In the last few years, the streaming giant Netflix has taken a serious interest in the direction of video games. However, the company chose somewhat unusual tactics for its promotion. Netflix made a bet on mobile gaming, deciding to combine it with incredibly high-quality indie games for every taste. As a result, every subscriber of the service has a decent number of excellent games for free.
We have selected ten of the most worthy ones to help you brighten up one or more evenings. All games are on the main page of the Netflix app for iOS or Android.
Riot Games became famous thanks to League of Legends, but it does not plan to stop at one MOBA game. The company has long been actively expanding the universe of its main project and taking it beyond the scope of the original source. One Arcane series that had everyone in awe, for what it’s worth.
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Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story is another small League of Legends spin-off that combines traditional runner gameplay with a rhythm game. In the role of Ziggs, one of the characters of League of Legends, you need to create chaos in all locations. To do this, you need to do everything in time with the music and avoid obstacles.
A series of beat’em up games about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the NES and SNES, released in the early 90s, was very popular. It’s just that the developers very competently treated both the canons of the original cartoon series and the chosen genre. In the early 2020s, TMNT was remembered by modern game developers. That’s how Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge appeared.
In the game, you need to take on the role of one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and a couple of their friends) to repel the enemies and save New York. However, TMNT Shredder’s Revenge is not limited to urban locations. The levels here are very diverse, as well as game situations in general. And the characters differ in techniques and parameters, which opens up space for crossing.
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge is worthy of the canons of retro gaming classics, while diluting the work of old games with fresh ideas. As a result, the game should actually appeal to many.
The plot of Before Your Eyes tells about the afterlife of the soul. In order to gain eternal peace, you first need to remember all your victories and defeats in real life. Various works of art tell about the afterlife, but Before Your Eyes stands out for more than just the story.
After all, all control in the game is designed with the help of blinking. The smartphone camera will track your gaze and notice when you blink. That’s when the scenes will change.
The mechanics themselves are so interesting and unusual that it is worth playing Before Your Eyes at least for its sake. After all, even the story of the game is touching enough to touch something secret in your soul. It won a BAFTA award for a reason as a game that goes beyond simple entertainment.
Kentucky Route Zero was developed by just three people from the Cardboard Computer studio. But that didn’t stop the game from becoming a phenomenon and earning numerous “top game of the decade” titles. Why be ashamed when a video game is shown at an exhibition of modern art – that says a lot.
The plot of Kentucky Route Zero focuses on the mysterious zero route, located somewhere under the state of Kentucky. Antiques delivery man Conway has to deliver his last shipment to Dogwood Drive. And Nulyova is his only way to his destination. On his way, Conway will meet many unusual characters and visit a number of stunning consciousnesses. Only the road can change the hero’s life forever.
The essence of Kentucky Route Zero is constant experimentation. Although the game looks like a text quest (so, by the way, be prepared to read a lot), it constantly experiments with formats and delivery throughout its five acts and five interludes. The authors of the history of Nulova constantly refer to the theater, the achievements of computer science and modern art. An absolutely unforgettable experience, which, moreover, has been very decently adapted for the mobile format.
With the exception of one extremely important scene, but here there is no way to tell without spoilers, and in general, this nuance will not affect the overall impression so much. And to better understand the essence of Kentucky Route Zero, you can watch this video essay, which explains everything in detail.
OXENFREE also works in the genre of interactive adventures, in which gameplay is of secondary importance to the scenario and atmosphere. The main mechanic here is to choose different answer options in dialogues. And depending on your reactions and actions, the story will change.
The plot in OXENFREE focuses on teenagers who decide to have a party on the island. But the latter turned out to be full of secrets and mysteries of the past, which begin to emerge and take shape through the actions of the main characters.
Moreover, OXENFREE is not quite a standard mystique of paranormal phenomena. After all, some moments of the game are based on little-known facts about the Second World War.
James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley and Willem Dafoe participated in the development of this game. Which in itself sounds quite attractive, especially for people who are not particularly familiar with the world of video games. But the interesting aspects of Twelve Minutes do not end there.
The story tells about the temporal loop in which the main character found himself. Each time it will rewind 12 minutes before the moment of his death. Your task as a player is to help the protagonist avoid a sad fate.
Twelve Minutes performs in a chamber format, in which everything is limited to the location of one room. But it is all the more interesting to observe how various actions affect the development of events.
Moonlighter could be a standard fantasy adventure with roguelike elements, in which the main character Will would clear dungeons and get all kinds of loot. Actually, you also need to do this in the game. But not just like that, but for the sake of developing your own store.
You can put the found items up for sale. Moreover, you adjust the prices and assortment yourself. And the proceeds can be spent on new, more dangerous forays. The entire gameplay is built on such a cycle, which turned out to be quite exciting.
Game designer Sam Barlow gained popularity back in the days of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, but reached a fundamentally new level of quality with Her Story and Telling Lies. In these interactive indie movies, you have to match different records with live actors to get to the truth of the story.
IMMORTALITY builds on the ideas of Her Story and Telling Lies while remaining generally true to their best moments. The plot tells about the fictional actress Marisa Marcel, who disappeared under eerie circumstances. You need to watch all the videos with her to understand what happened to the unfortunate girl.
Into the Breach was developed by the authors of FTL: Faster Than Light from the Subset Games studio. Through FTL: Faster Than Light, they showed everyone how strategic roguelike games should be made. And in Into the Breach, they attempted the genre of turn-based tactics. And it turned out great.
Into the Breach has garnered numerous awards and rave reviews from casual players, critics and industry professionals alike. All because of the huge space for implementing tactical maneuvers, with which only the XCOM series can compete – and even then not always. Only instead of randomness in the battles of aliens and robots inside Into the Breach, the supremacy always takes a solid calculation and thinking of actions several steps ahead.
The well-known screenwriter Chris Avellon was responsible for the script. Therefore, Into the Breach is pleasant to absorb not only at the level of gameplay mechanics, but also as a story in a developed setting.
The Reigns card series has successfully managed to combine elements of text quests with their variety of choices, card games and, surprisingly, Tinder apps. In the games of the series, you usually rule a kingdom, only all the micromanagement is reduced to cards with a choice of one of two options. It is on your choice that the entire gameplay and plot development are built, which are also largely randomized.
Reigns: Three Kingdoms focuses on China from the historical novel Three Kingdoms. You must take charge of the final years of the Han Dynasty’s dominance. Be ready to deal with numerous intrigues, listen to residents and solve more unusual issues.
