Poinpy, a popular mobile game from Downwell creator Ojiro Fumoto, is back on phones as a completely free download. There are no ads and no in-app purchases. The game is available now on iPhone through the Apple App Store and on Android through Google Play, published by Devolver Digital Engadget.

The game was removed from Netflix's mobile game collection in June 2025. It had been a Netflix exclusive since 2022, meaning only Netflix subscribers could play it. When it was taken down, Devolver Digital said it hoped to bring the game back on other platforms Engadget. This new release fulfills that promise, though it returned to the same phone app stores rather than new platforms like PC or game consoles.

In Poinpy, you control a small creature that jumps upward through levels that are randomly generated each time you play. Think of it like climbing a tower that rearranges itself every attempt. You collect fruit to make juice for a large beast chasing you from below. If you stop climbing, the beast catches you. Devolver Digital's game page says players "must keep going higher because new and more challenging areas await" Devolver Digital. The game also has a puzzle mode you can unlock by finding a hidden area, and an endless mode that opens up after you finish the main game Devolver Digital.

The way Poinpy makes money is unusual for a phone game. Most free phone games earn money through ads that interrupt your play or through small purchases you make while playing. Poinpy has neither. Instead, it lets players choose to send a tip directly to the developer, Ojiro Fumoto Engadget. This approach is more common in independent computer games than on mobile.

Poinpy is an important title for Devolver Digital. The company's 2022 annual report listed Poinpy alongside Cult of the Lamb under award headings including "Best of 2022" and "Game of the Year" Devolver Digital Investor Relations. For a game that was locked behind a Netflix subscription the whole time it was available, that level of recognition suggests it reached a real audience.

Devolver Digital confirmed the free release on its TikTok account, posting that Poinpy is available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store TikTok.

The broader context here is what this tells us about what happens to games when a subscription service drops them. Netflix invested in a collection of mobile games for its subscribers, and Poinpy was one of the better-reviewed titles in that group. When Netflix removed it in 2025, a well-liked game suddenly had nowhere to be downloaded. Devolver Digital chose to bring it back as a free, tip-supported game rather than charging for it or locking it behind another subscription. That is a small but real example of a company putting players' access ahead of a specific way of making money.

For Fumoto, making the game free also removes any barrier to trying it. Anyone who is curious can download and play at no cost. Whether enough players will choose to tip to make this approach financially viable is a separate question, and one game alone cannot answer it. But the idea fits with a wider independent game culture that sees direct support from players as a possible way forward.

Poinpy is available now on both major phone platforms.