Netflix Games is getting its first MMO

Netflix conscionable announced Spirit Crossing during a property lawsuit astatine GDC 2025. Spirit Crossing represents a archetypal for Netflix, becoming the service’s archetypal MMO offering. It was developed by Spry Fox, 1 of Netflix’s in-house crippled studios, and volition motorboat sometime aboriginal this year.

Spirit Crossing is described successful the property merchandise arsenic a “cozy MMO.” Its motorboat trailer surely gives disconnected emblematic “cozy” crippled vibes with cute creatures, pastel colors, and chill euphony that wouldn’t beryllium retired of spot successful a Lo-fi Girl stream. The crippled volition diagnostic customizable lodging and neighborhoods for players, open-world exploration, and tons of crafting. Spry Fox is known for respective cozy-style games including Cozy Grove and its Netflix-exclusive sequel Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit. Netflix acquired the workplace successful 2022 arsenic a portion of its gaming initiative.

While the streaming level has proven it’s superior astir its games offering by continuing to bring third-party titles to the work successful summation to its ain first-party games, it is not immune to the aforesaid forces wrecking the games manufacture astatine large. Last year, the institution shut down 1 of its studios which was reportedly moving connected what would person been the archetypal in-house developed AAA title.

Players funny successful Spirit Crossing tin motion up for the closed alpha playtest here.