CAPGAME

What CAPGAME does

CapGame is a French non-profit association (Association Loi 1901) founded in 2013 and headquartered in Paris, dedicated to making video games accessible to people with disabilities. The organization operates across five thematic pillars: Solutions (identifying, testing, and documenting hardware/software adaptations such as Xbox Adaptive Controller, Titan Two, Cronus Zen, and one-handed joysticks); Testing (evaluating video game accessibility across motor, cognitive, visual, and hearing dimensions via the Game Lover blog); Consulting (professional training for game studios and disability support professionals); Research (academic innovation in accessibility); and Esport (inclusive competitive gaming through the annual CapGame Arena tournament). The organization serves approximately 12 million people with disabilities in France, with direct beneficiaries including disabled gamers, disability organizations (Adapei, ASEI, FFH, APHP), and B2B clients in the gaming industry (Microsoft/Xbox, Ubisoft, Capcom, Bandai Namco).

The association's primary intellectual property is its French-language knowledge base on adaptive gaming hardware and software compatibility, accumulated over a decade, combined with an established reputation as France's recognized authority on gaming accessibility — evidenced by its 5th consecutive mandate from Paris Games Week organizers (2019-2025), judging role at the Pégases 2025 awards, and recognition at the French National Assembly. The flagship CapGame Arena tournament grew from 74 participants in 2023 to nearly 100 in 2025 across regional qualification events in cities including Angoulême, Toulouse, Nanterre, and Paris. Technology delivery relies on third-party adaptive hardware rather than proprietary platforms, with no software product or mobile application developed in-house.

CapGame's business model is a non-profit funding structure rather than a commercial revenue model. Funding is sourced from individual memberships (via HelloAsso), charitable donations, corporate sponsorships (EDF, Crédit Agricole, Microsoft/Xbox, Ubisoft, Capcom, Focus Entertainment), professional consulting fees from video game studios and disability organizations, and event-based fundraising such as the 'Preums' Twitch charity speedrun (raising €5,000 in September 2025). Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: physical presence at major gaming events (Paris Games Week, Autonomic, Spawn, Festival Ludique de Parthenay), online community engagement (Discord, Facebook, YouTube, X, Bluesky, LinkedIn), and the CapGame Arena tournament network. Services for disabled gamers are provided free of charge, while consulting and training for industry professionals operate on a quote-based, multi-year engagement model.

Name

CAPGAME

Legal name

CapGame

Website

https://capgame.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CapGame is a French non-profit association (founded 2013, Paris) that promotes accessible video gaming for people with disabilities through hardware/software documentation, game accessibility testing, professional consulting, research, and inclusive esports tournaments (CapGame Arena). It serves disabled gamers, disability organizations, and major game publishers in France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Gaming Accessibility Services

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Accessibility & Compliance Services (A11y Testing, Ratings, Privacy/Regulatory) (MPAFAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability & Adaptive Sports Organizations (Paralympic, Special Olympics) (MPAKACAH), Amateur/Grassroots Esports Leagues & Community Tournaments (MPAFADAL)

Keywords

• Gaming accessibility services
• Adaptive gaming hardware
• Inclusive esports tournaments
• Disability gaming consulting
• Video game accessibility testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership: CapGame operates as a Loi 1901 non-profit association (French non-profit). Revenue is generated through membership fees (adhésion) and charitable donations. A HelloAsso platform is used for membership collection.
2. Charitable Event Fundraising: The organization receives donations through charity events such as the 'Preums' Twitch speedrun live stream (€5,000 raised September 2025). Funds support ongoing projects.
3. Corporate Sponsorship and Consulting: Corporate partners (Microsoft/Xbox, Ubisoft, Focus Entertainment) provide sponsorship and collaboration. Professional consulting and training services offered to industry professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CapGame is a French non-profit association that promotes accessible video gaming for people with disabilities through five integrated service areas: identification and documentation of adaptive hardware/software solutions (Solutions), accessibility evaluation of video games across motor, cognitive, visual, and hearing disabilities (Testing), professional training and consulting for game studios and disability professionals (Consulting), academic research on accessibility innovation (Recherche), and inclusive competitive gaming via the annual CapGame Arena tournament (Esport). Services to gamers with disabilities are free, while consulting and training are delivered on a quote basis to video game studios, publishers, and event organizers.

