Created by brothers Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, who are billed as the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things became a cultural phenomenon, making instant stars of the core actors, including Millie Bobby Brown, Sadie Sink and Finn Wolfhard. On New Year's Eve 2025, the final episode was released on Netflix worldwide, bringing the series to a close.

Stranger Things Season 5 ended with the group defeating Mind Flayer and Vecna. They also successfully got rid of the Upside Down, but with Eleven's sacrifice.

I'm, like, fried,' Matt Duffer explained in the wake of the Netflix hit's big finale, which we can certainly understand.

Stranger Things fans still have more projects to look forward to. The sci-fi series just wrapped its fifth and final season on Dec. 31, but Netflix has more shows from the duo. Per Tudum, in 2026, Matt and Ross Duffer have three more projects to come.

To say that Stranger Things’ series finale sparked debates is like saying the great Biblical flood caused some dampness. It’s now one of few TV shows with an ending so disputed that a chunk of the fandom conspiracy-theorized that their displeasure was the intent of creators Matt and Ross Duffer,

"Stranger Things" may be over, but a new spinoff is coming. Here’s what to know about the upcoming series in the same universe, including an important hint from the Season 5 finale.

The Duffer Brothers' new shows The Boroughs and Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen are coming to Netflix in 2026.

One of the lingering questions Stranger Things fans having coming out of the Season 5 finale relates to the series’ famous monsters, the demogorgons. Or, perhaps put more accurately, the lack of them.

At the time, “The Rightside Up” hadn’t yet come out, so I didn’t know that the only characters that would die would be Vecna/Henry Creel, Kali and Eleven, who is presumed dead, but really her fate is up in the air. Here’s what Ross Duffer told us about killing characters: