Now: Android, Mac and iOS
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Brain Game and Puzzle
Accessibility: 19 features
Components: 2D Side-On
Developer: Shelly Alon (@ShellyAlon)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Sniks which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Touchscreen
Can play with the following. Additional gestures may be required for games played with a screenreader like VoiceOver.
One Tap Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, tap in specific locations.
Button Combinations
Specific button operation required to play
Holding Down Buttons Optional: Holding down buttons for prolonged periods (a second or more) is not required or can be switched to toggling the action on and off. This is in addition to the movement stick/button which is not considered a hold for this purpose.
Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional: Quick, repeated button pressing (more than 2 times a second) is not required, can be skipped or switched to holding a button to trigger a repeated action.
Controller Vibration
Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Sniks, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Puddle Knights (11 Controls Features)
- Please Fix The Road (6 Controls Features)
- Wordle (6 Controls Features)
- Death Squared (6 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Sniks which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play. The following games are similar to Sniks, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Wordle (2 Difficulty Features)
- Please Fix The Road (1 Difficulty Feature)
- Inner Tao (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Getting Started in Sniks which deal with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.
Assistance Getting Starting
These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.
Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.
Practice Area: You can practice freely without opponents or time pressures. This can be a specific practice option, or the ability to play levels with the easiest opponents to improve understanding and skill.
Reaction-Time Not Critical: Individual game actions don’t need quick reactions, or there are settings to lower the requirement for quick reactions. This means you don't need to quickly press a button in response to an on-screen prompt, target a fast-moving target or skillfully complete a scenario against the clock.
Low Pressure: Game tasks aren't time-limited or there's a low-pressure mode. This avoids the pressure of being put on the clock for overarching missions, or failing tasks because you didn't reach a destination in time.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Save Progress Anytime: The game automatically saves progress or you can save any time. This doesn’t mean you never lose progress, but it does mean you can stop whenever you want (without having to get to a save point) without losing progress.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Sniks, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Star Stuff (8 Getting Started Features)
- Puddle Knights (8 Getting Started Features)
- Ordet (8 Getting Started Features)
- Please Fix The Road (7 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Reading in Sniks which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.
Reading Level
How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.
No Reading: No reading is required, other than simple menus. The game either has no text or can communicate textual content with visuals and interactions. If reading isn't required because the text is voiced the All Dialogue is Voiced feature indicates this.
Subtitles
All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game): All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to hear spoken dialogue or narrative to play the game.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Sniks, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Boo! (5 Reading Features)
- Jelly No Puzzle (5 Reading Features)
- Wordle (5 Reading Features)
- Death Squared (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Sniks which deal with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces. The following games are similar to Sniks, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:
- Death Squared (4 Navigation Features)
- Star Stuff (3 Navigation Features)
- Please Fix The Road (3 Navigation Features)
- Puddle Knights (3 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 7 accessibility features for Visual in Sniks which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Contrast
High Contrast: There is high contrast between elements that need to be distinguished from each other, such as characters, interactive objects and game environment, either by default or a high contrast mode. This is different to a slider that increases contrast or brightness between light and dark.
Interactive Elements
Large Game Elements: Game characters and other elements are large and distinguishable. Enemies and player characters are at least 1/6 of the height of the screen. Or there is a zoom feature to make them larger.
Visual Distractions
No Flashes: No flashing strobe effects or you can disable them. This includes the absence of flashing from dramatic visual effects, explosions or weather effects like lightning.
No Screen Shake: No screen shake effect or it is included but it can be disabled. This includes the absence of screen shake for dramatic effect as well as to indicate hits on a target.
No Busy Backgrounds: No distracting backgrounds or you can make them static or blank. This includes the absence of other movement elements in the background that might distract or confuse the action. Where foreground contrast is high, this includes games with some movement in the background that doesn't make it overly difficult to distinguish what is happening.
Audio Cues for Visual Events
Audio Cues for Visual Events: Audio is provided to indicate visual events. Game events or progress highlighted by visual icons, effects or animations are also accompanied by audio to signify that progress. This is useful for blind players.
Motion Sickness Friendly
Motion Sickness Friendly: Doesn't have 3D movement elements that may trigger motion sickness, like motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision. Or includes the ability to disable motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision effects.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Sniks, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Visual accessibility:
- Room to Grow (9 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Sniks which deals with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see.
Play Without Hearing
Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Sniks, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Automatoys (3 Audio Features)
- Star Stuff (3 Audio Features)
- Bam Fu (3 Audio Features)
- Inner Tao (3 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
Android
Android has accessibility settings including ways to navigate and interact, although not all games support this.
iOS
iOS has a very extensive suite of accessibility settings including ways to navigate with voice and comprehensive screen reading, though most of the features don't work with games.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson
