Shows Like Alice in Borderland

If you liked Alice in Borderland (2020), a mystery and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also action & adventure and mystery
Yuki plays death games for a living, but when she wakes in a mansion with five other women, can she survive a new lethal maze of locked rooms and traps?
2
The Future Diary (2011)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and drama
Reality quickly unravels when antisocial Yukiteru is called into a death match against 11 other mentally scarred individuals. Each player has a prophetic device tuned to their personality, giving them control over…
3
Tomodachi Game (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and mystery
After his class' school trip fund is stolen, Yuichi and his best friends are abducted to play a debt repayment game; there is more than money on the line, as their bonds are tested with dark secrets and a lingering…
4
Re:Creators (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and action & adventure
Humans have created many stories. Joy, sadness, anger, deep emotion. Stories shake our emotions, and fascinate us. However, these are only the thoughts of bystanders. But what if the characters in the story have…
5
Durarara!! (2010)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and drama
Mikado Ryugamine moves to Ikebukuro at his friend’s invitation and quickly becomes entangled in the city’s dangerous underworld. After witnessing the legendary Headless Rider, he finds himself caught up in escalating…
6
Skeleton Knight in Another World (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also action & adventure and drama
One day, a gamer played video games until he fell asleep...and when he woke up, he found himself in the game world—as a skeleton! Equipped with the powerful weapons and armor of his avatar but stuck with its…
7
.hack (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also action & adventure and mystery
.hack follows several young players as they navigate the vast, mysterious MMORPG known as “The World” – a place, it turns out, that is sometimes impossible to leave.
8
Like a Dragon: Yakuza (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also action & adventure and drama
Set in the fictional town of Kamurocho, the story unfolds across two intersecting timelines—1995 and 2005. In 1995, four friends eager to escape their restrictive lives in an orphanage dive into the yakuza-controlled…
9
Bungo Stray Dogs (2016)
★ 8.2/10Also action & adventure and mystery
Stalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him—a power that catches the attention of the Armed Detective Agency. Using inhuman abilities to combat crime, this team takes…
10
BAKI (2018)
★ 8.1/10Also action & adventure and drama
While martial arts champion Baki Hanma trains hard to surpass his legendary father, five violent death row inmates descend upon Tokyo to take him on.
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Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mystery
A new kind of battle of abilities for a new generation is about to begin! It all started on a regular morning like any other. Akira Shiroyanagi is a high school kid who loves nothing more than konpeito candy and games…
12
ID: INVADED (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mystery
Sakaido is a genius detective who can track down any criminal. But when his daughter is murdered, revenge lands him on the other side of the law. Now in prison, he helps the police solve mysteries using a system that…
13
Claymore (2007)
★ 8.2/10Also action & adventure and drama
When a shapeshifting demon with a thirst for human flesh, known as "youma," arrives in Raki's village, a lone woman with silver eyes walks into town with only a sword upon her back. She is a "Claymore," a being…
14
Darwin's Game (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and action & adventure
Sudou Kaname, an ordinary high school student, receives an invitation email to try a mysterious app called "Darwin's Game." Kaname, upon launching the app, is drawn into a game where players fight one another using…
15
Digimon Ghost Game (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also action & adventure and mystery
High school freshman Hiro Amanokawa activates a mysterious device left behind by his father called "Digivice" that makes unknown creatures that cannot be seen by ordinary people, the Digimon, visible to his eyes. This…
16
Gungrave (2003)
★ 7.4/10Also action & adventure and drama
For Brandon Heat, death doesn't matter. Driven by his need for revenge, he returns from beyond the grave to cripple Milleneon, the huge mafia organization which uses undead monsters as its enforcers. His ultimate goal…
17
Karakuri Circus (2018)
★ 8.1/10Also action & adventure and mystery
Narumi Katou is a middle-aged man who suffers from the bizarre ZONAPHA Syndrome: a rare and inexplicable disease that causes its victims to endure severe seizures at random, with the only cure being to watch someone…
18
The World Ends with You: The Animation (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery
Neku awakens in the middle of Shibuya's bustling Scramble Crossing with no memory of how he got there. Little does he know, he's been transported to an alternate plane of existence known as the Underground. Now an…
19
RESIDENT EVIL: Infinite Darkness (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and action & adventure
Years after the horrors of Raccoon City, Leon and Claire find themselves consumed by a dark conspiracy when a viral attack ravages the White House.
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Classroom of the Elite (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also drama and mystery
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. The school awards points equivalent to 100,000 yen per month…