
Steam is adding screen reader support and other accessibility tools
Adi Robertson
created: June 19, 2025, 1 p.m. | updated: June 19, 2025, 6:29 p.m.
Valve is introducing accessibility features for players with disabilities in its latest beta for Steam Big Picture Mode and SteamOS.
The features — listed in full and explained here — include options to modify the Steam UI, like a high contrast mode, as well as a built-in screen reader for SteamOS.
This is the SteamOS version — Big Picture won’t get the color filter or screen reader.
Image: ValveEarlier this month Valve also started letting Steam users filter games by accessibility support — including some options similar to the ones above, as well as adjustable difficulty and speech-to-text or text-to-speech chat.
It’s encouraging players with disabilities to suggest more features in a discussion thread (a mono audio toggle is looking popular.)
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