Controls

We've documented 10 accessibility features for Controls in Apex Legends which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.

Gamepad

Can play with the following:

Multiple Buttons & Two Sticks: Can play with multiple buttons and two sticks.

Mouse And Keyboard

Can play with the following:

Mouse and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.

Remap Controls

Can customise the controls for the game as follows:

Select Preset Controller Mappings: You can select preset button layouts from options provided by the developer.

Remap Buttons: Can re-map all buttons so that you can use alternatives that better suit your play.

Swap Sticks: Can swap the sticks over so that you can use the opposite sticks to control the game.

Invert X/Y Axis: Can invert the direction required to control looking and aiming. This enables you to match your instinctive orientation when looking.

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.

Sensitivity

You can adjust

Adjust Mouse/Stick/Touch Sensitivity, Deadzones and Thresholds: Adjust how sensitive touch/mouse/stick controls are and the related deadzones and thresholds.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

If you want to play Apex Legends, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

• BattleBit Remastered (14 Controls Features)
• Roto Force (12 Controls Features)
• Helldivers 2 (11 Controls Features)
• Quake II (11 Controls Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in Apex Legends 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.

Assistance For Progressing

These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.

Assisted Progress With Hints: The game notices if you get stuck (or you can press a button) and provides information to help you progress. This can offer hints or tutorials popping up during play. This includes hints after you have died, where it can suggest strategies or difficulty settings to adjust or offer to skip past problematic levels.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

If you want to play Apex Legends, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:

• Assassin's Creed Valhalla (8 Getting Started Features)
• Quake II (7 Getting Started Features)
• Roto Force (6 Getting Started Features)
• Doom Eternal (6 Getting Started Features)

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Apex Legends 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 Apex Legends, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

• Assassin's Creed Valhalla (8 Navigation Features)
• Helldivers 2 (7 Navigation Features)
• BattleBit Remastered (5 Navigation Features)
• Battlefield 2042 (5 Navigation Features)

Audio

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Audio in Apex Legends which deal 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.

Adjustable Audio

Balance Audio Levels: Set music and game sound effects separately. This enables you to select your preference as well as ensure critical game sounds aren't obscured by other audio.

Audio Events

Visual Cues for Audio Events: Text or other visual indicators of audio events. This mirrors audio indicators of progress in the game with a corresponding visual indication.

Visual Depiction of Directional Audio: Indication on-screen with arrows, icons, located colour splashes and the like, to show where directional audio for damage, footsteps, environmental or way-finding sounds are coming from.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio

If you want to play Apex Legends, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:

• Titanfall (4 Audio Features)
• Fortnite (4 Audio Features)