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The much-loved indie adventure game Oxenfree is now available via Netflix, as the streaming platform bolsters its fledgling gaming wing.
One of the best indie games out there, the mystery thriller is free to download for all Netflix subscribers on iOS and Android. Oxenfree: Netflix Edition can be found in the Google Play Store (opens in new tab) and App Store (opens in new tab).
Originally released on PS4, Xbox One and PC in 2016, Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller that follows a group of teenagers as they explore a mysterious island. You will gradually unravel the secrets and strange ghostly happenings through a coming-of-age story that bears more than a few similarities to Stranger Things.
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You play as Alex, a 16-year-old who is introduced to her new stepbrother, and while meeting some friends on a secluded beach, you accidentally open a chasm through time, releasing ghosts that haunt your entire existence. threat,” Oxenfree lead writer Adam Hines said in a press release.
“The gameplay is all about exploration and conversation, as you juggle the supernatural and personal relationships within your high school clique.”
Oxenfree is just the latest standout indie game to make its way to Netflix. In June, the streaming giant added the beloved tactical turn-based strategy game Into the Breach and brought the action-RPG shopping game Moonlighter to the platform in May. The addition of Oxenfree comes as no surprise, as Netflix acquired the game’s developer, Night School Studios, last September.
More games are coming to Netflix in the future. The critically acclaimed point-and-click adventure game Kentucky Route Zero will be added later, alongside the original TV spin-offs Narcos: Cartel Wars and Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales.
The streaming giant has put a lot of bets on mobile games in recent months, even if it seems like no one is actually playing them.