Netflix and video games are not a one-night stand. Since the launch of the service netflix games in November 2021, the king of video streaming is working tirelessly to make its service attractive. The beginnings had not been flourishing with some titles that were very (too?) familiar and unappealing to mobile gaming enthusiasts.
Then, little by little, the project was gaining strength as well as the catalog, Netflix taking out the checkbook and giving voice to bring much more ambitious titles. propensity in the stars of the house (Stranger Things, Money Heist, Narcos, Squid Games…), then in slightly more exclusive games, even offering himself a renowned first studio As a result (Night School Studio), the Los Gatos company did not lower its shoulders despite the fact that the figures seemed terrible: less than 1% of its users took advantage of the games offered without advertising or in-app purchases.
Stop subscriber drain
Mike Verdu, formerly of Electronic Arts and now in charge of Netflix Games, later overhauled the project to bring the famous games to where they were: on consoles. At the end of 2022, the platform then went all out to deliver titles, often indie ones, that had been talked about on PlayStation or Xbox with huge esteem hits (Spiritfarer, Kentucky Route Zero, Reigns: Three Kingdoms…). And the service even got three upcoming Ubisoft games, including a new one assassin’s Creed, but also titles signed by the Devolver rioters. It is also a way to stop the loss of subscribers that has been affecting Netflix for a few months.
And Mike Verdu even promised fifty games real quick. “Our expectations were initially modest, but they become more ambitious as we move forward. We have internal structures that are working on Netflix’s intellectual properties to make games from them, we will also have contributions from the main game creators,” he trusted. Tech&Co. last fall.
Games you can’t miss
Unknown Soldiers: Brothers in Arms
After Unknown Soldiers: Memoirs of the Great War Released in 2014 and which narrated the fate of several soldiers through their letters, Ubisoft returns with a new sequel. Inside brothers in arms, the game focuses on wartime characters who must be helped by solving puzzles, caring for the wounded. We find in particular Freddie, the American soldier from the first episode, but also James, a docker who joins the Harlem Hellfighters, a regiment of African-Americans sent to France to serve as cannon fodder for the Americans. But, treated like white French soldiers, they will discover a much better life in France than the one they left on the other side of the Atlantic, bringing jazz in their suitcases and staying in France after the war.
12 minutes
A game designed for point’n’click with an unprecedented artistic point of view seen from above. In an apartment, a couple sees a murderer threatening them. The man has 12 minutes to relive the scene, understand it and figure out how to prevent a tragedy. To do this, you have to analyze the elements, ask the right questions and anticipate.
spiritual traveler
A poetic game in which you play as Stella tasked with accompanying the dead to the afterlife aboard her ship. She upgrades her vessel as passengers board, using resources to feed travelers and collect valuable items.
before your eyes
Another daring game Netflix tries. Because before your eyes It is played by blinking your eyes on the screen of your smartphone. The game takes place in the first person and therefore it is your gaze that will move the story forward by looking carefully at the front camera.
Note that it is also one of the announced games for him PS VR2, virtual reality headset for the PS5 which will shine in particular for its gaze tracking.
Kentucky Route Zero
A text-based adventure game, set on a lost road in Kentucky. Borrowing it to find his way will allow the hero to come across strange characters whose history must be pieced together. To do this, you need to know how to ask the right questions and have a sense of observation.
Stranger Things: 1984
It’s the game that allowed Netflix to keep its service afloat for many months. Most played. With its old-fashioned pixelated style, it smacks of the ’80s. And we find everything that made the series a success, with the heroes of Hawkins, the upside-down monsters on missions to save the city.
immortality
One of the defining games of 2022 and one of the most confusing. Designed by Sam Barlow, to whom we owe Telling lies AND His story, here we find its narrative touch and its interactive game style based on live images. This time it is necessary to understand through excerpts from three films, shot at different times, what happened to the missing actress Marissa Marcel. And in each movie, the elements of the scenes correspond to other scenes in other movies, the interactions can affect another sequence.
How to enjoy Netflix games?
All you need is a Netflix subscription and a smartphone or tablet.
From the application in iOS (15.0 and below), go down to the home page in the “Games” section and click on the one you prefer. You will be redirected to the App Store to download it. The game will be linked with the registered account on your smartphone.
Below android (8.0 and later), go to the Games tab in the Netflix app, select the title. You will be redirected to the Play Store to download it.
The games are free, there are no ads or in-app purchases. And they are accessible even without an Internet connection, from various devices (limited number, but Netflix informs you when too many devices have been authorized and it is possible to unlink them).
Please note that you will be asked for your profile in order to access it. Child profiles cannot take advantage of it.
Source: BFM TV
