Don’t say goodbye to Hawkins just yet. Though the flagship "Stranger Things" series concluded with its fifth and final season, Netflix is keeping the Upside Down open with an all-new animated adventure.

The release date for Netflix’s animated Stranger Things series has dropped along with a trailer, giving fans their first look at brand-new villains. Netflix announced on Monday, Feb. 2, that Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85,

Hoosiers can catch another glimpse of Hawkins in the new series, "Stranger Things: Tales from '85," which is set to premiere on April 23.

Tales from ’85, revealing a wide range of terrifying new monsters. Set between seasons 1 and 2, Tales from ’85 is an animated Stranger Things adventure that’s apparently cracked the spinoff code. According to showrunner Eric Robles,

Netflix released the first official trailer today (Feb. 2, 2026) for Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, an upcoming animated series set in the beloved Stranger Things universe. The teaser hints that something from the Upside Down may have survived the events of last year,

With Netflix's Stranger Things now over and done, let's take a look back at the Upside Down's most terrifying monsters. Here they are, ranked.

Stranger Things: Tales from '85 is thrilling but slightly puzzling for the timeline. It helps to fill in a gap in the timeline that we didn’t get to see before, and it introduces new supernatural events that have some fans wondering how it all comes together.