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Shows that feel likeThe Wheel of Time (2021–2025)

The lives of five young villagers change forever when a strange and powerful woman arrives, claiming one of them is the child of an ancient prophecy with the power to tip the balance between Light and Dark forever. They must choose whether to trust this stranger – and each other – with the fate of the world before the Dark One breaks out of His prison, and the Last Battle begins.

If you loved The Wheel of Time, the closest series we have are Fate: The Winx Saga (2021), Shadow and Bone (2021) and Locke & Key (2020). All three share The Wheel of Time'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).

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If The Wheel of Time hit the spot, these will too

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Fate: The Winx Saga
2021–2022 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.8sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Young people discovering frightening power under watchful mentors

The difference: Teen boarding-school drama — the world barely leaves campus

The coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.

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Shadow and Bone
2021–2023 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.5drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

A reluctant chosen one weaponized by forces claiming to guide her

The difference: YA-scaled and brisker — cancelled before the saga resolved

In a world cleaved in two by a massive barrier of perpetual darkness, a young soldier uncovers a power that might finally unite her country. But as she struggles to hone her power, dangerous forces plot against her. Thugs, thieves, assassins and saints are at war now, and it will take more than magic to survive.

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Locke & Key
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryNetflix

Magic with rules and costs, discovered one dangerous piece at a time

The difference: Domestic scale — one house's secrets, not a world's fate

After their dad's murder, three siblings move with their mom to his ancestral estate, where they discover magical keys that unlock powers — and secrets.

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The Magicians
2015–2020 · 5 seasons · Syfy
★ 7.6drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Magic that exacts a price from everyone who learns to wield it

The difference: Sardonic and modern — it mocks the tropes Wheel plays straight

Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.

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The Shannara Chronicles
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · MTV
★ 7.1action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

A demon-shadowed quest across a lushly imagined fantasy world

The difference: MTV-glossy and thin — a CW-style take on the doorstop epic

A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.

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The Peripheral
2022 · 1 season · Prime Video
★ 7.5sci-fi & fantasy · dramaPrime Video

Small-town obscurity cracked open by a destiny-sized revelation

The difference: Hard sci-fi futures — timelines and tech instead of prophecy

Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks all of her dreams of finding a purpose, romance, and glamour in what seems like a game…but it also puts her and her family in real danger.

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Cursed
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 6action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

A young woman handed a legendary burden she never asked to carry

The difference: A rougher, cheaper legend — axed after a single season

In this fresh take on the Arthurian legend, teenager Nimue joins forces with mercenary Arthur on a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword.

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Dark Matter
2024– · 2 seasons · Apple TV
★ 7.6sci-fi & fantasy · dramaApple TV+

One ordinary life revealed as the hinge on which worlds turn

The difference: A contained thriller — no magic, no armies, no ancient evil

Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.

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Ragnarok
2020–2023 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryNetflix

Old prophecy waking up inside an unsuspecting modern-day town

The difference: A modest teen drama in scale — Norse gods on a Netflix budget

A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for another Ragnarök -- unless someone intervenes in time.

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Once Upon a Time
2011–2018 · 7 seasons · ABC
★ 7.6drama · sci-fi & fantasyHuluDisney+

Destiny, curses and a chosen savior woven through a big ensemble

The difference: Fairy-tale sentimentality — network-soft where Wheel goes grim

There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022– · 3 seasons · Prime Video
★ 6.8action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyPrime Video

Lavish high fantasy where ancient evil stirs beneath an age of peace

The difference: Statelier and slower — mythic distance instead of village intimacy

Beginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.

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The Stand
2020–2021 · 1 season · CBS All Access
★ 5.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaParamount+

Survivors sorted into camps of light and dark before a last battle

The difference: A muddled adaptation — the ambition outruns the execution

In a world mostly wiped out by the plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, the fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man.

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