Netflix Launches Games App for Kids

Netflix is making an even bigger play for younger viewers with the launch of a video games app for youths, the renewal of two preschool exhibits and a brand new collection based mostly on some of the enduring nursery rhymes of all time.

The streamer on Monday launched Netflix Playground, a gaming app geared toward children 8 and below that options actions with characters from Peppa Pig, Sesame Street, Storybots and different children’ exhibits in Netflix’s library. The app is free for all subscribers and guarantees no in-game purchases or different charges and no promoting (no matter whether or not the linked account subscribes to Netflix’s ad-supported tier).

Games can even be playable offline, ought to mother and father not need to burn their wi-fi hotspot on an extended automobile journey. The Playground app launched Monday within the United States, Canada, U.Ok., Australia, the Philippines and New Zealand and can debut in the remainder of the world on April 28.

Along with Playground’s launch, Netflix on Monday ordered an animated preschool collection referred to as Young MacDonald. Created by Gabrielle Meyer (Ada Twist, Scientist), the present facilities on Mac, the grandson of Old MacDonald who cares for his cattle and crops with the assistance of a pig named Dumpling. The streamer has additionally ordered new seasons of animated exhibits Trash Truck and The Creature Cases.

“We’re building a world where kids can not only watch their favorite stories, they can step inside them and interact with their favorite characters,” mentioned John Derderian, vp animation collection and children & household TV at Netflix. “We’re creating a seamless destination for discovery, learning, and play. Whether it’s reuniting with Hank and the Trash Truck crew for new adventures or making a smoothie with Peppa Pig, watching and playing on Netflix can be the fun and easiest part of every family’s day.”

Games within the Playground app will let children shade, play matching video games and develop sample recognition, together with — within the Bad Dinosaurs sport — “jam out with a turntable, keyboard and sound effects to make a fart-filled new song.” Families who’ve used the PBS Kids app can have an thought of a number of the choices in Playground (minus the fart-filled music half).

Netflix has renewed its push for youths and household viewing previously couple of years, buying Sesame Street in May 2025 and making offers with fashionable creators together with Mark Rober and Daniel Coleman, aka Danny Go!, whose present additionally made its Netflix debut on Monday. Over the subsequent few months, Netflix can even debut new episodes of CoComelon Lane, Rober’s CrunchLabs, Ms. Rachel and Sesame Street together with a Gabby’s Dollhouse characteristic movie that’s set to premiere May 23.