Product overview

CapGame is a French non-profit association (Loi 1901) founded in 2013 that works to improve video game accessibility for people with disabilities. The organization operates five core service areas: Solutions (documenting hardware and software accessibility tools), Testing (evaluating games for accessibility), Consulting (training professionals), Research (academic innovation), and Esport (inclusive competitive gaming). The flagship CapGame Arena is an annual tournament enabling players with disabilities to compete in esports. The association also organizes the 'Jouez comme vous êtes' (Play as you are) accessibility space at major gaming events like Paris Games Week, and provides accessibility testing services to game developers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solutions (Adaptive Gaming Solutions Documentation) Identification, experimentation, and documentation of hardware and software solutions (adaptive controllers, adapters, accessibility features) that enable people with disabilities to play video games on console and PC. Coverage includes Xbox Adaptive Controller, Titan Two, Cronus Zen, 3DRudder, one-handed joysticks, and adapters for PS5, Xbox, and Switch. Targeted at individual gamers with disabilities.
• Testing (Video Game Accessibility Testing) Evaluation of video games for accessibility across motor, cognitive, visual, and auditory disabilities. Detailed accessibility reports are published on the Game Lover blog (game-lover.org), providing feedback to developers and informing players about the accessibility level of games.
• Consulting (Professional Training and Support) Professional training and consulting services for video game industry professionals (studios, publishers, event organizers) and disability support professionals to enable them to make games and events accessible. Delivered via direct engagement on a quote-based pricing model.
• Recherche (Research) Academic research and innovation activities developing hardware, software, and documentation solutions to advance video game accessibility for players with disabilities. Includes doctoral research collaborations (e.g., on accessibility for deaf and sign-language users, and on supporting game studios).
• CapGame Arena (Inclusive Esports Tournament) Annual inclusive competitive gaming tournament organized by CapGame with simplified controls, adaptive controller support, and binôme (two-player) team formats enabling equal competition between players with and without disabilities. Qualification phases take place across multiple French cities; finals are held in Paris. Competition titles include Forza Motorsport, Street Fighter 6, and eFootball. Tournaments are streamed on Twitch with French Sign Language interpretation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5 consecutive editions of Paris Games Week accessibility mandate since 2019, deploying 35+ staff at PGW 2025
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Chachamaxx (streamer)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 19 September 2025Streamer Chachamaxx organized the 'Preums' (Première Run En Un Marathon Speedrun) charity speedrun event on Twitch from September 19-21, 2025, raising €5,000 for CapGame. Speedrunners competed across multiple games (Alien Isolation, Caravan SandWitch, Céleste, Deltarune).
• GL events / Fimalac Entertainment / SELL (Syndicat des Editeurs de Logiciels de Loisirs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025The Paris Games Week organizing entities (GL events, Fimalac Entertainment, and SELL) have mandated CapGame for the 5th consecutive edition since 2019 to design and deploy accessibility measures for the Paris Games Week. CapGame organized a 170m² 'Jouez comme vous êtes' accessibility space in 2025.
• Trilogue InterprétationcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2025Trilogue provides French Sign Language (LSF) interpretation services during Paris Games Week and CapGame Arena events, enabling deaf and hard-of-hearing attendees to fully participate. Interpretation is provided at info points, on tournament stages, and during live streams.
• ENJMIN (Ecole Nationale des Jeux et Médias Interactifs et Numériques) / Festival SpawnminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025ENJMIN in Angoulême hosted the first public qualification step of CapGame Arena 2025 during the Spawn video game festival. Partnership enables first open/public qualification round.
• Microsoft / XboxcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Microsoft/Xbox has partnered with CapGame for multiple years, providing gaming stages at Paris Games Week for CapGame Arena finals, supporting the inclusive esports tournament, and collaborating on adaptive controller documentation (Xbox Adaptive Controller guides).
• CapcomcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Capcom provided the stage for CapGame Arena Street Fighter 6 finals at Paris Games Week 2024. Collaboration supports inclusive competition on Street Fighter 6, which features accessibility modes (Dynamic Mode reducing button complexity, audio menu for visually impaired).
• UbisoftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUbisoft collaborates with CapGame on accessibility at events, including dedicated stages at PGW and a Rainbow 6 Siege showmatch between deaf gamers and streamers in 2024. Ubisoft has committed to improving accessibility in its productions with dedicated staff.
• Focus EntertainmentminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFocus Entertainment is listed as a partner on CapGame's partner page. Collaboration details not fully specified in available sources.
• ASEI de ToulouseminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerASEI de Toulouse hosts an annual CapGame Arena qualification step. Three residents qualified for the 2025 finals. Partnership connects CapGame with disability community in the Toulouse region.
• Novosport (Nanterre)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNovosport in Nanterre is a historical CapGame Arena venue, hosting qualification steps since the tournament's early years. The 2025 Nanterre representative won the Street Fighter 6 final.
• Adapei 16minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAdapei 16 partnered with CapGame to bring 3 residents to the CapGame Arena 2025 finals through qualification events at the Spawn festival.
• Festival Ludique International de ParthenayminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFestival Ludique International de Parthenay hosted a major CapGame Arena qualification step in July 2025 with Team Eleven, gathering approximately 40 competitors — one of the largest qualification events in the tournament's history.
• Sopra Steria (Mission Handicap)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSopra Steria's disability mission partnered with CapGame at the EDHEC Sailing Race in Arzon, deploying gaming stands with adapted controllers (Forza at chin level, adapted Street Fighter 6 controllers, Hue platform game) for students.
• Université Paris Cité - UFR STAPSminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUFR STAPS of Université Paris Cité hosted the CapGame Arena 2025 finals, providing venue for 14 finalists from across France.
• Fédération Française Handisport (FFH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFFH partnered with CapGame and EDF to launch a dedicated esports league (Ligue Esportive FFH by CapGame) offering accessible competitive gaming (eFootball and Trackmania) to FFH licensees.
• AFM TéléthonminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCapGame participated in the AFM Téléthon's Journée des Familles, animating a Forza Motorsport gaming stand. Two participants qualified for CapGame Arena 2025 finals from this event.
• Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles (INJA) de ParisminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerINJA in Paris hosted a CapGame Arena 2024 qualification step, providing access to competitive esports for visually impaired young people and including a new game (Street Fighter 6) in the tournament.
• Handigamers, Orcusa, Handi'Arcade, Accessijeux, PlayAbility, TechLab APF France, NatrualPad, OneGeekminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThese accessibility organizations were invited to the 'Jouez comme vous êtes' space at Paris Games Week 2025 and 2023, collectively demonstrating hardware and software solutions for gamers with various disabilities. Each contributed specific expertise (one-handed controllers, blindness adaptations, board game accessibility, etc.).
• OneGeekminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOneGeek provides French Sign Language interpretation for CapGame Arena live streams (Twitch), with Anthony signing the tournament commentary for deaf viewers.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Accessijeux: French accessibility-focused gaming organization. Listed as a co-participant at CapGame's Paris Games Week 'Jouez comme vous êtes' space, addressing complementary hardware/software accessibility niches.
• Handigamers: French association promoting gaming for people with disabilities, the most direct domestic counterpart to CapGame. Both operate in the same niche of accessible gaming in France with overlapping community and event presence.
• AbleGamers Foundation: US-based non-profit serving the same mission: making video games accessible to people with disabilities through consulting, adaptive tech guidance, and developer outreach. The international reference organization for gaming accessibility.
• Orcusa: French association dedicated to one-handed gaming hardware and accessibility; collaborates in CapGame's ecosystem and competes for the same end-users with disabilities.

