Where to Get Accessible Computer Games for Learning
These are accessible games that may be used in a learning environment.None of the games are expensive. Many are totally FREE.
This list is neither definitive nor exhaustive. But it's a quick way to find the type of accessible learning games you want.
We give the Web site of the actual developer whenever possible.
Games Accessible to People who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Color Blind
| Site | Comments |
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Kitchens Inc.www.kitchensinc.net |
Offers 25 FREE blind-accessible games, including the Trivia game, as well as racing, arcade, golf, word, and puzzle games. |
BSC Gameswww.bscgames.com |
Offers 14 blind-accessible games: Of those, 9 are commercial games, including 6 arcade games and 3 educational games. The remaining 5 games are FREE. |
Spoonbill Softwarewww.omninet.net.au/~irhumph/blindgamers.htm |
Offers 13 FREE accessible puzzle and card games. |
Azabat Gameswww.azabat.co.uk |
Offers 18 commercial blind-accessible card and puzzle games. |
VIP Gameszonewww.vipgameszone.com |
Offers 15 blind-accessible games: 7 commercial blind-accessible games: arcade adventure, sport multiplayer games, strategy multiplayer games. 5 FREE games: Puzzle, maze, strategy, shooter. 3 FREE special educational applications for kids who are blind or visually impaired. |
GMA Gameswww.gmagames.com |
Offers 9 blind-accessible games, including 5 commercial games such as Tank Commander, Lone Wolf, Star Trek, and Pac Man, and 4 FREE games. |
L-Workswww.l-works.net |
Offers 11 blind-accessible games, including the 7 commercial games: Judgement Day, Super Liam, a pack of 5 arcade games, and 4 FREE games. |
USA Gameswww.usagamesinteractive.com |
Offers 2 blind-accessible games: The commercial USA Raceway, and the FREE game: Star Trek: Final Conflict. |
Draconis Entertainmentwww.draconisentertainment.com |
Offers 10 commercial blind-accessible games including Pinball, Alien Outback, and Sarah and the Castle of Witchcraft and Wizardry. |
7-128 Softwarewww.7128.com |
Offers 14 blind-accessible games, including 9 commercial games, such as the Inspector Cyndi in Newport mysteries, puzzle games and word games. Also 5 FREE accessible word games. |
Bavisoftwww.bavisoft.com |
Offers 2 commercial blind-accessible games: Grizzley Gulch and Chillingham. |
| GamesForTheBlind.com www.gamesfortheblind.com |
Offers 8 commercial self-voicing games, including puzzles, word and memory games. |
Miodrag Malivichttp://ontheinter.net/Miodrag/bwl.pl |
Offers 1 commercial color-blind accessible game: Monochrome Lines. |
Blind Adrenaline Simulationswww.blindadrenaline.com |
Offers 1 FREE blind-accessible game, Rail Racer. |
SoundRTShttp://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts |
Offers 1 FREE blind-accessible strategy game, SoundRTS. |
pin Interactivewww.pininteractive.com |
Offers offers the commercial award winning accessible computer game, Terraformers. The game is a visual / audio hybrid playable by both sighted and sight disabled / blind.
