Along with Telltale Games, Night School Studio also co-developed the "Text Adventure" mode for Mr.

Night School Studio was acquired by Netflix in September 2021 as part of the streaming service's venture into video games.

Those two design goals really drove a lot of our creative choices; everything from camera placement to the art direction to the pacing of the game.

Within the same day, Skybound Entertainment announced a partnership with Night School Studio, in which a web series entitled The Story of Oxenfree was then released, detailing development on the game,[9] as well a film adaptation and merchandise.

The game received positive reviews from critics, and was selected for Indiecade, which will be hosted from October 14–16 in San Francisco.

Around this time, Telltale had acquired the rights to make a game based on the television show Stranger Things.

According to a source speaking to The Verge, Night School would have also suffered financial hardships if they had not been concurrently working on Afterparty as well.

[17] In September 2024, Night School Studio removed Oxenfree from the Itch.io storefront and sent users who had purchased the game on the platform a message informing them that they would no longer be able to download the game from Itch.io as of 1 October 2024,[18] which led some fans online to blame Night School Studio owner Netflix for the removal.