TV Shows Like Arcane
If you like Arcane, here are 11 similar TV shows — each with its current AI renewal verdict, so you can see which are still going and which have been cancelled.
Netflix · Animation · Arcane is ended
Arcane works because it refuses to let either side be simply wrong. Piltover is not just a corrupt aristocracy, and Zaun is not just a wronged underclass. The show holds that tension across every frame, and it does so with animation that treats visual storytelling as seriously as any live-action prestige drama. What draws people to it is not the action, though the action is excellent. It is the weight behind every choice the characters make, the way family love and political conviction pull in opposite directions until something breaks.
The best shows like Arcane
1. The Legend of Vox Machina
Like Arcane, Vox Machina is adult animation that hides genuine emotional weight inside a world of monsters and magic. The ensemble starts out as a band of self-interested misfits, but the show is really about what people owe each other when things go wrong. If you responded to the found-family dynamics under Arcane's action sequences, this one delivers more of that.
Stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Renewed100%
2. Devil May Cry
If part of what you loved about Arcane was its video-game origins handled with real craft, Devil May Cry scratches that itch directly. It is an adult animated series built around a demon hunter in a world where the boundary between good and evil is genuinely unclear, which puts it in the same moral neighborhood as Arcane. The style is heavy on action and attitude.
Stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Likely Renewed72%
3. RWBY
RWBY shares Arcane's 3D animation style and its interest in young fighters navigating a world that is more dangerous and politically complicated than it first appears. The fairy-tale and combat influences give it a distinct look, and the four central characters develop the kind of layered dynamic that Arcane does so well with Vi and Jinx. It starts lighter in tone but earns its darker turns.
Stream on Hulu
Likely Cancelled25%
4. Red vs. Blue
Red vs. Blue is a much funnier and looser show than Arcane, a long-running sci-fi parody that grew out of video game footage and built a surprisingly committed following. The video-game-to-screen connection is there, and the soldiers-in-a-pointless-conflict setup has its own dark irony that Arcane fans may appreciate. Think of it as the lighter end of this recommendation list.
Stream on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Cancelled0%
5. Into the Badlands
Into the Badlands is the one live-action show in this group, but its world of feudal barons, warrior loyalty, and class-defined violence maps closely onto what makes Arcane feel urgent. The central character is a skilled fighter who begins to question what and who he actually serves, and the show treats that question seriously. The martial arts sequences are among the best choreographed on television.
Stream on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel
Cancelled0%
More on shows like Arcane
Fans of Arcane tend to want the same things in their next show: animation that does not talk down to them, a world with genuine internal logic, conflict that is moral rather than merely physical, and characters whose relationships feel earned and not convenient. They are not necessarily looking for another League of Legends adaptation. They are looking for the feeling that the stakes are real.
The recommendations here cover a decent range of that territory. The Legend of Vox Machina and RWBY both center on groups of fighters who grow into something more than their circumstances suggest, and both are willing to go darker than their surface aesthetics imply. Devil May Cry leans into style and demon mythology with the kind of video-game-to-screen energy Arcane fans will recognize immediately. Into the Badlands is the live-action outlier, but its feudal power structure and warrior-with-a-conscience setup rhyme closely with Arcane's core concerns. Red vs. Blue is the lightest entry here, a parody built on video game bones, and it works best as a palette cleanser between heavier watches.
None of these are Arcane, and a few do not try to be. But each of them takes animation or genre fiction seriously enough to give a thoughtful viewer something to hold onto.
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Frequently asked
- What is the most popular show like Arcane?
- The Legend of Vox Machina is the most popular show similar to Arcane in the IsItRenewed catalogue.
- Are shows like Arcane still on the air?
- Of the 11 shows similar to Arcane listed here, 1 currently carry a renewed verdict — the rest are cancelled, ended, or awaiting a decision.
- How does IsItRenewed pick shows like Arcane?
- The recommendations come from TMDB's similar-titles data, and each is shown with its current AI renewal verdict so you know which are still going.