Set up Assassin's Creed Shadows for blind and low-vision players
Combine screen narration, guided mode, audio cues, aiming assists, and simplified combat—with clear caveats for fully blind play.
THE OMEGA REACH
Experimental museum and space-exploration demo where menus work with screen readers, the whole game can be played by keyboard, and interactions use audio, visual cues, and haptics.
Short verdict
Blind and low-vision players who enjoy calm, unusual audio experiences in a browser or on PC, and who are comfortable with a demo that has some experimental navigation.
Facts
- Developer
- shiftBacktick
- Platforms
- Web browser / HTML5, Windows PC, Linux
- Game type
- Simulation, Exploration, Audio/music game
- Language
- English
- Accessibility rating
- Blind-friendly demo with screen reader, keyboard, audio, and haptics, but still in development
- Accessibility Score
- 82/100
- Platform
- Web browser, Windows, Linux
- Vision / need
- Blind, Low vision, Screen reader
- Accessibility
- Audio cues, Haptics, High contrast
- Game type
- Audio game
- Last updated
- 2026-07-31
Where to find the game
- itch.io: THE OMEGA REACH
Covers: Web browser / HTML5, Windows PC, Linux - Steam: THE OMEGA REACH
Covers: Windows PC, Linux
Accessibility
- The official manual says the menus are fully keyboard-operable and work with screen readers such as NVDA.
- The whole game can be played with a keyboard; gamepad, mouse, and MIDI input are also listed as supported.
- Interactions use audio that grows louder and higher pitched near the target, plus visual cues and gamepad haptics.
- Difficult interactions can be skipped without penalty with a dedicated button.
- itch.io labels the game blind friendly, high contrast, and color-blind friendly, and it ranked highly in Games for Blind Gamers 5.
- v1.2.0 adds immersive mode, more volume sliders, and updated browser, Windows, and Linux demo builds and manual.
Known limitations
- This is still a demo/in-development build, not the finished Steam release.
- The game relies on the system/browser screen reader, not built-in self-voicing. The developer recommends turning off speech interrupts for typed characters.
- Jam community comments mention speech queuing with controller input, ORCA in the browser reading only buttons for one player, and possible audio glitches on weaker machines.
- Touch input only works in menus; gamepad or keyboard is recommended for actual play.
- Norwegian language support is not confirmed.
Price/status
Free demo on itch.io. A Steam release is planned later; pricing is not set.
Free demo on itch.io for browser, Windows, and Linux. A Steam page is live, but the full release is still in development.