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The future of Netflix games could look like reality TV

Netflix’s interactive fiction games are too hot to handle.

TheNew York Times, LinkedIn, YouTube, and now possibly even Uber are offering games as a part of their services in order to drive subscriptions and user engagement. After the wild success of Amazon’s Fallout TV show, the games exploded in popularity, appearing on bestseller lists and at the top of Steam player charts. And while Netflix’s interactive fiction games don’t generate the same kind of attention the Grand Theft Auto trilogy or Hades might, they are quietly one of the platform’s biggest success stories.

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