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Stranger Things: Tales From '85 is coming back for season 2, and it's set to premiere way sooner than you think: this fall.

The early renewal comes after the series debuted at number 7 in the Netflix Global Top 10, which puts it in the top 15 animated series debuts of all time for the streamer.

Per the official press release, "After uncovering a fearsome mystery at the end of Season 1, Eleven (Brooklyn Davey Norstedt), Mike (Luca Diaz), Will (Benjamin Plessala), Dustin (Braxton Quinney), Lucas (Elisha 'EJ' Williams), Max (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport), and Nikki (Odessa A'zion) will take on another perilous threat when new episodes head to Netflix this fall."

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The first season of Tales From '85 takes place between Stranger Things seasons 2 and 3, in the winter after the kids attended their school's Snow Ball. Given Nikki's presumably still a part of the gang (and the snow in the teaser below), the next chapter will be set shortly after. Honestly, I'm not sure how else they'd do it given that Nikki is not in the live-action show and the show is supposed to be canon to the series...

There's a haunting in Hawkins...Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85 Season 2. Coming this fall! pic.twitter.com/jFZGNB57m8April 28, 2026

The first season saw the DnD-loving Party fight off new plant-based monsters. The second season, according to the promo, will see the youngsters investigate "a haunting."

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Stranger Things: Tales from '85 season 1 is streaming now on Netflix, along with all episodes of Stranger Things. For more, check out our Stranger Things: Tales From '85 review or our breakdown of the Stranger Things season 5 finale explained.

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