Difficulties that gamers with color vision deficiencies experience when playing digital games
Sandra Mazur, Jeffery K. Hovis, Shankaran Ramaswamy · Journal of the Optical Society of America A · 2025
Research exploring the impact of a color vision deficiency (CVD) on using digital displays in gaming is limited. An online survey was administered to 241 gamers with a CVD (80.1% males) inquiring about their experiences playing digital-based games. Eighty-eight percent (88.0%) experienced at least a little difficulty in playing. The most problematic tasks were "matching colors," "visibility of objects on a colored background," and "identifying objects based on color." The genres that were more frequently reported as being difficult to play were "military/paramilitary," "action-adventure," and "puzzles." Most gamers reported using modifications on their displays with at least a little effectiveness.