Into The Breach Accessibility Report - Android, Mac, PC, Stadia, Switch and iOS

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Into
The Breach

Accessibility Report

17 Accessibility Features

We've documented 17 accessibility features for Into The Breach, including Large Subtitles, No Quick Reactions, Select Difficulty, Play Without Hearing and Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech). Its accessibility is strongest in Getting Started and Reading but it also has features in Navigation, Visual, Controls, Audio and Difficulty 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.

Into the Breach is a fantasy turn-based battle. It's set in a future where humanity fights an army of giant monsters. You control mechs equipped with a variety of weapons and armour in carefully coordinated actions played out on super-small tile-based arenas. The added novelty is that you are able to see what the enemy plans to do next, so the challenge is how to counter and foil their plans - not unlike a game of chess.

Our accessibility examiner, Jo Robertson, first checked Into The Breach accessibility 2 years ago.

Game Details

Release Date: 27/02/2018, updated in 2020

Price: 50% off

Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, Stadia, Switch and iOS

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Battle, Brain Game, Fighting, Strategy (Puzzle and Traversal)

Accessibility: 17 features

Components: 2D Overhead, Grid, Hand-Made and Pixels

Developer: Subset Games (@SubsetGames)

Costs: Purchase cost

Controls

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Into The Breach 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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

If you want to play Into The Breach, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

Tenderfoot Tactics (13 Controls Features)
Bad North (10 Controls Features)
No Plan B (8 Controls Features)
Pawnbarian (8 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Into The Breach which deals with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play.

Difficulty Options

Select Difficulty: Select the level of difficulty from a range of presets. This not only offers a way to adjust the challenge of a game but enables you to do so without dealing with individual criteria.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Difficulty

If you want to play Into The Breach, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Difficulty accessibility:

Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (3 Difficulty Features)
Wargroove 2 (2 Difficulty Features)
Fire Emblem Engage (2 Difficulty Features)
Triangle Strategy (2 Difficulty Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Into The Breach 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.

Reaction-Time Not Critical: Individual game actions don’t need quick reactions, or there are settings to lower the requirement for quick reactions. This means you don't need to quickly press a button in response to an on-screen prompt, target a fast-moving target or skillfully complete a scenario against the clock.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

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

No Plan B (8 Getting Started Features)
Transformers: Battlegrounds (8 Getting Started Features)
Moonring (7 Getting Started Features)
Ikenfell (7 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Into The Breach 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

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 Into The Breach, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (6 Reading Features)
Wargroove (6 Reading Features)
Wargroove 2 (5 Reading Features)
Fire Emblem Engage (5 Reading Features)

Navigation

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Navigation in Into The Breach 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

Large Clear Navigation: The in-game navigation and maps are clear to read. They offer large text and offer markers that are large and of high contrast. Where text or information is small, there are settings to zoom-in and increase visibility.

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

Head-Up Display Navigation: Indication of where to go next with overlaid arrows, minimaps and waypoint markers. This supplements in-game visual and audible cues with additional guidance about where you are and where you need to go.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation

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

Wargroove 2 (5 Navigation Features)
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (4 Navigation Features)
No Plan B (4 Navigation Features)
Floppy Knights (4 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Visual in Into The Breach which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.

Contrast

Medium Contrast: Game uses generally well contrasting and bright visuals, or has a slider to make this the case.

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.

Colour Options

Colour Adjustments: Adjust colours of characters or game elements for greater visibility. Includes the ability to select which type of colour blind mode you require.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual

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

Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions (9 Visual Features)
Ikenfell (8 Visual Features)
Not Chess (7 Visual Features)
Transformers: Battlegrounds (7 Visual Features)

Audio

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

Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions (3 Audio Features)
Pawnbarian (3 Audio Features)
Tenderfoot Tactics (3 Audio Features)
King Pins (3 Audio Features)

System Accessibility Settings

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

Android
Android has accessibility settings including ways to navigate and interact, although not all games support this.

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.

Stadia
Stadia offers some system accessibility features. Tandem enables you to use two controllers to play one character. This also enables you to connect other controllers like the Xbox Adaptive Controller.

iOS
iOS has a very extensive suite of accessibility settings including ways to navigate with voice and comprehensive screen reading, though most of the features don't work with games.

Read more about system accessibility settings.