“Hades,” the “Monument Valley” franchise and several other indie mobile gaming titles are leaving Netflix next month amid an ongoing shift in the streamer’s overall plan for its video games division.
“Just like with series and film, games will come and go from the service,” Netflix said in a statement to Variety.
As first reported by Engadget, “Hades” (which launched on Netflix last March) will be leaving on July 1, while these titles will be departing July 14: “Battleship,” “Braid, Anniversary Edition,” “Carmen Sandiego,” “CoComelon: Play with JJ,” “Death’s Door,” “Diner Out: Merge Cafe,” “Dumb Ways to Survive,” “Ghost Detective,” “Katana ZERO,” “LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed,” “Ludo King,” “Monument Valley,” “Monument Valley 2,” “Monument Valley 3,” “Rainbow Six: Smol,” “Raji: An Ancient Epic,” “SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.,” “TED Tumblewords,” “The Case of the Golden Idol,” “The Rise of the Golden Idol” and “Vineyard Valley.”
While some of these games are available via other platforms, a few were exclusive to Netflix.
The removal of these indie mobile games comes a few months after Netflix formally unveiled its forward-looking gaming strategy to journalists during a presentation at the 2025 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco.
From now on, its focus when developing titles will fall into four key categories: mainstream, narrative, kids, and party games. Netflix games chief Alain Tascan (who took over the games division nearly one year ago) said he is set on supporting new and existing Netflix-owned IP as the team also starts to roll out a larger offering of games that can be played on the TV, in addition to Netflix’s phone apps.
The company has hit some speed bumps in figuring out how to scale up its games business. In October 2024, Netflix shut down its Team Blue studio, which had been developing a shooter title (something akin to, say, “Call of Duty”). The move signaled to the industry a strategy shift, which was further underlined by the exit of Netflix gaming lead Mike Verdu in February.
