30 Best Netflix Games to Level Up and Play Right Now

You already know about the vast collection of TV shows and movies you can watch on Netflix, but you might not know that there’s an entire other library you can access with your subscription: an ever-growing collection of mobile games to play directly on your devices.

Whether you’re looking for quick distractions to play in two-minute bursts or engrossing narrative experiences that will keep you occupied for hours, there’s a game for you. Some are brand new, while others are classics waiting to be revisited.

You can always peruse Netflix’s entire collection of games by scrolling through their designated row in the mobile app. But if you want recommendations, you’ve come to the right place. Here are 30+ games that subscribers can — and should — play right now.

The best games on Netflix to play in 2025

Hades

Genre: Action RPG
Released: 2024
Developer: Supergiant Games

Since its release on iOS, Hades isn’t just one of the best mobile games, but one of the best games anywhere. With compelling action and a perfectly portrayed pantheon of Greek Gods and Godesses, it’s worth playing wherever you can get your hands on it.

Hades is a “Roguelike” action RPG, where you play through variations of the same levels, restarting from the beginning when you die, but progressively collect permanent upgrades that propel you closer to your goal each time. While this seems like it could get stale quite quickly, Hades constantly refreshes this loop by dripping out more of its engrossing story, which sees Prince Zagreus, son of the titular God of the Underworld, as he tries to escape Hell and join his extended family atop Mount Olympus.

The structure perfectly lends itself to bite-sized play sessions on a smaller screen, but make sure you have some headphones handy; the voice acting and soundtrack are not to be missed.

Cats and Soup

Genre: Idle/Casual
Released: 2021
Developer: HiDea

Before it was translated, Cats and Soup used to be one of the best foreign games you could download off of the Asian app store, following in the footsteps of two of my wife and I’s most-loved mobile games of all time, Neko Atsume and Travel Frog.

Cute in the extreme, with Ghibli-esque storybook artwork, you collect cats and they make soup – it’s as simple as that.

If you find yourself in need of a daily dose of aesthetic wholesomeness, Cats and Soup is perfect.

Into the Breach

Genre: RTS
Released: 2022
Developer: Subset Games

Channelling Neon Genesis: Evangelion, XCOM and Pacific Rim, Into the Breach tasks you with repelling invading alien forces at the helm of a giant fighting robot, meticulously planning your grid-based strategy as you scrap tooth-and-nail to come out on top.

This deep and memorable game, which also has a great soundtrack, is perfectly suited to a smaller screen and bite-sized play sessions – although it will likely demand your attention for much longer.

Kentucky Route Zero

Genre: Narrative
Released: 2022
Developer: Cardboard Computer

This experimental, episodic adventure game inspired by David Lynch, magic realism and American literature is about as atmospheric and avant-garde as games get, and is a hauntingly memorable experience whatever platform you play it on.

Headphones are recommended, if not essential, but I actually think this works really on a good phone screen snuggled somewhere comfy where you can lose yourself to its mesmerising story and world.

Krispee Street

Genre: Puzzle
Released: 2022
Developer: FrostyPop

Krispee Street is an adult Where’s Waldo by way of Adventure Time and The Mighty Boosh, as you fit jigsaw puzzle pieces into densely-packed scenes of offbeat kooky characters.

It’s a brilliant, relaxing concept with an almost meditative soundtrack and tons of fun flourishes. Like as you move your piece around the screen you get snippets of audio from the people and creatures underneath your cursor, or how instead of some kind of daily pay-to-win gacha reward you get to spin a wheel which sets you a self-care task for the day.

Immortality

Genre: Narrative Puzzle
Released: 2022
Developer: Sam Barlow

Marissa Marcel is missing. To solve the mystery of her disappearance you have to glean clues from her three Hollywood starring roles, presented in full-motion video for you to pick through and piece together.

Immortality is already an amazing experience, but watching interactive clips of the same device you’d use to watch Netflix adds even an extra layer of meta fun to the package.

In our Immortality review we called it “a haunting love-letter to the silver screen that will keep you awake at night”, so look no further if you’re after some small screen chills that go past the usual jump-scares.

Dead Cells

Genre: Rogue-like
Released: 2019
Developer: Evil Empire

That you can play the awesome Dead Cells for free as part of your Netflix subscription is cool enough, but that it also includes the brilliant Return to Castlevania DLC too is the blood-red icing on the cake – and makes it the perfect companion for the recent Castlevania series too.

