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Sea of Solitude

Accessibility Report

11 Accessibility Features

We've documented 11 accessibility features for Sea of Solitude, including Large Subtitles, Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech), Moderate Reading, Tutorials and Adjust Sensitivity. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Reading but it also has features in Getting Started 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.

Sea of Solitude is an adventure where you play a young woman, Kay, with such strong loneliness that her feelings turn her into a monster. As you explore a flooded city you discover dark creatures that you must deal with -- by uncovering their underlying emotional disorder -- to progress and, as you do, slowly unpick what happened to Kay.

Our accessibility examiner, Jo Robertson, first checked Sea of Solitude accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 2 years ago.

Accessibility Notes

The game does a good job of signposting important sounds with controller vibration. This includes atmospheric sounds as well as audio cues. You can also track monsters by either the sound they make or by pressing a button to target them.

Game Details

Release Date: 05/07/2019

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Players: 1

Genres: Narrative, Platform (Action, Adventure, Fighting and Traversal)

Accessibility: 11 features

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Developer: Cornelia Geppert (@CorneliaGeppert)

Costs: Purchase cost

Controls

We've documented 6 accessibility features for Controls in Sea of Solitude 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:

Remap Mouse and Keyboard: Can remap mouse and keyboard key bindings, on systems that support these controls.

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

Controller Vibration

Informative Vibration: Controller vibration indicates events or interactions in the game, echoing visual and audio cues. This can provide additional information about progress, approaching enemies or hitting a target.

Sensitivity

You can adjust

Adjust Mouse/Stick/Touch Sensitivity: Adjust how sensitive touch/mouse/stick controls are.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

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

Submerged Hidden Depths (17 Controls Features)
Tenderfoot Tactics (13 Controls Features)
A Juggler's Tale (12 Controls Features)
That Dragon, Cancer (10 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Sea of Solitude 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 Sea of Solitude, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Psychonauts 2 (3 Difficulty Features)
She Dreams Elsewhere (3 Difficulty Features)
The Last Case of Benedict Fox (2 Difficulty Features)
Lost in Random (2 Difficulty Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Getting Started in Sea of Solitude which deals 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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

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

Submerged Hidden Depths (9 Getting Started Features)
She Dreams Elsewhere (7 Getting Started Features)
Röki (7 Getting Started Features)
Spilled (6 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Sea of Solitude 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.

Moderate Reading: Moderate reading required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a high school student (14-year-old) would appreciate.

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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

If you want to play Sea of Solitude, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:

Psychonauts 2 (7 Reading Features)
Season: A Letter to the Future (7 Reading Features)
Röki (7 Reading Features)
That Dragon, Cancer (6 Reading Features)

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Sea of Solitude 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 Sea of Solitude, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

Submerged Hidden Depths (7 Navigation Features)
Lost in Random (6 Navigation Features)
Spilled (4 Navigation Features)
Selini (4 Navigation Features)

Visual

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Visual in Sea of Solitude which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game. The following games are similar to Sea of Solitude, and offer accessibility features for Visual:

Neurodeck (9 Visual Features)
Röki (8 Visual Features)
That Dragon, Cancer (7 Visual Features)
Death's Door (6 Visual Features)

Audio

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Sea of Solitude 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.

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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio

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

Tenderfoot Tactics (3 Audio Features)
Röki (3 Audio Features)
Fe (3 Audio Features)
Spilled (2 Audio Features)

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.