How to play Netflix games on your smartphone

Netflix Games like Stranger Things are now available for smartphones. Here is how to play.

Netflix Games can directly be downloaded from Google Play Store or Apple App Store. (REUTERS)

If you don't know this yet, your favorite binge-watch platform Netflix has ventured into the online gaming industry by rolling out five new mobile games for its users. In the earlier phase it was available to Android users only, but now these can be played on iOS devices too. And you will be amazed to know that even your favourite Netflix famed web-series Stranger Things are available in the form of a mobile game now.

On stepping into the gaming industry, Netflix has released five games named, Stranger Things: 1984, Stranger Things 3: The Game, Shooting Hoops, Card Blast, and Teeter Up. If you are subscribed to Netflix, then you can play these games without any other fee. Even these games don't have any in-game ads or in-app purchases. Bonus point, you don't even need an active internet connection to play these games, except for Stranger Things 3: The Game, just for a few features.

But you must be thinking how to play these games on your smartphone. Here is the step by step guide for you.

How to play Netflix games on your smartphone?

- First, open your Netflix application

- Log into your account and select your profile

- Then, tap on the ‘Games' icon available in the bottom row alongside of Home option

- Select your preferred game from the dedicated row of the ‘All Mobile Games'

- It will open a detailed view window of your selected preferred game

- Tap ‘Get game' and allow it to download it from the Play Store or Apple store (depends on your device). You can directly search for the game in your store to download.

- Install the game from the store. Once it is completed, tap Open

- When you open, you will get the same screen as you get when you start your Netflix app ‘Who's Watching?' But here, you will need to choose your profile under ‘Who's Playing?'

- Click on your Profile and Enjoy the game!

Netflix may release more games under the list, as the OTT platform hinted at launching a few more games in the coming months. Till then enjoy Stranger Things, Card Blast, Bowling and Teeter games on Netflix!