Regional players

• Fédération Française Handisport (FFH): French governing body for adaptive sport, partnered with CapGame and EDF to launch Ligue Esportive FFH by CapGame. Relevant because FFH provides sport federation legitimacy, member licensees, and institutional access into adaptive competition.
• Special Olympics Esports: International adaptive sport organization operating inclusive esports programs. Comparable as a major institutional player in inclusive competitive gaming; differs by geography and organizational scale.

Broad incumbents

• Ubisoft Accessibility: Major publisher with dedicated in-house accessibility staff collaborating with CapGame on Rainbow 6 Siege showmatch and event accessibility. Comparable because Ubisoft's accessibility program competes for the same publisher consulting/training budget.
• Microsoft / Xbox Accessibility: Multi-year CapGame partner (Xbox Adaptive Controller, PGW stage, inclusive tournaments). A platform owner addressing accessibility at scale, relevant both as customer and as a strategic player shaping the same market.

Emerging players

• PlayAbility: French entity active in accessible gaming solutions; co-present in CapGame's PGW accessibility zone. Smaller and more product-focused than CapGame, but operates in the same ecosystem.

Others

• International Paralympic Committee (Esports): Governing body that has explored recognition of esports within adaptive sport. Relevant as a potential upstream institutional partner or competitor in establishing formal inclusive esports legitimacy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Capgame_France
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCHiI4BKBihMQcjhZll92PJw
• Facebookfacebook.com/groups/capgame
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/capgame

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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