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Games Accessible to People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
| Site | Comments |
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Windmill Workshttp://www.windmillworks.com |
Offers numerous deaf-accessible commercial games used in education, including: Johnny Rock's Christmas, Black Cats and Witches' Hat, Vocabulary Game Show, Language Shape-Up, and Computer Game Maker. |
Matrix Gameswww.matrixgames.com |
Offers commercial deaf-accessible commercial games including: Birth of America and For Liberty. |
Vivendiwww.vivendi.com |
Offers commercial deaf-accessible commercial games including: the Police Quest collection. Note that the King's Quest, and Space Quest collections are NOT deaf-accessible. | Electronic Artswww.ea.com |
Offers commercial deaf-accessible games, including: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and The Sims game series. | 2K Gameswww.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm |
Offers commercial deaf-accessible games, including: Sid Meier's Civilization IV and extensions. | Activisionwww.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/zorkgrandinquisitor/index.html |
Zork Grand Inquisitor was a commercial game released by Activision, now Activision Blizzard, in 1997. It is considered to be the first game to include closed-captioning. |
Valvesteampowered.com/v/index.php |
Half-Life 2, a commercial game released by Valve in 2004, is considered the second game to feature closed-captioning. |
7-128 Softwarewww.7128.com |
Offers 21 commercial deaf-accessible games, including 6 Inspector Cyndi in Newport mysteries, 10 puzzle games, 5 word games. Also offers 5 FREE deaf-accessible word games and numerous FREE deaf-accessible arcade games. |
Games Accessible to People who are Motion Impaired
| Site | Comments |
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OneSwitchwww.oneswitch.org.uk |
Offers 70+ single switch games available from the One Switch library for free download and play. |
Starquailwww.starquail.com |
Offers one commercial game that is one-switch accessible. The Wilford the Sky Puppy arcade game. |
Microsoftwww.microsoft.com/games/pinball |
Offers one commercial game that is one-switch accessible. The Microsoft Pinball Arcade game. |
michi.nuwww.michi.nu |
Offers the commercial one-switch accessible game, Alice Amazed. Also the FREE one-switch accessible Archaist game. |
Institute of Computer Studieswww.ics.forth.gr/hci/ua-games |
Offers the FREE motion-impaired accessible games: UA-Chess, Access Invaders, and Terrestrial Invaders |
Marblesoft - Simtechwww.marblesoft.com |
Offers numerous commercial mmotion-impaired accessible games, including: Single-Switch Maze, A Frog's Life, Mr. Marblehead, Single-Switch Solitaire, Concentrate, Super Switch Puzzles, and Cause and Effect. |
RJ Cooper & Associateswww.rjcooper.com |
Offers numerous commercial motion-impaired accessible games, including: Early and Advances Switch Games, Switch Man, Teenage Switch Progressions, Spell-A-Word. Also offers the FREE games: Battle of the Gods and Reign of the Flowerpots. |
7-128 Softwarewww.7128.com |
Offers 12 commercial motion-impaired accessible games, including 6 Inspector Cyndi in Newport mysteries,
3 puzzle games, and 3 word games. Also offers 5 FREE motion-impaired accessible word games and numerous FREE motion-impaired accessible arcade games. |
Arcess.comwww.arcess.com |
Offers FREE motion-impaired accessible games, including: Alien Invasion, Ruby Ridge, Brickout, and Earth Defender. |
Games Accessible to People who have Cognitive or Learning Impairments
| Site | Comments |
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Mind Weaverswww.mindweavers.co.uk |
Offers Phenomena, a commercial game that can help dyslexics develop language skills.
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Oak Systemswww.oak-systems.co.uk |
Offers Brain Workout 1 and Brain Workout 3, commercial games that accommodate blind, visually impaired, color blind, and dyslexic needs. | The Dyslexia Storewww.dyslexia.net |
Offers Tangoes, the commercial puzzle game for dyslexic children and adults.
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The National Autistic Societywww.nas.org.uk |
Offers the commercial game, Mind Reading: The Interactive Guide to Emotions,
a game to Help Learn Emotions and Facial Recognition.
Useful to people with for people with autistic spectrum disorders .
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Games Accessible to People who Want Brain Training
| Site | Comments |
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Draconis Entertainmentwww.draconisentertainment.com |
Offers the commercial game, Ultimate SounDoku. This is an audio Sodoku game that is blind-accessible. |
GMA Gameswww.gmagames.com |
Offers the FREE games: Mine Buster and Solitaire, that are appropriate for Brain Training. Both are blind-accessible. |
Kitchens Inc.www.kitchensinc.net |
Offers 25 FREE games, including the Trivia game and Mastermind, that are appropriate for Brain Training. All are blind-accessible. |
Spoonbill Softwarewww.omninet.net.au/ ~irhumph/blindgamers.htm |
Offers 13 FREE puzzle and card games that are appropriate for Brain Training. All are blind-accessble. |
Minds Refinedwww.mindsrefined.com |
Offers Art Dealer, a commercial game designed to "increase memory in older adults".
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Brain Training Softwarewww.braintrainingsoftware.com |
Offers Brain Workout, a commercial Brain Training game.
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