Shows that feel likeAmerican Gods (2017–2021)
If you loved American Gods, the closest series we have are The Night Agent (2023), Sense8 (2015) and The Expanse (2015). All three share American Gods' contemplative and paranoid feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Shooter (2016).
If American Gods hit the spot, these will too
Paranoia and twists stacked until no one seems trustworthy
The difference: A straight-ahead thriller — momentum instead of myth or mood
Strangers bound by something vast, told with sensory extravagance
The difference: Warmer and more sincere — connection instead of con games
A slow-building mythology that rewards patience with real awe
The difference: Hard sci-fi rigor — politics and physics instead of gods
The uncanny creeping in at the edges of official American life
The difference: Period procedural restraint — it hints where Gods hallucinates
A brooding antihero trafficking with forces older than the empire
The difference: Grimy historical realism — the mysticism stays at a murmur
Common ground: conspiracy
The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than American Gods does
The same preoccupation in both: conspiracy
The difference: Trades the stillness of American Gods for an angle of its own
A twisty conspiracy that starts playful and turns quietly devastating
The difference: Anime time-travel plotting — chatty setup before it grips
Contemplative where it counts, paranoid underneath
The difference: Sits closer to action & adventure than American Gods does
Drama built on twists, twice over
The difference: Leans harder into crime than American Gods does
A charming con man whose grifts are half the pleasure of watching
The difference: Breezy case-of-the-week fun — nothing mythic underneath
Old myths walking loose in modern America, hidden in plain sight
The difference: Network monster-of-the-week — playful rather than profound
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