Netflix to Release Indie Video Game ‘Storyteller’

Storyteller, a game centered around writing, word puzzles, and the intricate stories we create to cope with daily life, will be available for Android and iOS through Netflix starting September 26th. Annapurna Interactive published Storyteller, which was released on Switch and PC on March 23rd after an extensive development period of over ten years.

Solo creator Daniel Benmergui announced Storyteller in 2011, and the game’s prototype actually won the Nuovo Award for Innovation at the Game Developers Conference in 2012. After that, life happened and Benmergui stopped working on Storyteller for a few years, but he eventually chose to back it up and found a publishing partner in Annapurna.

In Storyteller, players compose narrative arcs using cartoon-style building blocks while changing the lives, deaths, romances and betrayals of medieval characters. It’s a soothing, surprising, and often amusing experience that captures the absurdity of the creative writing process.

When Storyteller arrives on iOS and Android in September, it will come with free DLC that will provide players with new stories. This Add-on will come to Switch and PC at the same time, also for free.

A Netflix partnership makes sense for Storyteller and many other indie games right now. Netflix is quickly putting together a list of mobile games, all of which are free to any player with a Netflix subscription, and will have nearly 100 titles in its library by the end of the year. Netflix has already brought Kentucky Route Zero, Oxenfree, Spiritfarer, Into the Breach, Moonlighter, Laya’s Horizon, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, Valiant Hearts: Coming Home and other notable names to iOS and Android. The company has even bought a few well-known indie outfits outright, including the home of Oxenfree, Night School Studio.