Steam Now Supports Searches by Accessibility Features

Sure thing, here’s my take:

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So, you know, Valve decided to shake things up a bit on Steam. Now you can search for games by… get this… accessibility features! I mean, finally, right?

I stumbled upon this blog post from Valve — no idea why I was even there, might’ve been procrastinating. They’re all about throwing more info our way about what games need in terms of accessibility. You can search for stuff like, oh I don’t know, if you can change the difficulty. Or if the text size can be upped. And those narrated menus? Yeah, they’ve got that covered too.

And this stuff isn’t hidden away somewhere. Nope, it’s right there on the store pages. In-your-face kind of deal.

They said, and I kinda love this, “Steam’s dishing out info on games with accessibility features ‘cause we want players to find the support they need.” It’s sweet, like, they’ve been chatting with developers and players with disabilities. Apparently, over 5,000 apps — or was it applications? — have jumped on the bandwagon and added all this juicy info. More are joining in every day, go figure.

This stuff’s plastered all over the store. Makes it easier to spot the games with the features you or someone else might need. Filters galore, my friend. Makes you wonder, where was this all along?

Anyway — wait, no — that’s all I’ve got.

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