A rogue-like is a game where every time you die you start back at the beginning of the game, eventually progressing a few permanent powers until you’re strong enough to make it all the way through to the end in one fell swoop.

Dead Cells is one of the best, with precise platforming, punishing combat and a vivid, pixel-art style that rightly earned many plaudits on its console release.

Bloons TD 6

Genre: Tower Defence
Released: 2023
Developer: Ninja Kiwi

I’ve long thought that the best classic flash games are surprisingly absent on mobile, but what better series to fly the flag than the legendary Bloons.

Surely responsible for more wasted school hours than any other game franchise, this is the latest in the underrated and awesome tower defence spin off where you protect your town from encroaching armies of evil balloons.

Does a more engrossing time-sink exist?

Poinpy

Genre: Platformer
Released: 2022
Developer: Moppin

From the creator of the excellent indie platformer Downwell, Ojiro Fumoto, Poinpy flips that concept on its head, literally.

Instead of falling… down a well, in Poinpy you race to the top of the screen collecting fruit to crush into juice to appease the ravenous, but cuddly cute, creature on your tail.

It’s a simple, hectic, endlessly replayable platformer with a striking Bubble Bobble aesthetic and surprising depth of unlocks and biomes to discover.

World of Goo

Genre: Puzzle
Released: 2023
Developer: 2D Boy

Back in the early days of mobile gaming, World of Goo was the game to play. This remastered version looks really bright and crisp and the core game has lost none of the inventive flair that it released with.

You build structures, bounce balls and burst balloons to solve physics-based puzzles and collect sentient goo. It’s the best sort of puzzle game that’s quirky and brain-teasing without resorting to being esoteric or unclear to falsely inflate the difficulty.

Football Manager 2024 Mobile

Genre: Management Sim
Released: 2023
Developer: Sports Interactive

As well as the sprawling spreadsheets of the full-fat version, Sports Interactive now do multiple skews of their famous Football Manager time sink, including a mobile-sized version that includes all the same licensed clubs and players but with a more streamlined interface and match engine.

The depth and immersion of Football Manager is legendary for a reason, and if you’ve ever felt that you didn’t have the time to focus on playing it properly, this is your chance. On a mobile device you can dip in-and-out as you please, racking up playtime whenever you have a spare moment instead of bingeing over a long weekend and missing your child’s school play (this has not happened to me).

Samurai Shodown

Genre: Fighting
Released: 2023
Developer: SNK

Samurai Shodown is one of those spectacle fighters you would’ve never thought possible until Injustice 2 turned everything on its head back in 2017.

Despite its lack of external controller support, which would be a must if you actually wanted to pull off the game’s more technical combos reliably in a competitive setting, it’s still the best place on Netflix to hit up if you want some stylized, one-on-one sparring.

Moonlighter

Genre: RPG
Released: 2022
Developer: Digital Sun

Moonlighter is a unique indie game which asks the question: What if you were the NPC shopkeeper servicing would-be adventurers, and how do they get all the rare items they stock anyway?

Half-shop simulation, half-2D dungeon crawler, Moonlighter is the best of both worlds as you spend all night pillaging tombs and fighting massive bosses before flogging the spoils the next day.

Oxenfree

Genre: Narrative
Released: 2022
Developer: Night School Studio

You can get both of Night School Studio’s excellent Oxenfree games as part of your Netflix subscription, and it’s amazing to see such a branching and affecting narrative adventure come to the platform.

They’re stylish and stylized games based around exploration, light puzzle solving and dialogue options where your choices matter on the way to receiving multiple endings.

The hazy, celestial backgrounds look great on an OLED phone screen, as does the arresting use of neon colours and stark light contrasts.

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge

Genre: Beat-’em-up
Released: 2023
Developer: Tribute Games

In our TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge review, we called it “a radical taste of the 80s with modern quality”, and that sentiment perfectly sums up this retro-styled side scrolling beat-’em-up.

While it nails the arcade-aesthetic of the classic franchise, it leaves the frustrating, quarter-stealing gameplay in the past, delivering instead a well-pitched adventure that’s cheekily funny and vividly colourful.

Raji: An Ancient Epic

Genre: ACtion
Released: 2023
Developer: Nodding Heads

A third-person spectacle action game in the vein of classic PlayStation exclusives like Heavenly Sword and OG God of War, Raji: An Ancient Epic follows a young girl on a mission to save her brother from the demon lord Mahabalasura.

Set in ancient India, it boasts a fresh perspective, stunning environments and offers a tough challenge too.

This is one of the games on Netflix that I was most impressed by. Something that’s easy to overlook in the deluge of great games you can play on consoles, but reworked for a smaller screen is more compelling and exciting, with well-implemented combat and platforming.

Spiritfarer

Genre: RPG
Released: 2022
Developer: Thunder Lotus Games

Gorgeous hand-drawn visuals belie what is likely the saddest video game to ever exist.

As Stella, you take on the role of ferryman, carrying departed souls from the land of the living to the afterlife, helping to resolve their last wishes, let go of final regrets, and eventually say goodbye one last time.

Over the course of your journey you get to know and make firm friends with the spirits you meet, making it all the more bittersweet when it’s time to finally wave them off.

But Spiritfarer is also a really engaging management sim, as you build up your boat with more cabins, features and amenities, collect loot and craft interesting items from the resources you find.

If your heart can take it, this one is a real boon for Netflix.

Terra Nil

Genre: Builder Sim
Released: 2023
Developer: Free Lives

Usually, management sim games set you off into a vast, untapped wildness, filled with natural resources for you to industrialise and turn into a sprawling city-scape.

Terra Nil is the opposite of that.

You start with a parched and barren wasteland and over the course of your game turn it into an solarpunk utopia teeming with lush foliage and roaming wildlife. A fresh and wholesome twist on the genre that’s pure good vibes.

Ghost Detective

Genre: Narrative
Released: 2023
Developer: Wooga

What could make a narrative murder mystery even better? How about adding every cosy, casual game mechanic going to the mix, interspersing story sections with match-3 grids and hidden object hunts?

It actually feels quite novel to play through this sort of game without adverts and microtransactions, and it’s just such a better experience for it. Obviously it’s not quite as smart as something like Professor Layton or Phoenix Wright on the DS, but it reminds me of a similar era of games.

Narcos: Cartel Wars

Genre: RTS
Released: 2023
Developer: Tilting Point

A pocket-RTS in the explosive world of Narcos, Cartel Wars tasks you with building your empire by assaulting and defending farms, mansion compounds and facilities through hilariously militarised means.

This is another great example of a mobile game that’s so much more playable via Netflix than the freemium pay-to-win version you’d get from the regular app store, as you can play at your own pace without feeling like you’re going to hit artificial progress barrier designed to send you to an in-game store.

Obviously it’s also a great companion if you’re just starting out with, or are super into, the show too.

Lucky Luna

Genre: Platformer
Released: 2022
Developer: Snowman

Every indie-centric games service needs a solid, pixel-art platformer and Lucky Luna is that for Netflix.

Reminiscent of Fez and Celeste, Lucky Luna has the ethereal, otherworldly atmosphere and dream-like quality of so many great platform games but without the same extreme trial-and-error challenge.

Sonic Mania Plus

Genre: Platformer
Released: 2022
Developer: Christian Whitehead, Headcannon, PagodaWest Games

Sonic Mania Plus shouldn’t need much of an introduction, but for the sake of it, this is a fast-paced platformer that sees Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles navigate a multitude of classic levels as they collect gold rings and show Dr. Eggman who’s boss.

The game is ultimately a celebration of Sonic’s origins, providing players with a classic-looking 2D adventure that hails back to the retro days, with plenty of easter eggs for fans to discover while pacing through Green Hill Zone and beyond.

Ghost Detective

Genre: Puzzle Adventure
Released: 2024
Developer: Wooga

Ghost Detective has a plot that is reminiscent of Capcom’s Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, given that our protagonist — a detective named Tessa — is, in fact, dead. It’s the spirit of Tessa that we then spend most of our time with, as she tries to piece together exactly how she met her demise from beyond the grave.

Gameplay then differs largely from Ghost Trick, where you’d be expected to morth into various items to navigate levels. Instead, Ghost Detective consists of point-and-click hidden object puzzles for the most part, where you’ll be finding an array of bizarre items among some, honestly, beautiful backdrops that are based in a haunted New Orleans.

Don’t Starve Together

Genre: Survival
Released: 2016
Developer: Klei Entertainment

Don’t Starve hit the shelves in 2013, with its multiplayer counterpart, Don’t Starve Together, arriving three years later in 2016. Now, the popular, co-operative survival game is available on Netflix. This means that you and up to five other friends can sit back and enjoy the curiously grim game from the comfort of literally wherever you want.

