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Premiered Apr 23, 2026

Stranger Things: Tales from '85

2026 · TV-PG · Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2 seasons
Created by Eric Robles, Jennifer Muro · Returning Series

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.

Streaming onNetflix
Real Score
70
Well liked
from 548 reactions
very high confidence
58% positive23% mixed18% negative
→ SteadyTrend
2Seasons

What people are saying

Updated nightly
The Real Review

It's a like, not a love, for this animated return to Hawkins. People are here for the classic crew's voices, especially Dustin and Max, and the vibe is on point with gorgeous visuals and a killer soundtrack. But the new story and characters, like the much-maligned Snowshark, feel uninspired to some, and a vocal bunch really didn't vibe with the creative direction from Eric Robles. It's a decent hit of nostalgia that doesn't quite match the original's magic.

Synthesized from 548 real reactions · very high confidenceHumorVisualsActingStoryOriginalityPacing

Sentiment split

Every qualifying reaction, weighted.

58%positive
  • Positive58%
  • Mixed23%
  • Negative18%

By aspect

What people scored, piece by piece.

humor92
visuals90
acting75
story64
originality56
pacing53

How opinion moved

The Real Score, night by night.

687072Oct 12162228317070

By season

Season 17947 reactions
Season 272162 reactions

Scored only from posts that clearly name a season. Seasons without enough of that conversation yet aren’t shown.

Buzz

22 reactions over two weeks, counted by the day they were posted.

012Oct 17: 0 reactionsOct 17Oct 18: 0 reactionsOct 19: 0 reactions19Oct 20: 0 reactionsOct 21: 1 reaction21Oct 22: 0 reactionsOct 23: 0 reactions23Oct 24: 1 reactionOct 25: 0 reactions25Oct 26: 0 reactionsOct 27: 0 reactions27Oct 28: 1 reactionOct 29: 0 reactions29Oct 30: 1 reaction30

Where the signal came from

Volume and platform mix only.

Social Media548

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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.

Stranger Things: Tales From '85character24×63%+
Eric Roblesperson17×6%+
Dustincharacter11×64%+
Elevencharacter11×36%+
Nikki Baxtercharacter7×0%+
Nikkicharacter7×100%+
Willcharacter6×50%+
Snowsharkcharacter5×0%+
Maxcharacter4×100%+
beloved heroescharacter4×75%+
Showrunnerperson4×50%+
Stranger Thingscharacter4×50%+
Odessa A’zionperson4×50%+
new characterscharacter4×75%+
soundtrackplot element4×100%+

The cast

Mentions and share positive

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