When we say gaming is for everyone, it is really for everyone and if someone is physically or mentally disabled in some way, it should not hinder their ability to enjoy the beautiful world of video games. Taking a break from the traditional gaming streams and events, The Access-Ability Summer Showcase is all about games that have special features that allow disabled people to enjoy them. The 2024 edition of the Access-Ability Summer Showcase is a 45-minute fun ride filled with game trailers showcasing their accessibility features, guest appearances from disabled gamers and developers and a lot more. Check out below to see everything that was showcased during the event.
Elsie
Elsie is an upcoming, retro-inspired, bullet-hell, action-platforming roguelike shooter from Knight Shift Games and Playtonic Friends. Add to your Steam Wishlist.
Fishbowl
Fishbowl tells the story of a young woman in her early 20s moving away from home and trying to make it as a video editor, told over 30 in-game days. Add to your Steam wishlist now.
Videoverse
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the ‘Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network ‘Videoverse’ were still popular. Add to your Steam Wishlist now.
Weko: The Mask Gatherer
Discover a vast world of mystery, filled with fearsome enemies, extraordinary tales, and unforgettable scenery. Find and collect powerful masks to help an unlikely hero fight back the darkness. Add to your Steam Wishlist.
Penny Larceny, & The Shadow Over Cyberspace
Fiction Factory Games showcases the accessibility support found in four of their narrative adventure games and highlights content from their newest upcoming release, The Shadow over Cyberspace.
Cellular City
A city builder about proximity dynamics, playable without sighted assistance, developed by Callum Deary. Check it out on itch.io.
Upheaval
Upheaval is a text-based open-world roguelike adventure. Match wits with a world-hopping Magician as you explore the wilds around your remote village, track down magic treasures, and aid or disrupt factions. Add to your Steam Wishlist.
Periphery Synthetic
Explore a planetary system, synthesize new abilities, and reveal its past. This interactive EP offers a chill and non-violent metroidvania experience across procedurally generated musical playgrounds. Playable via audio cues without sighted assistance. Add it to your Steam Wishlist.
Trash Goblin
It is a wholesome & cozy shopkeeping game where you uncover & clean trinkets, then upcycle them to sell to endless colorful & quirky customers. Spend your savings to upgrade your shop, buy new and better tools, and even expand your business to exciting new districts across town. Add to your Steam Wishlist.
Slime Heroes
Journey with your fellow slimes to save the ancient guardians from a mysterious corruption taking over the land. Explore a whimsical world filled with secret passageways, challenging puzzle dungeons, and forgotten treasures. Consume special gems and dynamically combine them to create unique magical skills. Level up and fight back against the corrupted minions to restore the land. Add it to your Steam Wishlist.
Magical Delicacy
A side-scrolling, pixel art game about a young witch crafting magic and cooking food in a strange, unfamiliar town. Add to your Steam Wishlist.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a wholesome, creature capture, 2.5D Adventure-Puzzle-Platformer with over 30 hours of gameplay! It is a family-friendly, openly accessible, RPG-infused adventure in which you must save whimsical creatures by bringing back color to the world you once knew!
Rainbow Billy tells a universal coming-of-age story about dealing with changes in the world and accepting ourselves and the others around us! Sometimes it only takes a conversation, empathy, and a new point of view to make a world of difference. Add it to your Steam Wishlist.
Space Boat
Space Boat is a narrative adventure filled with colorful worlds and wacky characters. It is a humorous investigative narrative game set on an intergalactic cruise ship inhabited by various carpet-based lifeforms. Add to your Steam Wishlist.
The Darket Files
The Darkest Files is a historical investigation and courtroom game based on true crimes during the Second World War. Investigate cold cases, search for clues, interrogate witnesses, immerse yourself in the crimes, and defend your case in court to bring the perpetrators to justice. Add to your Steam Wishlist.
Dawnfolk
Miniature survival builder perfect for short and relaxing gaming sessions. Rebuild and manage your realm, collect resources, and decide the fate of your people. Explore the darkness and unveil the secrets of the black monoliths to bring back light to the world. Add it to your Steam Wishlist.
Indie Dev Accessibility Advice by Whitethorn Games
Zoey Reyes, the Usability and Accessibility Specialist at Whitethorn Games, gives a rapid-fire crash course on how to get started making your video games more accessible for disabled gamers.
Complete The Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2024 Stream
If you are interested in checking out the full event stream, we have linked it below if you want to check it out:
Check out our complete Summer Game Fest 2024 coverage below:
- Silent Hill Transmission
- Joystick Ventures Publisher Spotlight
- Top Hat Studios Publisher Spotlight
- Marvelous! Game Showcase 2024
- Warhammer Skulls Showcase 2024
- PlayStation State of Play May 2024
- Horror Game Awards May 2024
- Guerilla Collective 2024 Showcase
- Summer Game Fest 2024
Which trailer, announcement, or reveal was your favorite from The Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2024? Let us know in the comments section below.
