We've documented 16 accessibility features for Raft, including Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions, Select Difficulty, Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech) and Moderate Reading. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Getting Started but it also has features in Reading, Difficulty, Navigation, Visual 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, Andy Robertson, first checked Raft accessibility 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
Game Details
Release Date: 23/05/2018
Price: 50% off
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1 (2 online)
Genres: Adventure, Strategy (Collecting, Narrative and Simulation)
Accessibility: 16 features
Components: 3D First-Person and Day and Night
Developer: Redbeet Official (@RedbeetOfficial)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Controls in Raft 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 and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.
Remap Controls
Can customise the controls for the game as follows:
Remap Mouse and Keyboard: Can remap mouse and keyboard key bindings, on systems that support these controls.
Remap One Action to Multiple Buttons: Can remap multiple buttons to perform the same action to reduce the need to memorise buttons and make the action easier to access.
Invert X/Y Axis: Can invert the direction required to control looking and aiming. This enables you to match your instinctive orientation when looking.
Sensitivity
You can adjust
Adjust Mouse/Stick/Touch Sensitivity: Adjust how sensitive touch/mouse/stick controls are.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Raft, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Sail Forth (16 Controls Features)
- Lego Fortnite (11 Controls Features)
- Minecraft (11 Controls Features)
- Skyblock (9 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Raft 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 Raft, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Difficulty accessibility:
- Palworld (3 Difficulty Features)
- Minecraft (3 Difficulty Features)
- Lego Fortnite (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Getting Started in Raft 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.
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.
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.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Save Progress Anytime: The game automatically saves progress or you can save any time. This doesn’t mean you never lose progress, but it does mean you can stop whenever you want (without having to get to a save point) without losing progress.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Raft, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Home Quest (7 Getting Started Features)
- Minecraft (7 Getting Started Features)
- Sail Forth (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Reading in Raft 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.
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 Raft, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Skyblock (5 Reading Features)
- Subnautica Below Zero (5 Reading Features)
- Sea of Thieves (5 Reading Features)
- Stardew Valley (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Raft which deals 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Raft, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Minecraft (7 Navigation Features)
- Sail Forth (6 Navigation Features)
- Subnautica Below Zero (6 Navigation Features)
- Lego Fortnite (5 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Visual in Raft which deals with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
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 Raft, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Home Quest (7 Visual Features)
- King Pins (6 Visual Features)
- Minecraft (6 Visual Features)
- Sea of Thieves (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Raft 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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Raft, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Lego Fortnite (4 Audio Features)
- Skyblock (4 Audio Features)
- Minecraft (4 Audio Features)
- King Pins (3 Audio Features)
Communication
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Communication in Raft which deal with how you can communicate with other players in the game and what options are available to customise and control this interaction. The following games are similar to Raft, and offer accessibility features for Communication:
- Sea of Thieves (6 Communication Features)
- Minecraft (3 Communication Features)
- Lego Fortnite (2 Communication Features)
- Skyblock (2 Communication 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 Andy Robertson