House of the Dragon season 3 just came to an end on HBO with an epic finale, and now, fans of the hit series based on George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood are looking at a two-year wait until season 4 premieres. Luckily, there are some incredible TV shows to watch to, hopefully, make that wait feel a little bit shorter.
It's always a bummer when a show as good as House of the Dragon ends a season. We all need a new fantasy show to scratch that itch, but the options are usually quite limited. Fantasy TV is a tough genre because there are so many shows that take really ambitious swings and often miss the mark or have their run ended a little bit, or a lot, earlier than planned.
With that said, there are still a bunch of fantasy shows I've seen that I'd recommend to House of the Dragon fans immediately after the third season ended. Let's get the list started with the next fantasy show coming soon!
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
- Seasons: 2
- Season 3 premiere: Nov. 11, 2026
- Where to watch: Prime Video
Behind House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is the next best current fantasy series. It's definitely a step below HBO's hit shows, but it's pretty, expensive, and features great performances.
The Rings of Power tells the story of Sauron's rise in Middle-earth and the alliance of elves, men, and dwarves who band together to try to stop the Dark Lord. This all happens long before the quests of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. In the first two seasons, we watched Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) try to stop Sauron's rise, but the Dark Lord is inevitable.
The Rings of Power season 3 premieres on Nov. 11 on Prime Video. It's a few months away, so we're likely going to be fantasy-less until then on the TV side, but we have a few weeks of Rings of Power to look forward to.
Prime Video is trying a new release strategy with Rings of Power season 3. We're getting four episodes on the premiere date, followed by two episodes on Nov. 18, and then the final two episodes of the season on Nov. 25.
The Witcher
- Seasons: 4
- Season 5 premiere: 2027
- Where to watch: Netflix
The Witcher is one of the most successful fantasy book series and video games in history, so it made a lot of sense for Netflix to take a stab at adapting Andrzej Sapkowski's stories in TV series. Henry Cavill starred in the first three seasons of the series as Geralt of Rivia, a witcher who hunts monsters on the Continent.
In the series, Geralt is pulled into a civil war on the Continent when he becomes responsible for Princess Ciri (Freya Allan) after she escaped Cintra during an attack by Nilfgaard.
After the third season, Liam Hemsworth took over the lead role for Cavill, who left the series. The Witcher season 4 premiered on Netflix in the fall of 2025.
The Witcher is coming back for one more season on Netflix, but we just learned that The Witcher season 5 has been pushed back to 2027. This is quite surprising since the series has been done filming for quite a while. The final season was expected to arrive later this year, but that's not happening anymore.
The Wheel of Time
- Seasons: 3
- Where to watch: Prime Video
The Wheel of Time is one of my favorite fantasy shows of all time. The series is based on Robert Jordan's book series of the same name. It premiered on Prime Video back in 2021, and it ran for three seasons through 2025, when Prime Video canceled the hit series.
The series from Rafe Judkins tells the story of five people from a small village who are believed to be the Dragon Reborn, the one with the potential to be the most powerful person in the lands who can go toe-to-toe with the Dark One in the Last Battle.
The Wheel of Time never got the chance to truly spread its wings and fly like Sheepstealer in House of the Dragon season 3. Prime Video decided to stop it just as it was getting good. It's such a bummer because it's an amazing series with an amazing cast. You'll love Rosamund Pike, Josha Stradowski, Madeleine Madden, Kate Fleetwood, Natasha O'Keeffe, Marcus Rutherfod, and more.
Black Sails
- Seasons: 4
- Where to watch: Starz
Black Sails is the first non-fantasy series on the list. It's more of a historical drama about the glory days of the pirates, but it's still really fun, brutal, scandalous, and political like House of the Dragon. I think a lot of House of the Dragon fans would absolutely love this series.
Black Sails premiered on Starz in 2014 and ran for four seasons through 2017. The series tells the story of Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his quest to find various treasures in the 1700s.
Right now, you can watch all four seasons of Black Sails on Starz, but you can also check out the series for free on Sling TV and Plex if you have access. If you love pirates, this is the show for you!
The Last Kingdom
- Seasons: 5
- Where to watch: Netflix
We have another historical drama up next in The Last Kingdom! The Netflix original series is based on Bernard Cornwell's The Saxon Stories, which tell the stories of Uhtred of Bebbanburg, an Anglo-Saxon who is raised by the Danes. The series follows Uhtred throughout his life. He's a part of a lot of key moments and conflicts that set the course for England to become a proper country.
There are five seasons of The Last Kingdom on Netflix. The series started on BBC before moving to Netflix. We also have a standalone movie, The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die, that caps off this story.
Alexander Dreymon is fantastic as Uhtred in this series. I absolutely love his performance and the series as a whole. If you love the backstabbing, epic battles, and political intrigue of House of the Dragon, you can't go wrong with The Last Kingdom.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
- Seasons: 1
- Season 2 premiere: First half of 2027
- Where to watch: HBO and HBO Max
We can't have a list of shows like House of the Dragon without the two shows that are set in the same universe. If for some reason you haven't seen A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms yet and you're a fan of House of the Dragon, you need to change that immediately.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is set about 100 years after the events of House of the Dragon. It follows a hedge knight, Ser Dunk the Tall (Peter Claffey), during his time competing in a tournament when he takes a young stableboy, Egg (Dexter Sol-Ansell), as his squire.
The series is based on George R.R. Martin's novellas about the Tales of Dunk and Egg. So far, we've only seen one season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, though the show just premiered in January 2026. Season 2 will arrive sometime early next year, but Ira Parker's series has had some major delays that could push that back a little bit.
We'll share more news about A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 2 as we find out!
Game of Thrones
- Seasons: 8
- Where to watch: HBO and HBO Max
It feels fitting to end the list with Game of Thrones, so that's just what I'm going to do. Game of Thrones is, of course, the series based on Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series. It's the series that kicked all this madness with the dragons.
The series follows several king characters when another civil war starts and divides Westeros. While that's all happening, the long-lost heir to the Iron Throne, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), rises from the ashes with three dragons, and she's coming to take what is rightfully hers.
There are eight seasons of Game of Thrones on HBO and HBO Max. If you just watched House of the Dragon, it's the perfect time for a Game of Thrones rewatch.
Those are the seven shows like House of the Dragon you can watch right now after the third season ended. Remember, we're in for a long wait until season 4, but I'm sure we'll start learning more about the final season very soon. Stay tuned!
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