Kentucky Route Zero, twelve minutes now for Netflix subscribers

Netflix's games can sometimes drop without warning, and it looks like the streaming giant isn't stopping this trend anytime soon. Netflix shadow has discontinued Twelve Minutes and Kentucky Route Zero, both of which are now available on mobile platforms for subscribers.

Both games were originally published by Annapurna Interactive when they came to other platforms. They were also previously announced for Netflix, but no specific date was given.

After spending nearly a decade in development, Twelve Minutes first released for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in 2021 before releasing for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch a few months later. It tells a time-looped story involving a man, his wife, and a stranger, played by James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe, respectively. It was a deeply divisive game, as some praised its novelty, while others struggled with its punishing puzzles and bizarre endgame reveals.

Kentucky Route Zero had also been in development for some time, but was widely regarded as a beautiful and surreal adventure game. Its first episode debuted on PC in 2013 before ending in 2020, that is, on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.