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Xbox X|SWe've documented 21 accessibility features for Sons of Valhalla, including Large Subtitles, Large Text, Low Pressure, Select Difficulty and Play Without Hearing. Its accessibility is strongest in Getting Started and Reading but it also has features in Visual, Controls, Navigation, Audio and Difficulty to reduce unintended barriers.
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External examiner, David Tondl, first checked Sons of Valhalla accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by David Tondl and updated 2 years ago.
Game Details
Release Date: 05/04/2024
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Strategy (Action, Point-and-Click, Role-Play and Traversal)
Accessibility: 21 features
Components: 2D Side-On, Day and Night, Pixels and Weather
Developer: SOV Game (@SOV_Game)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Controls in Sons of Valhalla 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.
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 Sons of Valhalla, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Barbearian (10 Controls Features)
- Bad North (10 Controls Features)
- Bloons TD 6 (6 Controls Features)
- Wargroove (5 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Sons of Valhalla 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 Sons of Valhalla, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Difficulty accessibility:
- Bloons TD 6 (2 Difficulty Features)
- Barbearian (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Sons of Valhalla 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.
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 Sons of Valhalla, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Barbearian (6 Getting Started Features)
- Isle of Arrows (5 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Sons of Valhalla 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.
Text Visibility
Large Clear Text: All essential text is large and clear or can be adjusted to be. The general text used throughout the game in menus, instructions and other key information (excluding subtitles that are assessed separately) is at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height on landscape screens and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters.
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.
Captions
Speaker Indicator: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Sons of Valhalla, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Reading accessibility:
- Wargroove (6 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Navigation in Sons of Valhalla 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.
Visual Directional Cues: Additional in-game visual cues that signpost where to go next and how close you are to arriving. This can be with camera movement to focus on your destination or important items. It can use light, breadcrumb trails, in-world pointers to identify your mission's target location.
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.
Visual
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Visual in Sons of Valhalla 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 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.
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.
Violence
Turn Off Blood: Reduce or disable graphic content of blood and gore.
Turn Off Dismemberment: Disable graphic depiction of dismembered bodies and corpses.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Sons of Valhalla, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Isle of Arrows (5 Visual Features)
- Wargroove (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Sons of Valhalla 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.
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 @SOV_game
