Cult Of The Lamb Accessibility Report - PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

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Accessibility Report

17 Accessibility Features

We've documented 17 accessibility features for Cult Of The Lamb, including Low Pressure, Play Without Hearing, Speaker Tone, Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech) and Multiple Buttons & Single Stick. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Reading but it also has features in Visual, 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.

Cult Of The Lamb is a god-sim strategy game, where you are a cult leader rather than an actual god. You play a lamb and start your own cult as you venture out into the world of woodland worshippers. It combines explorative combat like Binding of Isaac and the homemaking of Animal Crossing. It stands out for mixing its fun loops of brawling and god-sim to create a game where there's always another important decision to make.

Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Cult Of The Lamb accessibility 22 months ago.

Accessibility Notes

You can turn off Screenshack and Flashing Lights and also Reduce Camera Motion. You can turn off visual effects like depth of field, bloom and chromatic aberration which can make it more comfortable for motion sickness.

You can adjust Text size, although this doesn't make a huge difference and much of the text is still less than 1/20 of the screen height. Some of the text uses colour for emphasis, this sometimes results in a loss of contrast and less visible text.

Game Details

Release Date: 11/08/2022

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Adventure, World Building (Action, Fighting, Simulation and Strategy)

Accessibility: 17 features

Components: 2D Overhead, Cartoon and Hand-Made

Developer: Massive Monsters (@MassiveMonsters)

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

Controls

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Cult Of The Lamb 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 & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.

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.

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 Cult Of The Lamb, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

Wytchwood (19 Controls Features)
Moonlighter (13 Controls Features)
Diablo IV (12 Controls Features)
Minecraft Legends (10 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Cult Of The Lamb 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 Cult Of The Lamb, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Diablo IV (2 Difficulty Features)
Moonlighter (2 Difficulty Features)
Minecraft Legends (2 Difficulty Features)
Barbearian (2 Difficulty Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Cult Of The Lamb 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.

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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

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

Pikmin 4 (11 Getting Started Features)
Ankora: Lost Days (7 Getting Started Features)
Wytchwood (7 Getting Started Features)
Minecraft Legends (6 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Cult Of The Lamb 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.

Text Visibility

High Contrast Text: Text colour contrasts to the background or can be adjusted to be. The text in menus, instructions and other information is presented in high contrast with a solid background.

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.

Captions

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

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

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

Diablo IV (5 Reading Features)
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (5 Reading Features)
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (5 Reading Features)
Minecraft Legends (5 Reading Features)

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Cult Of The Lamb 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 Cult Of The Lamb, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

Diablo IV (8 Navigation Features)
Lake of Creatures (7 Navigation Features)
Minecraft Legends (7 Navigation Features)
Moonlighter (6 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Visual in Cult Of The Lamb 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 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.

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 Cult Of The Lamb, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:

One Hour One Life (8 Visual Features)
Castle Crashers (7 Visual Features)
Diablo IV (6 Visual Features)
Minecraft Legends (6 Visual Features)

Audio

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Cult Of The Lamb 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 Cult Of The Lamb, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:

One Hour One Life (4 Audio Features)
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (3 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.