Netflix gaming starts rolling out with two mobile Stranger Things titles

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Netflix has begun testing its gaming offerings in Poland

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Netflix's foray into gaming has officially begun, with two free Stranger Things mobile games now available to Netflix subscribers in Poland.

As Ars Technica reports, the testing phase of Netflix's gaming service is limited to just two games. For now, the service only includes Stranger Things: 1984, a 16-bit beat-em-up, and Stranger Things 3, another retro-styled RPG. Both games have been available on other platforms for a while, and for some reason they're only playable through Netflix on Android devices. And again, the games are only available to Netflix subscribers with a Polish IP address. Still, it's good to see the company's plans for gaming materialize at last, and it sounds like there's more to come.

"Let's talk about Netflix games," reads a tweet from the Polish Netflix Twitter account, translated by Netflix Geeked. "Starting today, users in Poland can try out two Android mobile games: Stranger Things 1984 and Stranger Things 3. We are at an early stage and we still have a lot of work to do in the coming months, but this is our first step."

If you are based in Poland and subscribed to Netflix, all you have to do to play some games is log into the streaming service's app on your Android device, head to the games section, and use the links to access the games via Google Play downloads. That's right, despite streaming being Netflix's whole thing, its games will need to be downloaded from a separate app, at least for now. Not exactly the way we imagined Netflix adding games to subscriptions, but as things are still very early in the testing phase, we'll reserve judgment until we see more.

Here are the best Netflix shows to watch in the meantime.

Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.