Spirit Crossing Netflix

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6.0~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.1·100K+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-21

Screenshots

Players and villagers around a campfire with music notes rising — Connect With Friends

A group posing with large purple and blue spirit creatures — Befriend Spirits

Two players exchanging gift cards under lanterns in the village — Make Friends

A player looking up at a wooden aerial structure over the settlement — Embrace Wonder

Two characters on a hilltop overlooking the misty Crosslands — Explore and Discover

The wardrobe screen with a pink-haired character choosing outfits — Choose Your Look

About Spirit Crossing Netflix

Spirit Crossing is Spry Fox's online cozy game — the Cozy Grove studio, now inside Netflix — where players share a storm-swept village of humans, bears and spirits, gather, craft and vote on what to build. It needs a Netflix membership, shows no ads and sells nothing, and it is labelled in development: since the May 13, 2026 release, reviews describe crashes on iPads and iPhones, log-in failures and recycled events. Google Play holds it at 1.2.

Game information

DeveloperNetflix, Inc.

Version15.3.0

Size1.04 GB (Android) · 1.5 GB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsNo

In-app purchasesNo — Netflix membership required

Content rating13+

Requires (Android)Android 10+

Requires (iOS)iOS 18.0+

Offline modeNo — online multiplayer world

Interface languagesEN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO + 5 more

Store rating4.1 from 34 ratings

Installs100K+

Updated by developer2026-08-19

Data checked2026-09-21

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-21. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

Spirit Crossing Review: A Cozy MMO Behind a Netflix Login, Crashing in Beta

A Shared Village of Bears and Spirits, Built by Vote

The design is Cozy Grove made multiplayer. The Crosslands sit between the human world and the spirit realm, storms tear buildings down and draw lonely spirits in, and the players' job is kindness at scale: harvest, craft, chat, dance, and decide collectively what the shared waystation builds next, from orchards to towers, while each player furnishes a private room. The reviews adopt the villagers — a July 18 App Store five-star is obsessed with a character called Candlewic and with the customisation and house-building. A May 16 review calls the gathering and building satisfying and compares meeting strangers to Sky: Children of the Light; a June 16 Play review with eight votes found a childhood dream game. Spry Fox, which Netflix acquired after Cozy Grove, released it on May 13, 2026 for iOS 18 and Android 10, in 11 languages, rated 13+ and Teen, with the listing's own note that it is currently in development.

Crashes on an iPad 9, an iPhone 16 and on Low Settings

The in-development label is doing work. A June 7 App Store review installed on a ninth-generation iPad and crashed on every launch, then played fine on an iPhone 15; a July 12 review on the same iPad crashes at the Play button; a June 21 review crashes on an iPhone 16; an August 20 three-star set every graphics option to low and still cannot get far; a June 30 review adds lag and a hot phone. Log-in is the other wall: a June 14 reviewer cannot open the game on a slow connection, a September 8 one gets something went wrong at sign-in, and an August 13 Play review cannot pass the loading screen — Netflix's reply points to its support page. Google Play's 105 reviews average 1.2, the App Store's 34 average 4.1, and the difference is who got in. An August 19 four-star's content complaint: updates recycle the same blot and fishing tournaments rather than adding areas. Version 15.3.0 arrived August 17–19.

Netflix Membership Required — No Ads, No Purchases, No Other Way In

There is nothing to buy inside and nothing to buy at all: both listings open with Netflix membership required, the App Store's only in-app purchase is the Netflix Standard Plan at $19.99, and neither store shows an advertising badge. For a household that already pays for Netflix it is free with no currency, no energy and no cosmetics shop; for anyone else it is a streaming subscription for a game in beta. Google's data-safety card lists Location, Personal info and four other types collected. The install is 1.5 GB on iPhone, and the floors are unusually high for a cozy game — iOS 18 and Android 10 — which is where the iPad crashes above come from. Netflix's store notes are boilerplate. Membership prices vary by region and plan.

Pros

Shared village building by player vote, from the Cozy Grove studio
No ads, no purchases and no currency inside — included with Netflix
Character and room customisation that July 2026 reviewers love
Gathering and crafting called satisfying, with a Sky-like way of meeting strangers
1.5 GB and a light footprint on the phone, per an August review

Cons

Crashes on an iPad 9, an iPhone 16 and on low settings, per summer 2026 reviews
Log-in and loading-screen failures on both stores
A Netflix membership is the only ticket in — no standalone purchase
Updates recycle the same tournaments, per an August review; still labelled in development

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Verdict

A 6.0: a lovely idea — a cozy village built by strangers voting — that many reviewers cannot log into or keep running, sold only as part of a Netflix plan while the listing itself calls it unfinished. Take it if you already have Netflix and a recent phone, and want a gentle shared world with no shop. Skip it if you would be subscribing for this alone, or if beta crashes and log-in errors are not what you want from a relaxation game.

Gameplay6A kind, collective loop of harvest, craft and build; recycled events and a beta's rough edges.

Controls6Touch gathering and building that reviewers find satisfying; no controller note on either store.

Replay value6A shared world that changes with storms and votes — if the updates bring more than tournaments.

Graphics & sound8Storybook villages and spirits praised as beautiful even by reviewers who could not stay logged in.

Monetisation5Nothing sold inside; a Netflix plan required outside, for a game in beta.

6.0out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

Frequently asked questions

Can you play Spirit Crossing offline?

No. It is an online multiplayer world on Netflix's servers — the shared waystation, storms and other players all live there — and a June 2026 reviewer could not even open it on a slow connection. There is no offline or solo mode on either store.

Is Spirit Crossing free?

Free with a Netflix membership, and unavailable without one: both listings say membership required, the App Store's only purchase is the Netflix Standard Plan at $19.99, and there are no ads, coins or cosmetics for sale inside. Plan prices vary by region.

What phone do you need for Spirit Crossing?

iOS 18 or newer with 1.5 GB free, or Android 10 or newer. The floor is higher than the reviews' phones can bear: crashes on a ninth-generation iPad, an iPhone 16 and on low settings from June to August 2026. An iPhone 15 worked for one reviewer. Treat a recent phone as the real minimum while the beta label stands.

Can you play Spirit Crossing with friends?

Yes — that is the point. The village is shared with other players, building decisions are collective, and the listing invites you to bring real-world friends in. Everyone needs their own Netflix profile to log in. Cross-play between iOS and Android is implied by the single shared world; the store pages do not spell it out.

How much time does Spirit Crossing take each day?

It is a daily-visit game by design — new possibilities each day, storms to repair, events like the blot and fishing tournaments an August 2026 reviewer found repeated. A session is as long as a gathering walk and a chat; there are no timers or energy meters described. The beta's crashes are the bigger cost of time right now.