Spiritfarer is available to play on mobile for no extra cost to Netflix subscribers. It’s a fantastic management sim with an emotional story.
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There’s so much death in video games. It’s always fleeting, a You Died screen or numbers racked up on a scoreboard. These deaths have meaning, of course: reflections of perseverance, skill, progress. Spiritfarer takes a different approach, looking closely at the finite reality of death — of people and things dying and moving on. It’s equal parts grief and optimism, a playful and sad portrayal of caring for someone who’s leaving this world. It’s among the best games of 2020, and you shouldn’t miss it.
Spiritfarer is no longer on Xbox Game Pass, but anyone with a Netflix subscription can play it on mobile. It’s only for Android and iOS devices, and while this may not be the best version of Spiritfarer, it’s still a beautiful game that I think about often, even years after first playing it.
