Tchia Accessibility Report - PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox X|S

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Tchia

Accessibility Report

38 Accessibility Features

We've documented 38 accessibility features for Tchia, including Large Subtitles, Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions, Control Assists and No Repeated Pressing. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Getting Started but it also has features in Visual, Reading, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.

This report is created with input from accessibility experts and the player community to help people find games that have the accessibility features they require. Once you have found potential games on the database, there are excellent specialist accessibility sites that offer in-depth reviews to guide your purchasing decisions.

Tchia is an adventure where you play a young girl who can climb, glide, swim, and sail around a beautiful archipelago. Along with the usual sandbox quests and exploration, the game offers an unusual ability to become any animal or object you find. It stands out for the quirky storybook adventure set in the New Caledonia world and culture.

Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Tchia accessibility 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 4 months ago.

Accessibility Notes

The game is designed to be open and driven by systems.

Reaction time is needed for rhythm challenges, but if you fail these you can still progress with the game. You generally can't fail many tasks, but when swimming you can blackout and restart from a checkpoint.

There is an aim-assist on the slingshot action to ensure it is easier to use. There are occasions when you need to press buttons rapidly, but these can also be completed by holding the button.

Subtitle speaker is indicated by them appearing on screen. Dialogue is voiced in the local language so players are likely to use subtitles.

When you Soul Jump the aiming mode highlights items in green (and crosshair changes) to indicate you can jump to that object. Other interactable items are indicated with a pop-up icon.

Directional audio cues are provided while you are exploring. You can hear the location of birds enough to identify where it is.

Game Details

Release Date: 17/03/2023, updated in 2024

Price: 60% Off

Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox X|S

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Adventure, Traversal (Action, Collecting, Narrative, Rhythm and Simulation)

Accessibility: 38 features

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Open World and Weather

Developer: Awaceb (@Awaceb)

Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass

Controls

We've documented 12 accessibility features for Controls in Tchia which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.

Gamepad

Can play with the following:

Multiple Buttons & Two Sticks: Can play with multiple buttons and two sticks.

Mouse And Keyboard

Can play with the following:

Mouse and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.

Remap Controls

Can customise the controls for the game as follows:

Remap Buttons: Can re-map all buttons so that you can use alternatives that better suit your play.

Remap Mouse and Keyboard: Can remap mouse and keyboard key bindings, on systems that support these controls.

Remap Extra Mouse Buttons: Can remap additional buttons on mice that provide more than the two standard buttons, on systems that support these controls.

Remap Mouse Wheel: Can remap the mouse wheel to control aspects of the game when you move it up/down, on systems that support these controls.

Remap Game Menu Access: Can remap buttons to pause, access and navigate the game menu. This enables you to specify which buttons pop-up the game menu.Whether you can remap menu navigation buttons isn't considered here.

Invert X/Y Axis: Can invert the direction required to control looking and aiming. This enables you to match your instinctive orientation when looking.

Button Combinations

Specific button operation required to play

Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional: Quick, repeated button pressing (more than 2 times a second) is not required, can be skipped or switched to holding a button to trigger a repeated action.

Controller Vibration

Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.

Informative Vibration: Controller vibration indicates events or interactions in the game, echoing visual and audio cues. This can provide additional information about progress, approaching enemies or hitting a target.

Sensitivity

You can adjust

Adjust Mouse/Stick/Touch Sensitivity: Adjust how sensitive touch/mouse/stick controls are.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

If you want to play Tchia, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

Submerged Hidden Depths (17 Controls Features)
The Gecko Gods (13 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Tchia which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play. The following games are similar to Tchia, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Horizon Forbidden West (3 Difficulty Features)
Dredge (2 Difficulty Features)
Horizon Zero Dawn (2 Difficulty Features)
Wavetale (1 Difficulty Feature)

Getting Started

We've documented 8 accessibility features for Getting Started in Tchia which deal with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.

Assistance Getting Starting

These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.

Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.

View Control Mapping: You can view a map of controls during play. This clearly displays the mappings of actions to buttons/keys/mouse/keyboard without having to leave the game. This includes games that always display buttons to press during play.

Assistance With Controls: The game can automatically assist with aiming, steering, reloading, jumping, running etc. This reduces the challenge of certain aspects of play to remove barriers and make control of characters more accessible.

