We've documented 14 accessibility features for Flame Keeper, including Low Pressure, No Button Combos, Play Without Hearing, Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech) and High Contrast Text. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Reading but it also has features in Getting Started, Navigation, Visual and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Flame Keeper accessibility 11 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
While text is high in contrast, much of it is quite small. Much of the game is quite dark and low in contrast.
To access the menu, you need to quit the game and access it from the start screen.
Game Details
Release Date: 16/03/2023, updated in 2023
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Action, Fighting, Traversal (Collecting and Platform)
Accessibility: 14 features
Components: 2D Overhead
Developer: Untold Tales HQ (@UntoldTalesHQ)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Controls in Flame Keeper 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.
Button Combinations
Specific button operation required to play
No Simultaneous Buttons: Only one button or key required at a time, in addition to direction stick(s).
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Flame Keeper, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Minecraft Dungeons (12 Controls Features)
- Full Metal Furies (11 Controls Features)
- Hades (9 Controls Features)
- Vampire Survivors (8 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Flame Keeper 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 Flame Keeper, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Vampire Survivors (2 Difficulty Features)
- Full Metal Furies (2 Difficulty Features)
- Minecraft Dungeons (2 Difficulty Features)
- Risk of Rain 2 (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in Flame Keeper 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.
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 Flame Keeper, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Full Metal Furies (7 Getting Started Features)
- Minecraft Dungeons (6 Getting Started Features)
- Hades (5 Getting Started Features)
- Lake of Creatures (4 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Flame Keeper 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
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Flame Keeper, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Stick It to the Stickman (5 Reading Features)
- Sonic Superstars (5 Reading Features)
- Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire (5 Reading Features)
- Enter The Gungeon (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in Flame Keeper 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.
Menu Navigation
Digital Menu Navigation: Menu choices with Gamepad can be made without using an analogue stick to guide a cursor to a selection. For example, using D-Pad, buttons or the Stick to change menu selection in a single action.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Flame Keeper, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Minecraft Dungeons (10 Navigation Features)
- Lake of Creatures (7 Navigation Features)
- Vampire Survivors (5 Navigation Features)
- Full Metal Furies (5 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Visual in Flame Keeper 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 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 Flame Keeper, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Minecraft Dungeons (7 Visual Features)
- Korine (6 Visual Features)
- Death's Door (6 Visual Features)
- Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Flame Keeper 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 Flame Keeper, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Vampire Survivors (3 Audio Features)
- Korine (3 Audio Features)
- Enter The Gungeon (3 Audio Features)
- Mana Spark (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.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Ben Kendall