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8 Accessibility Features

We've documented 8 accessibility features for Land Above Sea Below, including Custom Difficulty, Play Without Hearing, Minimal Reading, Tutorials and Mouse and Keys. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Visual but it also has features in Difficulty, Getting Started, Reading 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.

Land Above Sea Below is a calm landscape-building puzzle game where you raise an island out of the sea to keep the flora and fauna above water. You work to increase your island’s area and height by placing tiles one after one.

External examiner, Andras Jaranyi-Nagy, first checked Land Above Sea Below accessibility 22 months ago. It was re-examined by Andras Jaranyi-Nagy and updated 22 months ago.

Game Details

Release Date: 13/09/2023

Out Now: PC

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Sequencing, World Building (Brain Game, Creative, Puzzle, Simulation and Strategy)

Accessibility: 8 features

Components: 2D Overhead and Blocks

Developer: Glass Cannon Stu (@GlassCannonStu)

Costs: Purchase cost

Controls

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Land Above Sea Below which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.

Mouse And Keyboard

Can play with the following:

Mouse Alone: Can play with just the mouse/mouse-button/mouse wheel.

Mouse and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

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

Golf Peaks (10 Controls Features)
Botany Manor (8 Controls Features)
Imagine Earth (5 Controls Features)
Dorfromantik (5 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Land Above Sea Below 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

Customise Difficulty: Customise different aspects of the game to create a challenge of an appropriate level. Adjusting elements individually enables you to tailor gameplay to suit your needs and style of play.

Getting Started

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Getting Started in Land Above Sea Below 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 Land Above Sea Below, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:

Golf Peaks (7 Getting Started Features)
The Block (6 Getting Started Features)
Townscaper (6 Getting Started Features)
Summerhouse (5 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Reading in Land Above Sea Below which deals 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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

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

Oddada (5 Reading Features)
The Block (4 Reading Features)
Isle of Arrows (4 Reading Features)
Karawan (4 Reading Features)

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Land Above Sea Below 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 Land Above Sea Below, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

Townscaper (3 Navigation Features)
The Block (2 Navigation Features)
Foundation (2 Navigation Features)
Golf Peaks (2 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Visual in Land Above Sea Below 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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual

If you want to play Land Above Sea Below, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:

Townscaper (7 Visual Features)
Golf Peaks (7 Visual Features)
The Block (6 Visual Features)
Botany Manor (5 Visual Features)

Audio

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Land Above Sea Below 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.

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 Land Above Sea Below, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:

Golf Peaks (3 Audio Features)
Imagine Earth (2 Audio Features)
Botany Manor (2 Audio Features)
Isle of Arrows (2 Audio Features)

System Accessibility Settings

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

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