Netflix has announced Unhinged, a narrative horror adventure game developed by Oxenfree studio Night School Games, launching June 30th. Zoë Kravitz and Sadie Sink star as Ava and Claire, two friends trying to survive a killer loose in an empty apartment building — communicating only by phone.
The game's central mechanic turns your actual phone into a controller. Ava's movements are handled through the handset, but it also doubles as your in-game communication device: when Claire calls or texts, your phone rings, vibrates, and plays audio through the speaker. Troy Baker rounds out the cast as a character named Ben, also reachable by phone.
Night School Games — the studio behind Oxenfree — is one of Netflix's last remaining gaming subsidiaries after a rough few years for the company's games division. Netflix acquired Night School in 2021 as part of a broader push to build a gaming arm alongside its streaming service. That ambition eventually stalled: in 2024 Netflix shuttered an unnamed Southern California studio staffed by former Halo and Overwatch developers before it shipped anything, then in 2025 closed Boss Fight Entertainment, sold Cozy Grove developer Spry Fox back to its founders, and pulled a large chunk of its best titles — including Hades and Braid — from the service entirely.
Unhinged feels like a deliberate callback to Bandersnatch-era interactive storytelling, leaning into Netflix's strengths — recognizable talent, a cinematic premise — rather than competing with traditional game releases. Whether it marks a genuine creative pivot or is simply Night School's last project before Netflix moves on from gaming altogether remains to be seen. Either way, the game hits Netflix on June 30th.
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