Reaction-Time Not Critical: Individual game actions don’t need quick reactions, or there are settings to lower the requirement for quick reactions. This means you don't need to quickly press a button in response to an on-screen prompt, target a fast-moving target or skillfully complete a scenario against the clock.

Low Pressure: Game tasks aren't time-limited or there's a low-pressure mode. This avoids the pressure of being put on the clock for overarching missions, or failing tasks because you didn't reach a destination in time.

No Jump Scares: No sudden loud noises or popping-up scary visuals that unexpectedly appear without warning, or the option to disable them.

Assistance For Progressing

These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.

Bank Progress With Frequent Checkpoints: If you fail you can retry that level or aspect of the game without losing a lot of progress (less than 5 minutes). This is often provided via Frequent Checkpoints combined with restarting without losing time, equipment or score.

Save Progress Anytime: The game automatically saves progress or you can save any time. This doesn’t mean you never lose progress, but it does mean you can stop whenever you want (without having to get to a save point) without losing progress.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

If you want to play Tchia, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Getting Started accessibility:

Submerged Hidden Depths (9 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 5 accessibility features for Reading in Tchia which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.

Reading Level

How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.

Moderate Reading: Moderate reading required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a high school student (14-year-old) would appreciate.

Text Visibility

High Contrast Text: Text colour contrasts to the background or can be adjusted to be. The text in menus, instructions and other information is presented in high contrast with a solid background.

Subtitles

Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.

All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game): All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to hear spoken dialogue or narrative to play the game.

Captions

Speaker Indicator: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

If you want to play Tchia, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:

Lil Gator Game (6 Reading Features)
The Gecko Gods (6 Reading Features)
Bugsnax (6 Reading Features)
Horizon Zero Dawn (6 Reading Features)

Navigation

We've documented 5 accessibility features for Navigation in Tchia which deal with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces.

Clarity

Large Clear Navigation: The in-game navigation and maps are clear to read. They offer large text and offer markers that are large and of high contrast. Where text or information is small, there are settings to zoom-in and increase visibility.

Clear Mission Objectives: The game provides clear, structured missions with directional guidance and advice on which can be attempted next. This also indicates (ideally on maps where they are provided) which missions can't be attempted because you do not have the appropriate items yet.

Head-Up Display

Game Map: View a map of the game world during play, with the landscape, points of interest and missions highlighted throughout the entire game. This enables the orientation of the player and the world, confirming a direction of movement and the location of destinations or points of exploration.

Menu Navigation

Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation

If you want to play Tchia, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (7 Navigation Features)
Submerged Hidden Depths (7 Navigation Features)
Horizon Forbidden West (7 Navigation Features)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild (7 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 8 accessibility features for Visual in Tchia which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.

Contrast

Medium Contrast: Game uses generally well contrasting and bright visuals, or has a slider to make this the case.

Interactive Elements

Large Game Elements: Game characters and other elements are large and distinguishable. Enemies and player characters are at least 1/6 of the height of the screen. Or there is a zoom feature to make them larger.

Outline Interactive Elements: Characters, platforms and enemies can be outlined or highlighted for visibility. This can be with a large border around the character or a special visual mode that adjust the colour to make characters more visible.

Audio Cues for Visual Events

Audio Cues for Visual Events: Audio is provided to indicate visual events. Game events or progress highlighted by visual icons, effects or animations are also accompanied by audio to signify that progress. This is useful for blind players.

Audio Depiction of Event Location: Indication with positional/stereo audio of where directional events are on the screen for things like damage, footsteps, environmental elements. This is useful for blind players.

Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.

Colour Options

Colour Blind Friendly: Game doesn’t rely on colour or can switch to colour blind friendly mode with double coding or similar way to avoid colour dependance.

Violence

Turn Off Blood: Reduce or disable graphic content of blood and gore.

Audio

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Tchia which deal with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see.

Adjustable Audio

Balance Audio Levels: Set music and game sound effects separately. This enables you to select your preference as well as ensure critical game sounds aren't obscured by other audio.

Play Without Hearing

Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio

If you want to play Tchia, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:

Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley (3 Audio Features)
Lil Gator Game (3 Audio Features)
Paradise Marsh (3 Audio Features)
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (3 Audio Features)

System Accessibility Settings

In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:

Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games.

PC
Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators.

PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).

PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5 has a range of system-wide accessibility settings.

Xbox Series X|S
Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games.

Read more about system accessibility settings.