Amazon revamps Luna for Prime: GameNight phone play, 50+ games, and a rebrand to Luna Premium

Amazon has relaunched Luna with a clearer pitch. Prime members get a library of more than 50 games at no extra cost. There is a new GameNight hub with 25 plus party titles that use your phone as the controller. The old Luna Plus tier is now called Luna Premium. Amazon says the redesign is live now across supported regions and devices. This is the first Luna update in a while that feels aimed at households, not just early adopters.

Prime perk first, subscription second

The biggest move is value. If you already pay for Prime, Luna now includes a proper catalog rather than a tiny rotation. GameNight is part of that catalog and it focuses on approachable couch co op. Scan a QR code on a TV and any phone becomes a controller. That plays nicely with living rooms that do not have spare pads lying around. For deeper games that need a gamepad, Luna still supports Bluetooth controllers and the Luna pad. If you want a larger library, Luna Premium replaces Luna Plus. Amazon positions it as the tier for recent releases and bigger single player titles.

What the catalog looks like on day one

Amazon calls out Hogwarts Legacy, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, and TopSpin 2K25 in the Prime library. GameNight launches with familiar names like Angry Birds Flock Party, Draw and Guess, Exploding Kittens 2, Ticket to Ride, Clue, and The Jackbox Party Pack 9. Amazon Game Studios is also shipping an exclusive called Courtroom Chaos that uses AI for improv prompts with Snoop Dogg as the judge. It is a marketing hook, but the more important point is the phone first input and low setup friction. Family friendly and fast to join is exactly where cloud gaming can feel useful.

Devices and regions

Luna runs on Fire TV, Fire tablets, iOS and Android phones, web browsers, PCs, Macs, Chromebooks, and select LG and Samsung TVs. Cloud play is currently available in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Portugal, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Amazon says it plans to expand coverage over time. Prime members outside those countries keep getting the monthly PC game selection even if cloud play is not enabled locally.

What actually changed in the service

UI and onboarding. The home screen and GameNight hub reduce clicks to a session. Phone pairing by QR code is quick. That matters more than any spec sheet line.
Tiering and names. Luna Plus becomes Luna Premium. Prime carries the base library. This is cleaner to explain to non enthusiasts.
Content cadence. Amazon is promising more first party party games and a wider set of third party titles for Premium. The Prime library is pitched as a stable set rather than a tiny monthly rotation.

Performance questions I will watch

Latency with phone input. Touch inputs over Wi Fi and the cloud hop need to feel tight. Party games survive minor lag, drawing games in particular do not. I will check 5 GHz Wi Fi and wired Fire TV.
Bitrate and artifacting. Luna has looked fine at 1080p on Fire TV sticks. I will check fast motion on TopSpin and controller response on action titles that are less forgiving.
Seat management. Local multiplayer needs simple join and drop without relaunching a session. That is the difference between a living room hit and a family eye roll.

How it stacks up against rivals

Nvidia still leads for people who want PC quality streams of their own library. Microsoft is the best bundle for Game Pass Ultimate. Sony focuses on PlayStation ecosystems. Amazon is picking a lane where phones act as controllers and the friction is low. That does not win core graphics charts. It does get households playing together on a TV within a minute. If Amazon keeps adding recognisable games to Prime and a few exclusive GameNight titles per quarter, the service starts to feel like part of the Prime bundle rather than an extra.

Buying advice

If you have Prime and a Fire TV, try GameNight first. It is free, quick to join, and it shows the redesign at its best. If you want bigger single player titles, check the Prime library before upgrading. Only move to Luna Premium once you know which games you will actually play. For homes with no spare controllers, pair phones for party games and keep a single Bluetooth pad around for the deeper catalog. That setup covers most of what Luna is pitching today.