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Lightyear
Frontier

Accessibility Report

3 Accessibility Features

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Lightyear Frontier, including Directional Audio Cues, Audio Cues and Inputs Documented. It has features in Visual and Controls 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.

Lightyear Frontier is a peaceful open-world game about farming a new planet. You work to explore, gather resources and build a working farm to harvest alien crops. It's an unusual game because you are using a Mech suit for farming, and need to balance production with a gentle touch on the environment.

Our accessibility examiner, Andrew Robertson, first checked Lightyear Frontier accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 4 months ago.

Game Details

Release Date: 19/03/2024

Out Now: PC and Xbox X|S

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Players: 1 (4 online)

Genres: Adventure, Strategy, World Building and Simulation

Accessibility: 3 features

Components: 3D First-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Weather

Developer: Frame Break Games (@FrameBreakGames)

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

Controls

To complete the main campaign of the game you need to use a minimum of:

Xbox: 8 buttons, 2 triggers and 2 sticks.

The following tables guide you through which buttons you can map to custom controllers:

Action	Xbox	Notes	Required
Pause / Menu	View Button		✔
Menu - Open Menu	Menu Button	Utility Menu	✔
Lights	X Button		✔
Transform	Y Button		✔
Interact	A Button	Also Confirm.	✔
Build Mode	B Button		✔
Movement	Left Stick		✔
Aim / Look / Camera	Right Stick		✔
Use Tool	Left Trigger + Right Trigger	Use Left/Right Tool	✔
Sprint	Left Stick Press		✕
Aim Select Camera	Right Stick Press		✕

Action	Xbox	Notes	Required
Pause / Menu	View Button		✔
Menu - Open Menu	Menu Button	Utility Menu	✔
Lights	X Button		✔
Transform	Y Button		✔
Interact	A Button	Also Confirm.	✔
Build Mode	B Button		✔
Movement	Left Stick		✔
Aim / Look / Camera	Right Stick		✔
Use Tool	Left Trigger + Right Trigger	Use Left/Right Tool	✔
Sprint	Left Stick Press		✕
Aim Select Camera	Right Stick Press		✕

Drone	Xbox	Notes	Required
Companion - Return	B Button	Return to Mech	✔
Aim Focus Mode	Left Bumper		✔
Aim / Look / Camera	Right Bumper		✔
Fly - Boost	Right Bumper		✔
Movement	Left Stick		✔
Fly - Down	Left Trigger		✔
Fly - Up	Right Trigger		✔

Drone	Xbox	Notes	Required
Companion - Return	B Button	Return to Mech	✔
Aim Focus Mode	Left Bumper		✔
Aim / Look / Camera	Right Bumper		✔
Fly - Boost	Right Bumper		✔
Movement	Left Stick		✔
Fly - Down	Left Trigger		✔
Fly - Up	Right Trigger		✔

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Controls in Lightyear Frontier which deals with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.

Remap Controls

Can customise the controls for the game as follows:

Inputs Documented: The inputs required to complete the game in campaign mode or play competitively are documented on the database (or in other official documentation).

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

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

Astroneer (10 Controls Features)
Slime Rancher 2 (8 Controls Features)
Before We Leave (8 Controls Features)
Slime Rancher (8 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Lightyear Frontier 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 Lightyear Frontier, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Slime Rancher 2 (1 Difficulty Feature)
Before We Leave (1 Difficulty Feature)
Stormworks: Build and Rescue (1 Difficulty Feature)
Slime Rancher (1 Difficulty Feature)

Getting Started

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Getting Started in Lightyear Frontier 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. The following games are similar to Lightyear Frontier, and offer accessibility features for Getting Started:

Before We Leave (8 Getting Started Features)
Slime Rancher (6 Getting Started Features)
Slime Rancher 2 (5 Getting Started Features)
Ooblets (4 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Reading in Lightyear Frontier 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. The following games are similar to Lightyear Frontier, and offer accessibility features for Reading:

Slime Rancher 2 (4 Reading Features)
Before We Leave (3 Reading Features)
Ooblets (3 Reading Features)
Astroneer (3 Reading Features)

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Lightyear Frontier 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. The following games are similar to Lightyear Frontier, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

Ooblets (4 Navigation Features)
Slime Rancher 2 (3 Navigation Features)
Before We Leave (3 Navigation Features)
Slime Rancher (3 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Visual in Lightyear Frontier which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.

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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual

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

Slime Rancher (5 Visual Features)
Astroneer (5 Visual Features)
Slime Rancher 2 (4 Visual Features)
Ooblets (4 Visual Features)

Audio

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in Lightyear Frontier 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. The following games are similar to Lightyear Frontier, and offer accessibility features for Audio:

Slime Rancher 2 (2 Audio Features)
Ooblets (2 Audio Features)
Slime Rancher (2 Audio Features)
Astroneer (2 Audio Features)

Communication

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Communication in Lightyear Frontier which deal with how you can communicate with other players in the game and what options are available to customise and control this interaction.

System Accessibility Settings

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

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.

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.

Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson