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Netflix’s best-kept secret is over 100 games you can play for free with your subscription

Some of the best ever games are already in the palms of your hands

Georgina Young

Published: 16:45, 10 Dec 2024
Updated: 16:45, 10 Dec 2024

NETFLIX is best known for its amazing selection of TV shows and movies.

However, like Amazon Prime, your Netflix subscription comes with a number of other special features that many subscribers don’t know about.

Play games with your Netflix subscription.Credit: Reuters

Netflix also has an amazing selection of mobile games that are free for its subscribers to download and play.

Even better, just like their movies, Netflix’s games are completely ad-free, so you can game in peace.

Here’s everything you need to know about gaming with your Netflix account.

How to play games via your Netflix account

To play games via Netflix, you will need to have the Netflix app on your smartphone.

What games are available on Netflix?

There are 110 mobile games available for free as part of a standard Netflix subscription.

All of these are mobile games, but Netflix has said it wants to move into TV games in the future.

There is a good variety of gaming genres, from in-depth games to quick games to play on the go.

Here is the full list of Netflix games broken down by genre.

Action & Adventure

Action and adventure describe a large number of different kinds of games, so you might want to try a few to find one you like.

There are 25 games that come under this genre including many games from the Grand Theft Auto series.

This genre also includes a number of highly rated indies like Hades, Dead Cells, Katana Zero, and Oxenfree.

Sonic Mania Plus is one of the best Sonic games ever released and it's also available on Netflix.

Here’s the full list:

Dead Cells: Netflix Edition
GTA 3 – The Definitive Edition
GTA: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
GTA: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
Hades (iOS only)
Into the Dead 2: Unleashed
Katana Zero
Laya’s Horizon
Moonlighter
Sonic Mania Plus
Rainbow Six: Smol
Relic Hunters: Rebels
Skies of Chaos
Arranger
Before Your Eyes
Death’s Door
Highwater
Kentucky Route Zero
Oxenfree
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
Raji: An Ancient Epic
Scriptic: Crime Stories
Stranger Things: 1984
Stranger Things 3: The Game
Tomb Raider Reloaded

Arcade & tabletop

A chess game based on Queen's Gambit is part of the selectionCredit: Alamy

Netflix’s arcade games are a selection of games that are simple and fun in short bursts.

Tabletop games are classic games that you can play alone or against an AI.

There are 19 games in this category on Netflix with everything from Pinball to Chess.

We recommend Netflix’s version of Solitaire, which allows you to play a popular favourite without annoying ads.

Here’s the selection:

Bloons TD 6
Bowling Ballers
Cut the Rope Daily
Shooting Hoops
Snake.io
Teeter (Up)
Hello Kitty and Friends: Happiness Parade
Lucky Luna
Pinball Masters
Poinpy
Shatter Remastered
Sonic Prime Dash
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
World of Goo Remastered
This Is A True Story
Hearts
Mahjong Solitaire
Solitaire
The Queen’s Gambit Chess

Puzzle

Immortality is an excellent game where you investigate movie clipsCredit: Sam Barlow

Puzzle games can be anything from something simple like Candy Crush, moving on to environmental puzzles with more complexity.

There are 18 puzzle games on Netflix including a number of indie hits.

We recommend The Case of the Golden Idol, Ghost Detective, Immortality, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon and Storyteller which are all highly-rated.

Here are your choices:

Braid: Anniversary Edition
Card Blast
The Case of the Golden Idol
Diner Out
Ghost Detective
Immortality
Knittens
Krispee Streeto
Monument Valley
Monument Valley 2
Monument Valley 3
Minesweeper
Paper Trail
Puzzle Gods
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Storyteller
Twelve Minutes
Valiant Hearts: Coming Home
Vineyard Valley
Wild Things: Animal Adventures
Word Trails

Simulation

Spiritfarer is a beautiful game about love and lossCredit: Thunder Lotus Games

Simulation is another genre that includes a wide variety of games and styles.

This is where you'll find the games that are based on Netflix's TV shows, but there are other titles worth checking out.

There are 19 games in this category and we recommend Spiritfarer, a cosy management game about helping people across to the other side.

Here’s the full list:

Cozy Grove
Country Friends
Dumb Ways to Survive
Netflix Stories: Emily in Paris
Netflix Stories: Selling Sunset
Spongebob: Get Cooking
Farming Simulator 23
Fashionverse Netflix
Flutter Butterflies
Game Dev Tycoon Netflix
Money Heist: Ultimate Choice
Netflix Stories: Love is Blind
Rollercoaster Tycoon Touch
Spiritfarer
Too Hot to Handle 3
Too Hot to Handle 2
Too Hot to Handle: Love is a Game
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt
Wonderputt Forever

Strategy

Strategy games force you to think through your decisions and command your pieces to win the match.

There are 13 games in this category, including a number of highly-recommended games.

Into the Breach and Terra Nil are two great examples of this, if you need to scratch your strategy itch.

Here’s what you can play:

Arcanium: Rise of Akhan
Battleship
Desta: The Memories Between
Dominoes Cafe
Exploding Kittens
Into the Breach
Lego Legacy: Heroes Unboxed
Ludo King
Narcos: Cartel Wars Unlimited
Reigns: Three Kingdoms
Slayaway Camp 2 Netflix & Kill
Terra Nil
Vikings: Valhalla

Role-playing

Dust & Neon is just one of the RPGs availableCredit: David Marquardt

Role-playing games, better known as RPGs, are for those you like increasing their stats and building their characters.

If this is for you, there are seven games you can choose from.

Here's the full list:

Dungeon Boss: Respawned
The Dragon Prince: Xadia
Dust & Neon
Mighty Quest Rogue Palace
Rival Pirates
Shadow and Bone: Enter the Fold
Transformers Forged to Fight

Sports, Rhythm and Party

Heads Up is a digital way to play the classic party gameCredit: Netflix

Netflix also offers a range of other games from genres such as rhythm, sports, party and idle games to enjoy.

Netflix’s best-kept secret is over 100 games you can play for free with your subscription

How to play games via your Netflix account

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