Netflix is closing two game studios

August 13, 2026 Jay Peters

Screenshot from Oxenfree II: Lost Signals featuring a zoomed out shot of three characters on a bridge on a gloomy night.
A screenshot of Oxenfree II: Lost Signals from Night School Studio. | Image: Night School / Netflix

Netflix plans to shut down two of its gaming studios, as reported by Game File and Variety, as it makes a bigger shift toward party games and titles streamed to TVs.

One of the studios being shut down is Night School Studio, creators of the Oxenfree series. Netflix bought Night School in 2021, and it just released a horror experience called Unhinged for TVs and launched a mobile game in 2025 tied to Black Mirror. The other studio that's set to close is Helsinki-based Moonloot Games, which was created in 2022.

Netflix's big push into TV-based games kicked off late last year and was a pivot from a mobile-focused approach that featured presti …

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