AbleToPlay teams up with the Cerebral Palsy Foundation to present 2025's Top 5 Games!
For the holiday season we’re teaming up with the Cerebral Palsy Foundation to present AbleToPlay’s Top 5 Accessible Games of 2025!
For the holiday season we’re teaming up with the Cerebral Palsy Foundation, an organization that’s been around for over 70 years and at the forefront of cerebral palsy research, to present AbleToPlay’s Top 5 Accessible Games of 2025!
AbleToPlay’s mission of supporting gamers from all walks of life aligns perfectly with the Cerebral Palsy Foundation’s commitment to inclusivity and building communities where everyone can enjoy video-games together. We couldn’t be more excited about this collaboration! Together, we created a Top 5 Games of 2025 list, chosen for their strong accessibility and mobility friendly features.
Our Top 5 picks for 2025 are:
- Kirby Air Riders (Nintendo)
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo)
- Dimensional Double Shift (Owlchemy Labs)
- Squeakross: Home Squeak Home (Alblune)
- Spray Paint Simulator (North Star Video Games)
Kirby Air Riders
Kirby Air Riders is a racing game for the Nintendo Switch 2 featuring a fully built-in accessibility menu!
Mobility-friendly options include: adjustable game speed, controller remapping, camera movement settings (including shake and tilt adjustments), and even a focal line to help guide Kirby’s steering! It’s also packed with features like text resizing, colorblindness support, in-game outlines, and more. Even better, Kirby Air Riders can be played with friends and family over the holidays.
Donkey Kong Bananza
Donkey Kong Bananza for the Nintendo Switch 2 is an adventure game that offers helpful accessibility options, including an Assist Mode, which provides a trail of notes to guide the player to story points. Its menu includes mobility features like controller remapping, camera adjustments, and motion controls, which can be disabled entirely or fine-tuned to your needs!
Additional features include subtitles, a treasure radar, adjustable haptics, and the option to restore any level to its default state (ideal if you’ve smashed too many things… though, smashing is undeniably fun!) You can even play with a friend, and what’s better than causing a bit of mayhem together?
Dimensional Double Shift
Dimensional Double Shift by Owlchemy Labs is a free gas ‘n grill VR game loaded with top-tier accessibility options!
The game includes a built-in locomotion assistance, ideal for players who play seated or lying down, ensuring your movement is supported regardless of your posture. You’ll also find a high-contrast mode, predictable interactions, and individual audio sliders for different sound effects. Plus, the game supports multiplayer — just be prepared for the inevitable ketchup explosions!
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home is a squeakin’ accessible indie game by Alblune! The puzzle gameplay allows you to go entirely at your own pace and features single-button inputs, fully remappable controls across a keyboard, controller, and even a mouse — perfect for a game starring a small rodent! There are no in-game penalties, night mode, a hint system, and much more.
Best of all, you can decorate your home and customize your character, which includes options for prosthetic limbs or no limbs at all! It’s brilliant representation!
The game also comes with a free demo!
Spray Paint Simulator
Bring color to the world in Spray Paint Simulator, an indie first-person painter! This colorful title includes remappable controls, on-screen prompts, camera djustments, and customizable haptics. It features no time penalties and lets you abandon a painting job at any time without consequences.
You can even adjust the color of highlighted paint areas, how long they remain highlighted, and even tweak the field-of-view to support visual clarity.
Spray Paint Simulator also comes with a free demo!
These Top 5 games were fun, innovative, and full of impressive accessibility features, and we truly had a blast playing them!
2025 has been a remarkable year for accessibility across the industry with both indie and AAA studios continuing to refine and advocate for inclusive design. The global momentum is inspiring, and it gives real hope for the future of accessible gaming. Organizations like the Cerebral Palsy Foundation supporting their community and partnering with games initiatives strengthens AbleToPlay’s mission to ensure players everywhere can enjoy the games they love.
Most importantly: have wonderful and warm holiday season with a game from this list!
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