Stranger Things: Tales from '85
Winter. Hawkins. 1985. Welcome back to a town crawling with secrets, where beloved heroes are facing fresh mysteries... and an all-new breed of strange.
very high confidence
What people are saying
Updated nightlyThis animated spin-off has a pretty split reaction, but most people are vibing with it. It's a win for the visuals and the humor, with the soundtrack absolutely killing it, but the story itself and its new ideas get more shrugs. The core Hawkins crew still works, with Dustin and Max being clear highlights in the voice cast, though Eleven's return landed a bit flat for some. The new monster, a Snowshark, was almost universally hated, and the reception to showrunner Eric Robles was brutal, but the fresh character Nikki (voiced by Odessa A'zion) was a total hit with everyone who mentioned her.
Sentiment split
Every qualifying reaction, weighted.
- Positive58%
- Mixed24%
- Negative18%
By aspect
What people scored, piece by piece.
How opinion moved
The Real Score, night by night.
By season
Scored only from posts that clearly name a season. Seasons without enough of that conversation yet aren’t shown.
Buzz
71 reactions over two weeks, counted by the day they were posted.
Where the signal came from
Volume and platform mix only.
Every figure on this page is analysis output from public posts and reviews.
Names and topics that came up
Mentions across all reactions, with the share that were positive. Anything mentioned fewer than twice never shapes the review.
The cast
Mentions and share positive
Trailer and stills
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