Best Games For People With Bad Hand-Eye Coordination

Players with bad hand-eye coordination may feel limited in the games that are available to them or may give up on the idea of gaming altogether. The games that seem the most interesting and captivating can have steep difficulty curves in terms of controls and combat. But that doesn’t have to be the case.

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There are plenty of options for both long-time gamers who need controls that are a little more forgiving and new gamers who are just finding their feet. These games are not necessarily dependent on genre, as there are plenty of games that have adjustable settings or flexible modes to make life easier for those with bad hand-eye coordination.

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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Wonderfully Clumsy Characters And Chaotic Multiplayer

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Looking for something extremely silly that has flexible modes? Why not try Totally Accurate Battle Simulator? Players can get as up close and personal as they want to, and the controls are designed to be clumsy.

That is part of the charm of the battle units. They lope and trip about the place regardless of the player’s skill, so finely tuned reflexes won’t necessarily give players a firm advantage. There are options to play first-person or third-person as a purely silly battle strategy game.

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John Wick: Hex

Calculated Carnage

John Wick Hex and kindred games such as Hotline Miami (and even Hitman Go) are fantastic for those who want to play an action game but, overwhelming but rapid button pressing to execute real-time combat.

Players plan their approach and brutal take-downs and then watch the action play out. Basically, players do the strategic brain work and then let John Wick do the rest. It is incredibly satisfying game play and the top-down design of these kinds of games is really empowering.

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Fallout Shelter

Just Like A Human Ant Farm

Want to get immersed in the Fallout universe but struggle with the combat? Fallout Shelter allows players to engage with the bleak, cynical world, the faux-nostalgia world of Fallout with basic point-and-click controls, or even simple touch controls on Android or iOS.

Touch controls can remove some of the abstraction that gaming peripherals and controllers sometimes add to gaming. Tapping where a character needs to go rather than learning which buttons or keys to use is more intuitive for those who struggle with other forms of input like controllers or a mouse and keyboard.

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Epistory – Typing Chronicles

Put That High Words Per Minute Rate A New Use

Epistory: Typing Chronicles

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Released

September 30, 2015

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Fishing Cactus

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Plug In Digital, Fishing Cactus

Just because someone struggles with using a keyboard for gaming, doesn’t mean they don’t have lightning-fast reflexes when it comes to typing. For those who are used to using computers for typing, it can be hard to make the transition to a new way of interaction with a very familiar interface. Consoles present their own issues, forcing players to learn muscle memory. Typing games can be a neat solution.

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Epistory is a great typing game that allows people to play an adventure game by tapping (pun intended) into another skill. Players spell words to take action, and success is contingent on their typing skills. Another fantastic game in this genre is Letter Quest: Grimm’s Journey.

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Dredge

But You Never Fail The Dredging

Dredge is one of the most interesting games of the past few years, and it is in no small part due to its gameplay loop of exploration, fishing, selling fish to unlock more areas to explore, etc. But the fishing and dredging games proved a little tricky for some. Especially those that were there primarily for the Hugo award-nominated story.

The developers had the gameplay motivations of their diverse audience in mind and allowed players to turn off the fishing and dredging mini-game fail state. So, players with slower reflexes can spend less time getting frustrated and focus on exploration, fish Tetris… and not hitting rocks. Dredge isn’t the only game to add these kinds of accessibility options. According to Can I Play That? Silent Hill 2 Remake in particular has some excellent accessibility options, including aim assist, that can help those with additional accessibility needs.

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Yakuza: Like A Dragon and Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

An Interesting Twist To A Popular Series

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Released

January 26, 2024

OpenCritic Rating

Mighty

Don’t like simulators? Like games with a bit more up-close drama? Like A Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth are turn-based installments of the beloved Yakuza series and follow the adventures of Ichiban Kasuga, the goofy former Yakuza protagonist, and his party of unlikely allies.

The real-time combat of other Yakuza games can be quite intimidating, but the turn-based approach makes for a different kind of challenging gameplay. There are some instances when timing matters, but the number of inputs that players have to hit is greatly reduced in comparison to real-time combat. Some mini-games require better hand-eye coordination, but many of them are part of optional side quests.

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The Witness

Intriguing And Iterative Puzzle Game

In puzzle games, the player’s brain does the bulk of the work, and puzzle mechanics that represent complex ideas allow players to complete actions using relatively simple inputs. If a mystery game with intuitive and challenging puzzles sounds appealing, why not try The Witness?

The puzzle mechanics are introduced one after the other and players are free to roam from one to another without fear of being attacked. The Witness is a great example of how puzzle games can be accessible without patronizing their audience. There are so many other games that cater to the same market, including Obduction (from the makers of Myst) and Baba is You (which is an absolute brain breaker).

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