We've documented 12 accessibility features for Tren, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Control Assists, Play Without Hearing, Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech) and Minimal Reading. Its accessibility is strongest in Getting Started and Reading but it also has features in Controls 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, Jo Robertson, first checked Tren (Dreams) accessibility 9 months ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 9 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
Game Details
Release Date: 01/08/2023
Out Now: PS4 and PS5
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Brain Game, Puzzle, Traversal (Collecting, Platform, Race and Simulation)
Accessibility: 12 features
Components: 2D Overhead and Hand-Made
Developer: Johnee B (@Johnee_B)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Tren 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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Tren, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Cities: Skylines (10 Controls Features)
- Radical Relocation (9 Controls Features)
- Monster Train (8 Controls Features)
- Mail Time (7 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Tren 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 Tren, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Conduct Together (2 Difficulty Features)
- Monster Train (1 Difficulty Feature)
- Unrailed! (1 Difficulty Feature)
- Cities: Skylines (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Getting Started in Tren 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.
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.
No Jump Scares: No sudden loud noises or popping-up scary visuals that unexpectedly appear without warning, or the option to disable them.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Bank Progress With Frequent Checkpoints: If you fail you can retry that level or aspect of the game without losing a lot of progress (less than 5 minutes). This is often provided via Frequent Checkpoints combined with restarting without losing time, equipment or score.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Tren, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Cities: Skylines (8 Getting Started Features)
- Mail Time (7 Getting Started Features)
- Carto (7 Getting Started Features)
- Conduct Together (7 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Tren 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.
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.
Voice Acted
All Dialogue is Voice Acted (Or No Speech In Game): All of the game dialogue and narrative can be voiced, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to read the dialogue and narrative text to play the game.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Tren, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Mail Time (5 Reading Features)
- Train Braining (5 Reading Features)
- Unrailed! (4 Reading Features)
- Conduct Together (4 Reading Features)
Navigation
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Tren 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 Tren, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:
- Cosmic Defenders (8 Navigation Features)
- Monster Train (7 Navigation Features)
- Carto (5 Navigation Features)
- Conduct Together (4 Navigation Features)
Visual
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Visual in Tren 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 Tren, and offer accessibility features for Visual:
- Mini Metro (8 Visual Features)
- Train Braining (7 Visual Features)
- Monster Train (7 Visual Features)
- Carto (7 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Tren 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.
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 Tren, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5 has a range of system-wide accessibility settings.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Jo Robertson and Andy Robertson