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13 Accessibility Features

We've documented 13 accessibility features for Sizeable, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions, No Button Combos and No Repeated Pressing. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Getting Started but it also has features in Reading and Visual 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.

Sizeable is a puzzle game about manipulated objects in a series of beautiful tiny dioramas. You rotate to explore and pick up, move and resize objects. To complete a level you need to find all the hidden monoliths. It's a casual puzzle game that uses size in a unique way to change the environment to unlock secrets.

Our accessibility examiner, Andrea Walney, first checked Sizeable accessibility 2 years ago.

Accessibility Notes

All of the controls are mouse based. Ability to use the mouse wheel is required, as is the ability to hold a button in order to grab and hold objects.

The tutorial level has minimal instruction, and there is no text to read beyond that.

Game Details

Release Date: 19/03/2021

Out Now: Mac and PC

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Brain Game, Sequencing (Puzzle and Simulation)

Accessibility: 13 features

Components: 2D Overhead, Blocks and Weather

Developer: Ambroos Sander (@AmbroosSander)

Costs: Purchase cost

Controls

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Sizeable 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.

Button Combinations

Specific button operation required to play

Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional: Quick, repeated button pressing (more than 2 times a second) is not required, can be skipped or switched to holding a button to trigger a repeated action.

No Simultaneous Buttons: Only one button or key required at a time, in addition to direction stick(s).

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 Sizeable, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

Paper Trail (13 Controls Features)
A Little To The Left (13 Controls Features)
Unpacking (10 Controls Features)
Wildfire Swap (6 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Sizeable 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 Sizeable, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Sushi For Robots (2 Difficulty Features)
Unpacking (2 Difficulty Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Sizeable 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.

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.

No Jump Scares: No sudden loud noises or popping-up scary visuals that unexpectedly appear without warning, or the option to disable them.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

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

Sushi For Robots (10 Getting Started Features)
Paper Trail (8 Getting Started Features)
A Little To The Left (7 Getting Started Features)
Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions (6 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Sizeable 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.

No Reading: No reading is required, other than simple menus. The game either has no text or can communicate textual content with visuals and interactions. If reading isn't required because the text is voiced the All Dialogue is Voiced feature indicates this.

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.

Voice Acted

All Dialogue is Voice Acted (Or No Speech In Game): All of the game dialogue and narrative can be voiced, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to read the dialogue and narrative text to play the game.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

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

Paper Trail (7 Reading Features)
Venba (6 Reading Features)
Maquette (5 Reading Features)
Suika Game (4 Reading Features)

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Sizeable 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 Sizeable, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

Unpacking (5 Navigation Features)
Venba (4 Navigation Features)
Suika Game (2 Navigation Features)
Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions (2 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Visual in Sizeable 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 Sizeable, 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)
Sushi For Robots (8 Visual Features)
Venba (7 Visual Features)
The Shape Of Things (6 Visual Features)

Audio

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in Sizeable 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. The following games are similar to Sizeable, and offer accessibility features for Audio:

Sushi For Robots (3 Audio Features)
Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions (3 Audio Features)
Paper Trail (3 Audio Features)
A Little To The Left (3 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 Andrea Walney