Black Mirror’s Thronglets Game is Here and It’s as Wild as You’d Expect

Netflix drops Thronglets, a game based on Black Mirror’s latest season, blending Tamagotchi vibes with dark themes, now free on iOS and Android.

Netflix just unleashed Thronglets upon the world, and let me tell you, it’s every bit as bonkers as you’d expect. Picture this: Tamagotchi meets Pokémon, but with a twist of Black Mirror‘s signature existential crisis (thanks to episode seven of the latest season). Crafted by Night School Studio—y’know, the geniuses behind Oxenfree—this game is up for grabs at no extra cost for Netflix subscribers on iOS and Android. Seriously, it’s a trip.

Your mission? Play digital parent to these quirky creatures known as Thronglets. Feed them, clean them, keep them entertained—but be warned, they reproduce faster than you can say ‘inbox zero.’ And it’s not just about survival; Netflix is pitching this as a deep, sometimes unsettling, look at our digital obsessions. Makes you think, huh?

Here’s the kicker: assemble a Throng (that’s a gang of Thronglets, for the uninitiated), and you’ll unlock snippets from a faux documentary that dives into the game’s backstory. It’s all very Black Mirror—interviews with the show’s characters included. Beat the game, and you’ll snag a personality test result to brag about online. Ideal for those ‘which dystopian future awaits you?’ conversations.

This launch isn’t just random timing. Netflix’s gaming head recently exited, and the company’s doubling down on story-driven and party games. Connect the dots. Oh, and if you’re into Black Mirror, the new season dropped today too. Two for the price of one, folks.