Enter The Gungeon Accessibility Report - Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

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Enter
The Gungeon

Accessibility Report

19 Accessibility Features

We've documented 19 accessibility features for Enter The Gungeon, including Large Subtitles, Large Text, Control Assists, Remap Buttons and Motion Aiming. Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Controls but it also has features in Getting Started, Audio, Navigation and Visual 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.

Enter the Gungeon is a shooting game where you use one stick for running around and the other to aim. These twin-stick controls combine with loads of enemy bullets to dodge to create a tough challenge. You play four adventurers descending into the dungeon to find a time machine that has the power to kill their past. Levels are generated fresh each time you play them. You die a lot but slowly acquire new guns, items and abilities.

Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Enter The Gungeon accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 2 years ago.

Accessibility Notes

You can select for guns to quickly switch and hide guns without ammunition. There is also aim-assist and aim-look provided that can be scaled.

You can opt to show a targeting cursor and adjust how that looks. There is a visual representation of reloading your gun and an accompanying sound that is a rising scale of notes to indicate how this is progressing.

You can play the game on Switch with just on Joy-Con. This is either using the buttons as the means of aiming or using Gyro to aim instead of the second stick.

Game Details

Release Date: 05/04/2016, updated in 2020

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Players: 1-2

Genres: Shooting, Traversal (Action, Adventure, Collecting and Platform)

Accessibility: 19 features

Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels

Developer: Dodge Roll Games (@DodgeRollGames)

Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass

Controls

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Enter The Gungeon 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.

Motion

Games that can be played with different sorts of motion controllers.

Motion Aiming: Can use small movements of the gamepad to fine-tune aiming or as the main aiming mechanism. This is sometimes known as Gyro-Aiming. This usually provides the ability to calibrate these controls to taste.

Remap Controls

Can customise the controls for the game as follows:

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

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 Enter The Gungeon, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

Roto Force (12 Controls Features)
Minecraft Dungeons (12 Controls Features)
Full Metal Furies (11 Controls Features)
ScourgeBringer (9 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Enter The Gungeon 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 Enter The Gungeon, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Wee Tanks (2 Difficulty Features)
Roto Force (2 Difficulty Features)
Minishoot Adventures (2 Difficulty Features)
Astro Aqua Kitty (2 Difficulty Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Enter The Gungeon 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.

View Control Mapping: You can view a map of controls during play. This clearly displays the mappings of actions to buttons/keys/mouse/keyboard without having to leave the game. This includes games that always display buttons to press during play.

Assistance With Controls: The game can automatically assist with aiming, steering, reloading, jumping, running etc. This reduces the challenge of certain aspects of play to remove barriers and make control of characters more accessible.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

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

ScourgeBringer (8 Getting Started Features)
Full Metal Furies (7 Getting Started Features)
Roto Force (6 Getting Started Features)
Trifox (6 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 5 accessibility features for Reading in Enter The Gungeon 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.

Simple Minimal Reading: Minimal reading is required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a primary/elementary student (9-year-old) could understand.

Text Visibility

Large Clear Text: All essential text is large and clear or can be adjusted to be. The general text used throughout the game in menus, instructions and other key information (excluding subtitles that are assessed separately) is at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height on landscape screens and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters.

Subtitles

Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.

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.

Captions

Speaker Indicator: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

If you want to play Enter The Gungeon, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:

Space Marauder (7 Reading Features)
Roto Force (6 Reading Features)
Nobody Saves The World (6 Reading Features)

Navigation

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in Enter The Gungeon 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.

Clarity

Clear Mission Objectives: The game provides clear, structured missions with directional guidance and advice on which can be attempted next. This also indicates (ideally on maps where they are provided) which missions can't be attempted because you do not have the appropriate items yet.

Head-Up Display

Game Map: View a map of the game world during play, with the landscape, points of interest and missions highlighted throughout the entire game. This enables the orientation of the player and the world, confirming a direction of movement and the location of destinations or points of exploration.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation

If you want to play Enter The Gungeon, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:

Minecraft Dungeons (10 Navigation Features)
Astro Aqua Kitty (6 Navigation Features)
Rotwood (5 Navigation Features)
Jets'n'Guns 2 (5 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Visual in Enter The Gungeon which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.

Visual Distractions

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.

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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual

If you want to play Enter The Gungeon, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:

Trifox (8 Visual Features)
Thoth (7 Visual Features)
Minecraft Dungeons (7 Visual Features)
Rotwood (6 Visual Features)

Audio

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Audio in Enter The Gungeon 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.

Play Without Hearing

Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.

System Accessibility Settings

In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:

Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games.

PC
Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators.

PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).

Xbox One
Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games.

Read more about system accessibility settings.