Netflix consistently delivers breathtaking surprises to its global audience, whether through viral series revivals, blockbuster film drops, or highly ambitious gaming ventures. This latest psychological thriller, titled Unhinged, promises to transform viewers’ actual smartphones into a direct, spine-chilling lifeline to a haunting mystery. The streaming giant is completely reshaping interactive entertainment with a terrifying new experience that blurs the line between television and reality.

A star-studded cast with Troy Baker, Zoë Karvitz and Sadie Sink is uniting to bring this innovative nightmare directly to viewers’ living room screens.

Netflix has announced Unhinged, an immersive horror game from Night School Studio starring Zoë Kravitz as Ava, Sadie Sink as her best friend Claire, and Troy Baker as the building supervisor Ben, releasing June 30, as mentioned by Tudum. The trailer shows tense gameplay with dark hallways, urgent instructions like hiding from danger, and phone interactions that blend narrative choices with real-device immersion.

The gripping narrative traps Ava inside her apartment building during a brutal Category 5 Hurricane, cutting her off from the outside world except for a tense phone connection with her best friend Claire. When the building stairwells lock automatically, a simple wellness check on a neighbour reveals that something malicious is stalking the halls.

According to Tudum, this psychological nightmare shifts from a standard storm evacuation into a mind-bending thriller where every decision carries severe weight. Night School Studio, the brilliant creative team behind the video game Oxenfree, crafted this atmospheric first-person true-crime adventure. The experience is entirely free of advertisements or hidden in-game purchases for all subscribers.

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Surviving the pitch-black hallways requires mastering a highly unique, dual-screen control scheme.

According to the same Tudum report, playing Unhinged is simple since players just select the game from the Netflix Games row and scan the on-screen QR code to link their smartphone as a controller. Real-world movements track directly with the hands of the protagonist on the television screen.

This seamless connection lets viewers guide Ava's flashlight through the heavy shadows of the abandoned complex. The immersion goes a step further with audio because when she receives a call or text, the viewer's actual phone rings, vibrates, and plays the audio directly through its speaker, while the rest of the environmental sound effects boom through the TV or Computer screen.

Survival depends entirely on the viewers’ chosen version of gameplay. Story Mode features no timer, which successfully prevents viewers from dying and lets them focus on the plot. To jump into the chaos of Unhinged, featuring Sadie Sink, users simply need to open the gaming tab on their television interface.

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