
Shows that feel likeAltered Carbon (2018–2020)
If you loved Altered Carbon, the closest series we have are The Peripheral (2022), Orphan Black (2013) and Raised by Wolves (2020). All three share Altered Carbon's cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Dark Matter (2024).
If Altered Carbon hit the spot, these will too

Consciousness slipping between bodies in a chrome-plated future
The difference: Cooler-headed Gibson puzzle — canceled before its answers

Identity as the mystery — one self scattered across many bodies
The difference: Present-day conspiracy thriller — no neon future to sink into

Common ground: distant future

Broken people wearing bodies that no longer feel like theirs
The difference: Weird superhero tragicomedy — sincerity over noir cool

Minds beamed into borrowed bodies, missions bound by grim rules
The difference: Modest present-day scale — none of the lavish world-building

Cerebral where it counts, dreamlike underneath

A genre premise pushed into adult territory — sex, damage and death
The difference: Fantasy campus antics — the tone jokes where Kovacs broods

A dark stylish world where power decides who gets to survive
The difference: YA fantasy adventure — romance-forward and far less brutal

One man unspooling a sci-fi mystery about who he really is
The difference: A tidy one-mystery thriller — grounded, and no noir grime

Reincarnation as destiny — souls outliving the bodies they wear
The difference: Epic quest fantasy — earnest myth instead of cynical noir

A moody genre world hiding secrets about the heroine's origin
The difference: Teen boarding-school drama — stakes end at the school gates

False memories and stolen identities driving a long mystery
The difference: Fairy-tale family viewing — sanitized where Carbon is savage
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