Accessible games for blind and low-vision players
Six games for iPhone and iPad that you can play by ear. Each was designed and tested with VoiceOver from the start, and each can be played by sight too, so nobody has to sit out.
All six are free to download, with no ads and no subscriptions. Each has optional one-time purchases if you want more.
Find your game
- Racing against the clock or a friend: Blind Racer
- A long game of strategy, one turn at a time: BlindGalaxy
- Running a sports franchise, season after season: One Pitch Baseball or One Catch
- A card game with friends and family: Equate This
- Something quick every day, or a party game: The Bigr Show
Blind Racer: an audio slot-car racing game
There is no steering: hold anywhere on the screen to accelerate, let go to coast, and the skill is in knowing when to lift. Corners ping from the direction they turn, your motor rises in pitch with your speed, and your rival’s engine is placed in 3D so you can hear them closing.
Race through a six-tournament career, set a time on the Weekly Time Trial, or go head to head with a friend over Game Center or on the same Wi-Fi.
Free: Free Play, Series, online and Wi-Fi races, the Weekly Time Trial and Career tournaments 1 to 3. Championship, a one-time $4.99 purchase, adds Career tournaments 4 to 6 and every engine voice straight away. For iPhone and iPad.
BlindGalaxy: a turn-based space strategy game
A strategy game of exploring, expanding and conquering, in which every alien is blind, you included. Worlds and fleets sound from their direction in 3D audio, and you send out pings to measure what is around you, then settle planets, research eight fields and design your fleets.
Play computer rivals who each have their own style, or pass one iPhone or iPad between friends. With VoiceOver on, it can be played with the screen off.
Free: complete two-player games on small galaxies, the tutorial and the story. Full Galaxy, a one-time $6.99 purchase, adds standard and large galaxies, ring and spiral shapes, and games of three or more players. For iPhone and iPad.
One Pitch Baseball: a baseball management game
Each plate appearance comes down to one call. At the plate, you choose to swing away, work the count or bunt. On the mound, you pitch to the batter, challenge him or walk him. With VoiceOver on, every play, pitching change and injury is announced, and the Situation button gives you the inning, outs, runners and score at any time.
Manage one club through a season of 10, 20, 40, 81 or 162 games, then build a franchise through the draft, trades and free agency.
Free: your whole first season, in any league size and length, with the postseason. Dynasty, a one-time $4.99 purchase, carries your league into the offseason, the draft and every season after. For iPhone and iPad.
One Catch: a football coaching game
On offense you pick the formation and the play. On defense you see their formation, never their play, so you make your guess. Every call, result and score is announced, the Situation button gives you the quarter, clock, score, down and distance, and when VoiceOver is on, the play clock starts at a relaxed 60 seconds.
Coach one club in a 32-team league through a 17-game season and a 14-team playoff, then build a dynasty through the draft, free agency and trades.
Free: your whole first season, with the playoffs. Dynasty Mode, a one-time $4.99 purchase, carries your league into the offseason, the draft and every season after. Dynasty Plus, a one-time $6.99 purchase, includes Dynasty Mode and every content pack. For iPhone and iPad.
Equate This: a math card game
Swap cards to bring your total down, and clear three touching cards that make an equation. Every move by every player is announced, and each card says its row, column and value.
Play computers, pass one device around, join friends over Wi-Fi or match online through Game Center. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and whole-number division are all you need.
Free: complete games for two, and joining a friend’s game of any size. Full Table, a one-time $4.99 purchase, adds games of 3 to 8 players, the Hard computer and hosting bigger games. For iPhone and iPad.
The Bigr Show: a trivia game show
Your host, Max Bigley, asks which of two things is faster, taller, heavier or bigger, then the real numbers are revealed side by side. There are 5,821 fact-checked contenders in nine categories, and a Daily Challenge of ten questions that is the same for everyone.
Max’s voice is fully recorded and VoiceOver waits for him to finish, so nobody talks over anyone. Pass one device between two to four people, or put up to eight players on their own devices in the same room.
Free: the Daily Challenge, solo rounds from three categories, Pass and Play for two and joining Play Nearby games. The Full Show, a one-time $4.99 purchase, adds every category, Pass and Play for three or four, and hosting Play Nearby. For iPhone and iPad.
Common questions
Do I need VoiceOver to play?
No. All six can be played by sight or by ear. With VoiceOver on, each can be played without looking at the screen.
Can blind and sighted people play together?
Yes. Blind Racer, BlindGalaxy, Equate This and The Bigr Show all have ways to play with other people, and each person can play by sight or by ear.
Do I need headphones?
Blind Racer and BlindGalaxy place sounds in 3D, so headphones make it easier to tell where a sound is coming from. They help, but you don’t need them to play.
What do the games cost?
All six are free to download and have no ads or subscriptions. What you can play for free varies by game, and each game above lists what is free and what its one-time purchase adds.