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Shows that feel like The Chair Company (2025–)

If you loved The Chair Company, the closest series we have are The Night Agent (2023), Hellbound (2021) and Steins;Gate (2011). All three share The Chair Company's twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Hulu and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

After an embarrassing incident at work, suburban family man William Ronald Trosper finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.

7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗2 seasons · HBOcreated by Tim Robinsonwittyplayfulcontemplativetwistyparanoiddread
Stream it:HBO Max
Buy seasons:Amazon see price ↗Apple TV$9.99 buyThe Chair Company, Season 1 · Apple price as of 2026-09-08

If The Chair Company hit the spot, these will too

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The Night Agent
2023– · 3 seasons · Netflix
7.4action & adventure · drama · mystery

Both are working the same pair: conspiracy, thriller

The difference: Missing the wit of The Chair Company

Brought together by a midnight phone call, an FBI agent and a cybersecurity expert must unravel an ever-growing web of political conspiracies.

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Hellbound
2021–2024 · 2 seasons · Netflix
6.6drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasy

One thread runs through both: thriller

The difference: Not nearly as witty as The Chair Company

Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.

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Steins;Gate
2011 · 1 season · Teletama
8.8animation · sci-fi & fantasy · mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: conspiracy

The difference: Leans harder into animation than The Chair Company does

A group of friends have customized their microwave so that it can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.

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Inside Job
2021–2022 · 1 season · Netflix
7.7comedy · animation

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Sits closer to animation than The Chair Company does

For employees of the Deep State, conspiracies aren't just theories — they're fact. And keeping them a secret is a full-time job.

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American Gods
2017–2021 · 3 seasons · STARZ
7.6drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasy

The same mix in both: stillness, then twists

An ex-con becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities. Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel.

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Devs
2020 · 1 season · Hulu
7.6sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mystery

The same preoccupation in both: baffled

Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.

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The Exorcist
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · FOX
7.9mystery · drama

Both lean on dread more than on drama

Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession.

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Archive 81
2022 · 1 season · Netflix
7.3drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasy

Contemplative mystery in both cases

An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.

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Vigil
2021– · 3 seasons · BBC One
7.4drama · crime

Common ground: absurd

The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre lead an investigation on land and at sea into a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of Britain’s national security.

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7drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasy

Comedy with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.

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Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
2018–2025 · 2 seasons · Gunma TV
8animation · comedy · drama

Both are built on the same subject: bewildered

Puberty Syndrome—a rumored, mysterious syndrome that only affects those in their puberty. For example, a bunny girl suddenly appeared in front of Sakuta Azusagawa. The bunny girl's real identity is Mai Sakurajima, a teenage celebrity who is currently an inactive high school senior. For some reason, her charming figure does not reflect in the eyes of others. In the course of revealing the mystery behind this phenomenon, Sakuta begins to explore his feelings towards Mai. Set in a city where the skies and seas shine, Sakuta unfolds the meaning behind his bizarre encounters on women with the said syndrome.

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Taboo
2017 · 1 season · BBC One
8.3drama · mystery

Drama built on paranoia, twice over

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.

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