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Some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too. | Some Games provided by the "Netflix Games" service were pulled, and of those games that were already downloaded became unplayable too. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
On 2021-11-01, Netflix launched its "Netflix Games" service, the games in the service were simple arcade games at first, and it was available to everyone that had an active subscription. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Frosty Pop CEO Faisal Sethi Talks About Netflix’s First Wave Mobile Games |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2021-11-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251219111348/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/ |archive-date=19 Dec 2025}}</ref> | On 2021-11-01, [[Netflix]] launched its "Netflix Games" service, the games in the service were simple arcade games at first, and it was available to everyone that had an active [[Subscription service|subscription]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Frosty Pop CEO Faisal Sethi Talks About Netflix’s First Wave Mobile Games |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2021-11-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251219111348/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/interview-with-frosty-pop-ceo-faisal-sethi-studio-behind-netflixs-first-mobile-games/ |archive-date=19 Dec 2025}}</ref> | ||
Over time more games were added with a bigger scope and from larger publishers, and some ports of PC games to mobile became more frequent; like ''Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Katana Zero, Hades,'' and many more''.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Best Netflix Mobile Games to Play in 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-08-10 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251003092932/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/ |archive-date=3 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=New Games Coming to Netflix in May 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-04-28 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251219111342/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/ |archive-date=19 Dec 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Every New Mobile Game Showcased at Netflix’s Geeked Week |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2023-11-11 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260214032221/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/ |archive-date=14 Feb 2026}}</ref> | Over time more games were added with a bigger scope and from larger publishers, and some ports of PC games to mobile became more frequent; like ''Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Braid: Anniversary Edition, Katana Zero, Hades,'' and many more''.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Best Netflix Mobile Games to Play in 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-08-10 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251003092932/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/best-netflix-mobile-games-to-play-in-2022/ |archive-date=3 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=New Games Coming to Netflix in May 2022 |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2022-04-28 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251219111342/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/coming-soon/new-games-coming-to-netflix-in-may-2022/ |archive-date=19 Dec 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Kasey |date=2025-08-16 |title=Every New Mobile Game Showcased at Netflix’s Geeked Week |url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=what's-on-netflix.com |publication-date=2023-11-11 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260214032221/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/every-new-game-announced-at-netflixs-geeked-week/ |archive-date=14 Feb 2026}}</ref> | ||
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Or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Can I transfer btd6 Netflix save data to normal btd6 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250311042344/https://old.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/ |archive-date=11 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Have I lost my save? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250709224239/https://old.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/ |archive-date=9 Jul 2025}}</ref> | Or if they could move their saves to another device to not lose their progress as most games don't have cloud saving.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Can I transfer btd6 Netflix save data to normal btd6 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250311042344/https://old.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/17jzpp7/can_i_transfer_btd6_netflix_save_data_to_normal/ |archive-date=11 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-16 |title=Have I lost my save? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Reddit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250709224239/https://old.reddit.com/r/NetflixGamers/comments/1lv22yo/have_i_lost_my_save/ |archive-date=9 Jul 2025}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Stop Killing Games]] | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||