Shows like Fallout
12 picks with a similar feel
What defines Fallout, going by its Boxlist taste profile: An otherworldly, expansive fantasy series, otherwise balanced. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of underdogs, an all-consuming quest and resilience and survival, plus tags such as retrofuturism, destruction and nuclear war.
Here are 12 shows with a similar feel, ranked by how closely they match that profile. Treat them as picks to try, not a definitive list.
Based on Fallout (2024).
- 1
The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023)
TV8.0Slower burn
Why it's like Fallout: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival. Common ground: post-apocalyptic future.
- 2
The 100 (2014)
TV7.9
Why it's like Fallout: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of underdogs and an all-consuming quest.
- 3
Daybreak (2019)
TV7.2Lighter option
Why it's like Fallout: Also heightened and sweeping. Common ground: post-apocalyptic future.
- 4
Warrior Nun (2020)
TV7.9
Why it's like Fallout: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of underdogs.
- 5
Peacemaker (2022)
TV8.3Lighter option
Why it's like Fallout: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of underdogs.
- 6
Supacell (2024)
TV7.5Lighter option
Why it's like Fallout: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of underdogs.
- 7
The Gifted (2017)
TV7.7Lighter option
Why it's like Fallout: Also heightened, with themes of underdogs. Common ground: mutant.
- 8
The Sandman (2022)
TV8.0Lighter option
Why it's like Fallout: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of underdogs and resilience and survival.
- 9
The Witcher (2019)
TV8.2Lighter option
Why it's like Fallout: Also heightened and sweeping. Common ground: mutant.
- 10
The Nevers (2021)
TV8.2Lighter option
Why it's like Fallout: Also heightened and sweeping, with themes of underdogs.
- 11
Treadstone (2019)
TV7.5
Why it's like Fallout: Also sweeping, with themes of underdogs and an all-consuming quest.
- 12
Boxlist compares Fallout with every show in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 7.2 or more from at least 150 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point. Ratings are TMDB audience scores out of 10.
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- What should I watch if I like Fallout?
- Picks with a similar feel include The Walking Dead: Dead City, The 100, Daybreak and Warrior Nun. Each shares part of Fallout's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 12 shows.
- How are these shows like Fallout chosen?
- Boxlist compares Fallout with every show in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 7.2 or more from at least 150 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point.
- Is there a lighter show like Fallout?
- Daybreak has a similar feel but scores lighter on Boxlist's weightiness scale.