Netflix gets into video games with its mobile app

Netflix Games is updating its mobile app on Nov. 3 for Android and iOS later on to include video games.

The Netflix Mobile App will come with five games at release. Two of them are based on the wildly popular Stranger Things  series, while three are original titles.

Games that’ll be available on the Netflix Mobile App at launch include:

• Stranger Things: 1984 
• Stranger Things 3  
• Shooting Hoops  
• Card Blast  
• Teeter Up

Netflix claims there are more exclusive games on the way for Netflix Games, and there will be no extra fees or in-app purchases. You will need a Netflix subscription to play any of the games, though.

Here’s how you can access Netflix Games:

Login to the Netflix app

Access Netflix Games from the homepage or the games tab

Select the game you want to to play

Download the game via your device’s app store

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— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) November 2, 2021

A post over on the  Netflix blog  offers more insight into how subscribers will get the games. Basically, a tab for games will appear once the app is updated, and you can download whichever titles you want via a dropdown menu. Every profile on a Netflix account can access these games, and some will be available even if there’s no signal or connection for your phone — if they aren’t online multiplayer games, of course. 

I suppose it was only a matter of time before Netflix went from adapting video games like  League of Legends to making its own. Then there are franchises like The Witcher, which has a massive audience within games already that is separate from the Netflix series about to enter its second season.

It’ll be interesting to see if the company does anything with its properties as it moves into games. Me? I’m hoping for a side-scrolling platformer based on Castlevania. A Symphony of the Night  if you will.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.