When Does Love, Death & Robots Season 5 Come Out? Is It Renewed?
“The threesome you've been waiting for.”
Love, Death & Robots Season 5 doesn't have an official release date yet. Based on the roughly 26-month gap between previous seasons, expect it around July 2027.
TMDB
8.2
Seasons
4
Episodes
45
Diagnostics
- Network
- Netflix
- Genres
- Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- First aired
- 2019-03-15
- Last aired
- 2025-05-15
- Runtime
- —
- Rated
- TV-MA
Predictive Logic Analysis
Love, Death & Robots has been one of Netflix's more durable prestige animation properties, picking up Emmy wins and maintaining a strong creative identity across four seasons. That history works in its favor. Netflix has renewed it repeatedly despite long gaps between volumes, suggesting the platform values it as a flagship adult animation showcase rather than a numbers-driven series. The anthology structure also removes the risk of cast departures or unresolved storylines, making renewal logistically easier than for most shows.
That said, Season 4's average episode rating of 6.4 is a meaningful step down from the 7.3 in Season 3, and falling Wikipedia pageviews suggest the cultural buzz is cooling. Trakt active watchers sit near 100,000 and are holding steady, which is a reasonable base but not a surge. Twelve months post-premiere with no renewal word from Netflix is not alarming for this show specifically, since gaps between seasons have historically stretched well beyond a year, but the silence combined with softer audience scores does introduce real uncertainty. Netflix has been cutting adult animation titles that underperform, so the ratings slide cannot be dismissed.
What is Love, Death & Robots about?
Netflix's animated anthology has one real selling point: you never know what you're going to get. Each episode is a standalone short, running anywhere from a few minutes to around twenty, and the animation styles change so dramatically between installments that consecutive episodes can feel like they come from entirely different studios, which they often do. The subject matter ranges from soldiers fighting alien monsters to sentient yogurt taking over the world, and that tonal whiplash is either the show's greatest strength or its most annoying quality depending on your patience for chaos.
The show leans hard into R-rated freedom. There is gore, nudity, dark humor, and a general enthusiasm for going places that network television would not. Some of that edge feels earned, and some of it feels like a teenager who just discovered he can swear. The best episodes, things like "Sonnie's Edge" or "The Witness" or "Bad Travelling," use their short runtime to land a gut punch that a full series might dilute. The worst ones mistake shock for substance. The ratio between the two categories has improved across seasons, with later volumes showing more restraint and more visual ambition.
Critical reception has been warm rather than rapturous. The show gets nominated for awards regularly, particularly in animation, and has won Emmy recognition. Audiences tend to rate it highly, though they also tend to have a handful of favorite episodes and little memory of the weaker ones, which says something about the format's inconsistency.
There are other anthology series, animated and live-action, but few that have committed so fully to letting each episode look and feel entirely unlike the last. The visual range is genuinely impressive. A single season can move from photo-realistic CGI to something almost hand-painted, and occasionally that range produces an episode like "Jibaro," which is strange and beautiful and difficult to shake.
Created by Tim Miller
Themes
Is Love, Death & Robots renewed or cancelled?
Working toward renewal
Netflix's track record of renewing the show across four seasons despite long inter-season gaps
Anthology format lowers logistical barriers to renewal and eliminates cast or continuity risk
Strong Emmy award history giving the show prestige value on the platform
Trakt active watchers near 100,000 and holding steady, indicating a stable fanbase
Working against it
Season 4 average episode rating of 6.4, down from 7.3 in Season 3, a notable quality-perception decline
No renewal or cancellation signal 12 months after the Season 4 premiere
Falling Wikipedia pageview trend suggesting cooling broader audience interest
Netflix's wider pattern of cancelling underperforming adult animation titles
Love, Death & Robots Season 5 Release Date
If Netflix does greenlight a fifth season, history suggests a long wait regardless. Seasons 1 through 4 arrived in 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2025, with production pipelines spanning a year or more for each volume. A Season 5 announcement in late 2025 or 2026 would likely put the release no earlier than 2027. The show's anthology model means Netflix can commission episodes from multiple studios simultaneously, which can compress schedules somewhat, but the creative and technical demands of the format have never allowed for a quick turnaround. If there is no announcement by mid-2026, the probability of cancellation would rise substantially.
Best & worst episodes
Love, Death & Robots seasons
Volume 12019 · 18 ep
- 1. SONNIE'S EDGE2019-03-15 · ★ 8.0
- 2. THREE ROBOTS2019-03-15 · ★ 7.7
- 3. THE WITNESS2019-03-15 · ★ 7.5
- 4. SUITS2019-03-15 · ★ 7.4
- 5. SUCKER OF SOULS2019-03-15 · ★ 6.7
- 6. WHEN THE YOGURT TOOK OVER2019-03-15 · ★ 6.8
- 7. BEYOND THE AQUILA RIFT2019-03-15 · ★ 8.0
- 8. GOOD HUNTING2019-03-15 · ★ 7.7
- 9. THE DUMP2019-03-15 · ★ 6.6
- 10. SHAPE-SHIFTERS2019-03-15 · ★ 7.3
- 11. HELPING HAND2019-03-15 · ★ 7.3
- 12. FISH NIGHT2019-03-15 · ★ 6.6
- 13. LUCKY 132019-03-15 · ★ 7.5
- 14. ZIMA BLUE2019-03-15 · ★ 7.7
- 15. BLINDSPOT2019-03-15 · ★ 6.6
- 16. ICE AGE2019-03-15 · ★ 7.2
- 17. ALTERNATE HISTORIES2019-03-15 · ★ 6.6
- 18. THE SECRET WAR2019-03-15 · ★ 7.7
Volume 22021 · 8 ep
- 1. Automated Customer Service2021-05-14 · ★ 6.8
- 2. Ice2021-05-14 · ★ 6.5
- 3. Pop Squad2021-05-14 · ★ 7.7
- 4. Snow in the Desert2021-05-14 · ★ 7.7
- 5. The Tall Grass2021-05-14 · ★ 7.0
- 6. All Through the House2021-05-14 · ★ 7.3
- 7. Life Hutch2021-05-14 · ★ 6.9
- 8. The Drowned Giant2021-05-14 · ★ 6.9
Volume 32022 · 9 ep
- 1. Three Robots: Exit Strategies2022-05-20 · ★ 7.4
- 2. Bad Travelling2022-05-20 · ★ 8.1
- 3. The Very Pulse of the Machine2022-05-20 · ★ 7.0
- 4. Night of the Mini Dead2022-05-20 · ★ 7.5
- 5. Kill Team Kill2022-05-20 · ★ 6.7
- 6. Swarm2022-05-20 · ★ 7.1
- 7. Mason's Rats2022-05-20 · ★ 7.6
- 8. In Vaulted Halls Entombed2022-05-20 · ★ 7.3
- 9. Jibaro2022-05-20 · ★ 7.3
Volume 42025 · 10 ep
- 1. Can't Stop2025-05-15 · ★ 5.2
- 2. Close Encounters of the Mini Kind2025-05-15 · ★ 7.0
- 3. Spider Rose2025-05-15 · ★ 7.1
- 4. 400 Boys2025-05-15 · ★ 6.0
- 5. The Other Large Thing2025-05-15 · ★ 7.2
- 6. Golgotha2025-05-15 · ★ 5.9
- 7. The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur2025-05-15 · ★ 6.6
- 8. How Zeke Got Religion2025-05-15 · ★ 6.9
- 9. Smart Appliances, Stupid Owners2025-05-15 · ★ 5.8
- 10. For He Can Creep2025-05-15 · ★ 6.5
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AI Verdict
No official renewal or cancellation has been announced for Love, Death & Robots following its fourth season in May 2025. The show's anthology format and Netflix track record make a fifth season plausible, but a notable ratings dip in Season 4, falling Wikipedia interest, and 12 months of silence keep this well short of a sure thing.
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Interest falling
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Updated 2026-05-29 · AI-generated analysis
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Frequently asked
- When does Love, Death & Robots Season 5 come out?
- Love, Death & Robots Season 5 doesn't have an official release date yet. Based on the roughly 26-month gap between previous seasons, expect it around July 2027.
- Is Love, Death & Robots renewed or cancelled?
- No official renewal or cancellation has been announced for Love, Death & Robots following its fourth season in May 2025. The show's anthology format and Netflix track record make a fifth season plausible, but a notable ratings dip in Season 4, falling Wikipedia interest, and 12 months of silence keep this well short of a sure thing.
- How many seasons of Love, Death & Robots are there?
- Love, Death & Robots has aired 4 seasons so far.
- How many episodes of Love, Death & Robots are there?
- There are 45 episodes of Love, Death & Robots across 4 seasons.
- Who created Love, Death & Robots?
- Love, Death & Robots was created by Tim Miller.
- Where can I watch Love, Death & Robots?
- Love, Death & Robots is available to stream on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.