Set up Assassin's Creed Shadows for blind and low-vision players
Combine screen narration, guided mode, audio cues, aiming assists, and simplified combat—with clear caveats for fully blind play.
Sonarush
Free real-time arena action game with no required visuals: spatial audio, speech, sonar, radar, and assisted aim help you find enemies, walls, and objectives.
Short verdict
Blind players on Windows or Apple Silicon Mac who enjoy fast audio games, use a keyboard, and can play with headphones.
Facts
- Developer
- Vabax
- Platforms
- Windows 10/11 64-bit, Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 11+, Keyboard
- Game type
- Audio game, Action, Arena game
- Language
- English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Turkish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean
- Accessibility rating
- Strongly recommended for blind audio-game players, with some setup caveats
- Accessibility Score
- 86/100
- Platform
- Windows, Mac
- Vision / need
- Blind, Low vision, Screen reader
- Accessibility
- VoiceOver, Self-voicing, Audio cues, Keyboard navigation
- Game type
- Audio game, Action
- Last updated
- 2026-10-08
Where to find the game
- itch.io: Sonarush
Covers: Windows 10/11 64-bit, Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 11+, Downloadable player guide
Accessibility
- The game is audio-first: 3D positional audio and speech replace the screen during combat.
- Menus, help, and game information can be read through screen reader/speech; the AppleVis post describes VoiceOver support on Mac and F1/H for help on the current screen.
- Keyboard controls: arrow keys to move, Space to attack, E for super, Q for gadget, and S for sonar.
- Sonar reports what is in front of you, radar gives directions, and assisted aim can lock onto the nearest enemy with an audio cue.
- A guided tutorial, rehearsal room, range, and audio glossary help you learn controls, characters, and sounds.
- Separate volume controls for music, combat, ambience, and interface, plus adjustable aim assist, control style, audio cues, and speech verbosity.
Known limitations
- Headphones are strongly recommended because left/right and front/back cues are part of play.
- The Mac version requires Apple Silicon; Intel Macs are not supported.
- The Mac app is not Apple-signed. First launch may require Open/Open Anyway, and VoiceOver integration requires VoiceOver Utility to allow AppleScript control.
- Windows may warn that the app is unrecognized on first launch; choose More info and Run anyway if you trust the download.
- I found developer documentation, AppleVis discussion, and a beta-player comment, but not a full independent playthrough of version 1.0.1.
Price/status
Free. itch.io donation is optional; no real-money in-game purchases are listed.
Free released game checked on 2026-10-08. Version 1.0.1 is available for Windows and Apple Silicon Mac through itch.io.