- Netflix has confirmed that its new horror game Unhinged will launch on June 30
- It will be available to Netflix subscribers on all plans
- Unhinged is controlled via your phone and focuses on a woman trying to escape a home invasion
Netflix has announced they are launching a new horror game, Unhinged, on June 30 and that it will be available to all subscriber tiers.
Unhinged was made by Oxenfree developer Night School Studio, and is a first-person horror game centering on two young women who are neighbors, as one attempts to escape from a home invasion.
Night School game director Sam Warner told Rolling Stone: "I grew up with those, and I think that focus on novel innovative play was something that we really started this game with. If you've got Netflix and you have a phone, then this is for you."
A tense social media trailer was shared for Unhinged, where Netflix confirmed it would launch worldwide on June 30.
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There's plenty to get excited about when it comes to Unhinged. First of all there's an amazing cast attached including Stranger Things' Sadie Sink, The Batman's Zoë Kravitz, and The Last of Us' voice actor Troy Baker.
Honestly, you couldn't get a better cast. I'm excited to see these stars in action, especially when it comes to the confined settings of a first-person horror like this. It has the potential to be great.
Gameplay wise, you'll need your phone for this one. Rather than being an interactive movie you control with your remote, Unhinged uses your phone to receive calls and text messages or to look around its world with a virtual flashlight.
There's multiple paths you can go down and, of course, you can die. So the stakes are high here and you'll have to pay attention if you want to make it out of the house safely. The game is said to be less than an hour in length, similar to an episode of a Netflix series, but you do have the opportunity to go back and explore new paths.
I've had mixed opinions of Netflix games so far but this one sounds promising. I can't wait to check it out on June 30.
