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Marvel's Wolverine
Violent action adventure with advanced screen reader, audio descriptions, audio cues, navigation assist, haptics, high contrast, and adjustable game speed.
Short verdict
Low-vision players and blind players who want to try a large PS5 action game with many vision, audio, and control assists. Prefer a refund option or wait for blind-player launch testing if you need full no-sight playability.
Facts
- Developer
- Insomniac Games / PlayStation Studios
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Game type
- Action, Adventure
- Language
- Multiple languages. PlayStation Blog confirms English audio description; Norwegian menus, Norwegian screen reader, and Norwegian audio descriptions are not confirmed.
- Accessibility rating
- Promising for blind players and strong for low vision, but wait for launch testing for full confidence
- Accessibility Score
- 74/100
- Platform
- PlayStation
- Vision / need
- Blind, Low vision, Screen reader, Large text, Color blind
- Accessibility
- Audio cues, Audio descriptions, Haptics, High contrast, Adjustable game speed, QTE/button assists, Controller support
- Game type
- Action, Adventure
- Last updated
- 2026-09-02
Official site: Marvel's Wolverine
Accessibility
- PlayStation Store lists Advanced Screen Reader, intended to communicate contextual text and visual information essential to gameplay.
- The screen reader for menus, tutorials, and notifications can be adjusted for volume, speed, detail level, and repeat narration, according to Can I Play That?.
- Navigation assist can turn the camera toward objectives; with audio cues enabled, it also gives audio for direction and whether the objective is above or below you.
- Audio descriptions are available for cinematics; PlayStation Blog confirms English audio description.
- High contrast, outlines, and shader colours can help with Wolverine, allies, enemies, NPCs, collectibles, and interactables.
- Global game speed, separate combat/stealth speed settings, QTE autocomplete, puzzle skip, lock-on, traversal assist, and full controller remapping are documented.
Known limitations
- The game was not released when checked on 2026-09-02, so I found no independent full no-sight playthrough.
- This is fast, violent real-time action with combat, stealth, and traversal. The features look strong, but they do not yet prove full blind playability from start to finish.
- A day-one update may be required for some features if you buy the physical edition.
- Norwegian screen reader, Norwegian voice, and Norwegian audio descriptions are not confirmed in the checked sources.
- Only the PlayStation 5 version is confirmed. PC, Xbox, or Switch versions are not listed.
Price/status
Paid premium game. PlayStation Store showed pre-order pricing of USD 69.99 for Standard Edition and USD 79.99 for Digital Deluxe when checked; pricing varies by region.
Launching on PlayStation 5 on September 15, 2026. This entry is based on official pre-release information and Can I Play That?, not a full post-launch playthrough.
Related content
Guide
A practical setup guide to the vision preset, text-to-speech, navigation assistance, audio cues, combat assists, and audio descriptions.
News
Insomniac Games has published the accessibility options for Marvel’s Wolverine, which launches on PlayStation 5 on 15 September 2026. The list describes accessibility setup before first play, presets, screen-reader and…
Game
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