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Best Games on Xbox Series X|S with Play Without Hearing Accessibility Settings

Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S launched in 2020. These offer enhanced visuals and sound. You can play all Xbox One games on the new console and use all the Xbox One controllers and peripherals.

There are two versions of this Xbox that will play all the new games, although the exact experience will vary some what:
Xbox Series X - high end version with support for 8K resolution
Xbox Series S - a digital-only unit with less graphic processing power

As part of our accessibility review, this page lists games that have been flagged with accessibility settings in the following areas.

Audio: Each of these games has been assessed for how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see. Each game offers the following accessibility features and settings:

  • Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.

 
Game image Immortals Fenyx Rising

Immortals Fenyx Rising
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PEGI Rating 12+ for Immortals Fenyx Rising

Immortals Fenyx Rising

Rating: PEGI 12+

Release Date: 03/12/2020

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Adventure, Fighting and Open World

Accessibilty: 42 features

Developer: @Ubisoft

Players: This is a single player game

Immortals Fenyx Rising is a mythical adventure game where you play Fenyx, exploring the huge open world, solving puzzles and fighting evil fantasy creatures. Fenyx is a newly winged demigod, who was prophesied to be the one to save the Greek Gods' home...

Game image Hitman

Hitman
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PEGI Rating 18+ for Hitman

Hitman (Series)

Rating: PEGI 18+

Release Date: 01/01/2000, updated in 2021

Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Action, Adventure, Open World, Puzzle, Shooting and Simulation

Accessibilty: 23 features

Developer: @IOInteractive

Players: This is a single player game

Hitman 3 is a stealth game where you take on assassination missions and then figure out how to execute them. The dynamic situations you enter unfold as you play and you can try different approaches.

Game image Moonglow Bay

Moonglow Bay
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Moonglow Bay

Expected Rating: PEGI 3+

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Adventure, Narrative, Role-Playing and Strategy

Accessibilty: 23 features

Developer: @CoatSink

Players: You can play with 2 players in the same room

Moonglow Bay is a role play game where you play a rookie angler. Unlike other slice-of-life games, fishing isn't tucked away as a side quest here, it's front and centre. Set along the Canadian coastline in the 1980's, you live in a fishing town that has...

Game image Yokus Island Express

Yoku's Island Express
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PEGI Rating 7+ for Yokus Island Express

Yoku's Island Express

Rating: PEGI 7+

Release Date: 29/05/2018

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Action, Adventure, Narrative, Open World, Platform and Puzzle

Accessibilty: 13 features

Developer: @YokuGame

Players: This is a single player game

Yoku's Island Express combines pinball and running and jumping games. You run, bounce and collect special items, engage in battles with fantasy enemies and explore a large open-world. Just like a classic pinball machine you use paddles and bumpers...

Game image Descenders

Descenders
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PEGI Rating 3+ for Descenders

Descenders

Rating: PEGI 3+

Release Date: 08/05/2019, updated in 2020

Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Racing, Simulation and Sports

Accessibilty: 12 features

Developer: @RageSquid

Players: You can play this with 8 players online

Descenders is a downhill mountain biking game with a focus on skill. In each downhill run, your goal is to score as many points as possible by completing skill based challenges and executing as many tricks and flips as you can, all while you try to...

Game image 10 Second Ninja X

10 Second Ninja X
PEGI Rating 7+ for 10 Second Ninja X

10 Second Ninja X

Rating: PEGI 7+

Release Date: 29/06/2016

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Action, Platform and Puzzle

Accessibilty: 8 features

Developer: @GameDesignDan

Players: This is a single player game

10 Second Ninja X is a super-fast puzzle game with a difference: every level lasts ten seconds or less. In each level, your challenge is to destroy all of the enemies on screen before the timer runs out. The faster you complete each level, the higher...


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