Netflix's games are now in the App Store, grab 'em while they're hot!

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What you need to know

  • Netflix Games is now available on iOS, with a handful of titles available.
  • Netflix has made each game available as a separate download.

Netflix has today made its first iPhone games available, with a handful of titles now offered for download from the App Store.

The games themselves will soon appear as listings in the Netflix app, but tapping them takes people to the App Store which is where the downloads are handled. That allows Apple to vet each game via its app review process — something similar services like Game Club also have to do.

The games currently available are:

Existing Netflix subscribers can play these games free of charge with no ads or game-related in-app purchases to get in the way of the fun. If that sounds familiar, it should — it's what makes Apple Arcade so compelling. Netflix's catalog is much, much smaller right now but expect that to change in due course. Whether Netflix will ultimately be a viable competitor to Apple Arcade, however, we'll have to wait and see.

Interestingly, the games themselves do appear to have in-app purchases for a Netflix subscription, suggesting people can sign-up in-game. IAPs listed as "Netflix Standard Plan" and priced at $13.99 are currently available in all of the currently available titles.

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Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.