Netflix is making a big push into video games. The company first dabbled in games with interactive titles like Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and a Carmen Sandiego game, but in 2021, it made gaming a much bigger priority. Netflix hired a former EA exec in July to lead its gaming efforts and, in November, let people play a selection of mobile games for free as part of their subscriptions.
We’ll be watching Netflix’s gaming efforts closely, and you can read our coverage right here.
Netflix wants to make its games ‘playable on every Netflix device that you have’
Work on its cloud gaming service is ‘underway,’ according to Leanne Loombe, Netflix’s VP of external games.
Netflix is adding Monument Valley next year as part of its continued gaming push
The first two Monument Valley games will hit the subscription service in 2024, while Netflix also announced some other upcoming titles.
- JThe new Tomb Raider mobile roguelike is out now.
Tomb Raider Reloaded, which was first revealed just a couple weeks ago, is out now. I beat the first level on iOS, and I enjoyed it more than I suspected, but my interest waned after I saw the complicated smorgasbord of leveling and equipment options in the main menu.
You can download it now on iOS and Android, and if you’re a Netflix subscriber, you can play versions for iOS and Android with no ads or in-app purchases.
Update February 14th, 2:13PM ET: Added links separating Netflix and non-Netflix versions.
- JTwo new indie games are coming to Netflix.
Dust & Neon, a western-themed roguelike shooter, will be joining Netflix’s lineup of mobile games on February 16th, while Highwater, a post-apocalyptic turn-based strategy adventure game, will be added “soon,” according to a blog post from publisher Rogue Games. You can learn more about Dust & Neon, which is also coming to Switch and PC, in the video below.
Netflix adds TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge to its mobile games lineup
The modern take on classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade games is now available on iOS and Android, though you’ll need a Netflix subscription to play it.
Kentucky Route Zero joins Netflix’s mobile games lineup
The esoteric title seems like a great fit for smartphones.
- JSam Barlow’s Immortality is now available on iOS and Android via Netflix.
The creepy found-footage game was set to launch at the same time as the Xbox Series X / S and PC versions earlier this year but was pushed at the last minute. I played it on Xbox, and it wasn’t quite like anything else I’ve experienced before. If you’re intrigued, check out this trailer, but don’t look up anything else — there are a lot of surprises that are best left unspoiled.
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Netflix is ‘seriously exploring’ a cloud gaming service
It’s released a slate of mobile games, but it wants to go beyond iOS and Android to reach people on their PCs and TVs
Netflix has 55 more games in development
Netflix already offers 35 mobile games to every paying subscriber at no extra cost. But the company isn’t stopping there, now saying that it has 55 additional games in the works.
99 percent of Netflix subscribers haven’t tried its games yet
Netflix’s games see 1.7 million daily users
Acclaimed strategy game Into the Breach comes to mobile via Netflix
It will be available on iOS and Android on July 19th
Netflix’s Exploding Kittens mobile game launches at the end of May
Three other games will be available Tuesday
Netflix just added a sci-fi RPG called Relic Hunters: Rebels
The library is slowly expanding
Netflix and Exploding Kittens are partnering on a mobile game and an animated series
The game will launch in May
Netflix bought yet another studio as part of gaming push
The streamer’s gaming empire continues to grow with the acquisition of Boss Fight Entertainment
Netflix acquires another developer to build ‘world class games’
It’s buying the developer of a Stranger Things mobile RPG for €65M
Riot’s latest League of Legends spinoff hits Netflix Games as a mobile exclusive
You’ll need a Netflix subscription to play Hextech Mayhem or Dungeon Dwarves on mobile
The newest game on Netflix is actually an old game
Asphalt Xtreme is being revived by the streaming giant
Netflix Games is available on your iPhone and iPad
Netflix Games use Apple’s in-app payment system, even though the main Netflix app does not
The latest League of Legends spinoff is coming to Netflix Games
Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story will be free for Netflix subscribers and $10 for Switch and PC players
Netflix will reportedly make games available via the App Store on iOS
The App Store’s strict policies prevent third-party apps from functioning as all-in-one game hubs
League of Legends’ Jinx is coming to Fortnite to promote a Netflix show
Jinx is joining Fortnite ahead of the premiere of Arcane
Netflix Games starts global rollout on Android, with iOS ‘on the way’
Rollout includes two Stranger Things mobile games
Netflix scoops up Oxenfree developer Night School
The streaming giant continues its push into games
Netflix’s mobile gaming platform spreads to Spain, Italy
Now its games are easier to find — if you can get access to them
Netflix starts testing Android games for users in Poland
Two Stranger Things titles are available
Netflix snags former EA, Oculus exec to lead its video game efforts
Mike Verdu is joining as VP of game development
Evidence is piling up that Netflix wants to be the Netflix of games
It could offer a games bundle as soon as 2022
Netflix asks court to cancel the Choose Your Own Adventure trademark
If you think the term is generic, turn to page 113
Netflix wants to make more interactive shows after the success of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Wacky comedies or romantic Choose Your Own Adventure-style stories are possibilities
Netflix records all of your Bandersnatch choices, GDPR request reveals
Frosties or Sugar Puffs? Netflix knows your preference
Netflix sued by Choose Your Own Adventure publishers over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Don’t call Bandersnatch a Choose Your Own Adventure story
Jan 8, 2019Tasha Robinson and Adi Robertson
The missing endings we wanted to see in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Does it really need a ‘flawlessly happy ending’ option?
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch could become Netflix’s secret marketing weapon
The interactive TV format could give Netflix a needed advantage in a crowded streaming market
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is Netflix’s new interactive special that won’t play on everything
Apple TV and Chromecast users are out
