FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition is now playable on Netflix. Developed and published by Delphi Interactive, the game is exclusive to the service, and Netflix confirms it is included in all Netflix membership plans with no separate purchase. The FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament itself has finished, but the game remains available.
How the phone-as-controller setup works
Netflix puts the arrangement simply: the phone is the controller and the television is the stadium. Players scroll to the Games tab on the TV, select FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition, then scan the on-screen QR code with a phone to set up the controller and start playing. No console, PC or separate gamepad is involved. The game joins Jackbox and Overcooked! in Netflix's television line-up, which use the same phone-based control approach.
Teams, stadiums and where it is available
The game includes all 48 teams, 1,248 players and 16 stadiums from the tournament, set across the United States, Mexico and Canada. A limited test run began on June 4 in Brazil and Germany. The full rollout now covers 18 countries — the United States, Canada, the UK, France, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland — with Netflix saying more are to come. Members elsewhere can register for email updates about their own region.
What “Launch Edition” signals about depth
Netflix frames the Launch Edition as the kickoff rather than the finished article: a streamlined, high-energy version focused on immediate fun, with depth, complexity and technical refinements promised for updated versions as the player base grows. That wording sets the expectation. Anyone looking for the simulation depth of a full console football release should treat this as a different proposition, and Netflix has not published a schedule for those updates.
What Netflix has not detailed
Netflix has not published minimum requirements for the television side, a list of supported TV models, or competitive and cross-play rules beyond describing solo and shared play. Nor has it said how long the game stays in the catalog now the tournament has ended. NexusGG has not played the game and makes no judgement on how it performs.
How to check it on your own TV
Open Netflix on the television itself and look for the Games tab. A title listed in a phone catalog will not necessarily appear on every TV model or in every country. Because Netflix ties games to the account and the profile in use, also confirm the profile you are signed into is not a Kids profile, which cannot open games.
Netflix says more countries are coming and that updated versions will follow the Launch Edition. NexusGG will update this article if the availability list, control scheme or edition changes materially.