The survival game tasks you with, well, not starving (and as a result, dying). You and your friends will explore a perilous island, fighting foes, crafting, and cooking all in a bid to survive as long as possible.

The Case of the Golden Idol

Genre: Puzzle
Released: 2022
Developer: Color Gray Games

The Case of the Golden Idol is a distinct puzzle game that places you into the shoes of a detective as you try to solve some bizarre, brutal deaths. With a beautiful visual style, albeit with some less than pleasant subject matter, you’re guaranteed a grand time putting your theories together and rounding up suspects.

The better news is that if you’re a fan of The Case of the Golden Idol, or have previously played it already and thought it was great, The Rise of the Golden Idol – a sequel to the original game – is also available via Netflix Games.

Civilisation VI

Genre: Strategy
Released: 2016
Developer: Firaxis Games

If you like strategy games that see you playing as historical figures for hours on end, whether that’s solo or alongside friends, Civilisation VI is among the best. With Civilisation VII right around the corner (anticipated to release in 2025), now’s a better time than ever to dive into Civ VI and see what it’s all about.

And how could you say no when Civ VI, and all of its expansions – including Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm – are included for the fee of your Netflix subscription? Whether you want to be a war-faring leader, make grand scientific advancements, or convert entire cities to your religion, it’s all in your hands in Civilisation VI. Just be sure to set some sort of alarm when playing. It’s hard to stop once you get going.

Squid Game: Unleashed

Genre: Battle Royale
Released: 2024
Developer: Boss Fight Studios

There’s no denying that Squid Game is one of the streaming services biggest hits, and with the highly-anticipated release of Squid Game 2, a mobile rendition of the deadly games has released in the form of Squid Game: Unleashed.

The game plays out as you’d expect, acting as a battle-royale in which players must participate in games inspired by the show and try not to die. It’s much like video game adaptations of the show that have come before it (such as Crab Game) in which you’re competing against others, and can even push them to their premature deaths. Though, Squid Game: Unleashed comes in a shiny package with brilliant graphics, and even has a bonus weapon to look forward to using: the fishing rod. There’s customisation options too, because of course there are!

Game Dev Tycoon

Genre: Simulation
Released: 2012
Developer: Greenheart Games, RareByte

Game Dev Tycoon is from 2012, but don’t let this put you off! It’s received plenty of updates since its release and has shaped up to be a rather satisfying and hard-to-put-down mobile game to spend some time with. The premise is simple, you’re a game developer who’s started their own studio, and it’s on you to manage your staff, time, and money to create blockbuster games and innovative consoles.

If business simulation is your thing, and you’re a fan of gaming, then Game Dev Tycoon is a delightful blend of the two that you can experience from the comfort of your handheld!

Katana Zero

Genre: Platformer
Released: 2019
Developer: Askiisoft

Katana Zero is an incredibly stylish action-platformer with a delightful soundtrack that’ll accompany you as you slash and dash your way to victory. This isn’t just any old neo-noir platformer, though. If the distinct, vibrant visual style isn’t enough to catch your eye, perhaps the unique time-manipulation mechanic that this platformer employs while you – Subject Zero – embark on assassination contracts will wet your appetite.

Stylish, satisfying, and at times, brutal, Katana Zero is a great game. It’s challenging, dark, and you’ll ultimately wonder how you haven’t played it sooner.

Thronglets

Genre: Simulation
Released: 2025
Developer: Netflix

Thronglets is a bit of a rogue addition to this list, but hear me out. If you have a Netflix subscription, it’s highly likely that you’ve heard of Black Mirror at least once. If you’ve watched Black Mirror, great. If you haven’t, go watch it and come back here after you’ve made it to Season 7, Episode 4. Light spoilers ahead.

Thronglets is a game that is directly tied to the episode, Plaything. The game itself is featured throughout, after the protganist – a game journalist, wahey! – is tasked with reviewing it, only to find that it’s a hell of a lot more than a game… and it could have some sinister implications for society.

Following the episode, Netflix made Thronglets – albeit a version not quite as damning for society as the one featured in the show – available on mobile, for people to give it a go for themselves. It’s short, simple, and an interesting way to spend an hour or so if you’re a Black Mirror fan. You’ll also want to turn notifications on for it if you plan on taking a break while playing, trust me!