To make ends meet, she takes a job with an environmental research group studying mysterious signals on an island off the coast of Riley’s childhood home. You play as Riley, a young woman whose life has gone a bit off the rails after a stint in the military. It’s about people in a weird situation, with very normal problems and conflicts, and most of what you do is wander around and talk to others. This isn’t a game involving fast reactions or action. In the game, you navigate the coastal town of Camena and the surrounding forest and mountain by using a controller or by tapping on your mobile device’s touchscreen, with prompts to select responses to the comments and stories unfolding around you. Oxenfree II is spooky, but it’s easy to play and understand. Hinton, there’s a good chance you’ll find something interesting here. But Oxenfree II’s story feels a little closer to the literary inspirations of the cinematic influences behind those other Netflix hits-if you grew up reading Stephen King or S.E. Its themes-including the angst of growing up and the terror of the unknown-underpin some of Netflix’s biggest hits, like Stranger Things and Wednesday.
Netflix is an almost laughably appropriate home for Oxenfree II. But if you’re okay with playing it on your phone or tablet, Netflix is trying to give you a great game for free.
Oxenfree II is on almost every platform, including PC, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4 and 5, and those are all good ways to play it.
And luckily for all of us, Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (the sequel to a 2016 indie sleeper hit) is well worth playing. But the streaming service has been investing more and more in games over the past few years, and this month, a major new release is dropping on Netflix at the same time that it’s landing on other consoles. You’d be forgiven for having no clue that Netflix was trying to give you video games-especially if you don’t watch movies on your phone or tablet.
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