Netflix: what are the future series adapted from video games on the platform?

Adaptations of video games into films or series are increasingly popular on streaming platforms. After the success of The Last of Us on Max and Fallout on Prime Video, it's actually not surprising that everyone wants a piece of the pie.

Netflix is ​​not missing. But unlike its competitors, it is more towards animation that the streaming platform is turning to bring popular video game franchises to life. The streaming giant has had great success with Arcanethe series inspired by League of Legendsand she doesn't intend to stop this momentum.

To give you an overview of current projects, the guide below focuses on the video game adaptations that will soon be added to Netflix's arsenal. This therefore does not concern projects previously announced, but for which the platform has not provided any news for a while (for example Assassin’s Creed or Gears of War) or which are still in the development stage (the animated series Minecraft).

What series are adapted from video games coming to Netflix?

Devil May Cry

The successful video game created by Hideki Kamiya and developed by Capcom will be entitled in the course of 2025 to its animated series version signed Adi Shankar (Castlevania). The game was already adapted into a 12-episode anime broadcast in Japan in 2007, but this new production could benefit from several seasons according to Shankar's plans.

In Devil May Cry, “Dark forces are at work to open the portal that separates the human and demon realms. Between the two stands Dante, an orphaned demon hunter and mercenary, unaware that the fate of both worlds rests on his shoulders..

Shankar is directing and Studio Mir is responsible for the animation of this series which will be available on Netflix in April 2025.

• Watch a teaser of Devil May Cry :

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch

Spy video games Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell feature Sam Fisher, a former Navy SEALS who becomes an elite agent for a secret NSA entity called Tier 4.

It is this hero that Netflix subscribers will be able to follow in the animated series Splinter Cell: Deathwatch which will soon be released on the platform. In the original version, Fisher is played by Liev Schreiber (A Perfect Couple).

This animated series is created by Ubisoft Film & Television and conducted by Sun Creature and Fost studios. It should have two seasons for a total of 16 episodes, all directed by Guillaume Dousse and Félicien Colmet-Daage. Its head writer is Derek Kolstad (John Wick).

Released in 2025.

• Watch a teaser of Splinter Cell : Deathwatch :

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft – Saison 2

Since October 2024, fans of the franchise Tomb Raider can discover the adventures of Lara Croft taking place after the events of the trilogy Survivor video games in the animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft.

This series takes the famous adventurer on a quest across the world, where she finds herself confronted with her true nature. Its adventures are far from over, because Netflix has renewed this show for a second season.

In season 2 of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croftstill produced by Legendary Television, animated by Powerhouse Animation and written by Tasha Huo (The Witcher: Legacy of Blood), it will be a question of seeing Lara (voiced in original version by Hayley Atwell) become the heroine that fans of the games Tomb Raider know.

Here is the official synopsis of these new episodes:

“When Lara Croft discovers that African Orisha masks have been stolen, she teams up with her best friend Sam to recover these precious items. This new adventure takes Lara around the world, as she dives deeper into the hidden secrets of the Orisha's history, dodges the machinations of a dangerous and enigmatic billionaire who wants the masks for herself, and discovers that these Relics contain dark secrets and power that defies logic. A power that could, in fact, be divine.”

No release date announced.

• Watch a trailer for Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft :