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Dominoes Café

Case 004 / Gazeus Games / Netflix

Developed by Gazeus Games, Dominoes Café was a Netflix game, now removed from Netflix in Dec 2024. Authoritative server state. Revival needs a server reimplementation. Technically blocked or shelved. See the case notes.

Why it stopped working

Gazeus backend: signed login/init to services.dominoescafe.com/v1 gates boot; socket.io matchmaking to game-*.dominoescafe.com gates play (even single-player). All dead.

Recovery notes

By Gazeus Games; a modern take on classic dominoes. First WebView/HTML5 title investigated (JS game in an Android WebView, gen-0 com.netflix.android.api SDK). The Netflix login gate was defeated by hand (auth chokepoint + a checkUserAuth bypass so the Netflix SdkAuthActivity sign-in dialog never launches), and the game boots straight past Netflix offline. But it's an online multiplayer game with a dead Gazeus backend: boot requires a signed login to services.dominoescafe.com, and single-player is socket-mediated to the dead game-*.dominoescafe.com match servers. Not recoverable without deep JS reverse-engineering (single-player only, uncertain). Filed server-dependent.

Original download mirrors
Details
RecoverabilityServer reimpl
StatusAbandoned
Android (APK)Not yet recovered.
iOS (IPA)Not yet recovered.
EngineWebView / HTML5 (PIXI.js) · arm64-v8a + armeabi-v7a + x86 + x86_64
Packagecom.netflix.NGP.DominoesCafe
ReleasedUnknown
RemovedDec 2024
Netflix exclusiveYes
ContributorsGooglyBlox
UpdatedJul 3, 2026

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