Shows Like .hack

If you liked .hack (2002), a action & adventure and animation 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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Log Horizon (2013)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
One day, while playing the online game Elder Tales, 30,000 players suddenly find themselves trapped in another world. There, eight-year veteran gamer Shiroe also gets left behind. The trapped players are still alive…
2
BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Kaede Honjou is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't dislike games, what she really, truly dislikes is being in pain. She creates a character named…
3
Skeleton Knight in Another World (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
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…
4
She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
Kagami Sakamori was one of the top players in the VRMMO Ark Earth Online as Danblf, a veteran summoner with the gravitas to match his elite status. When he falls asleep playing one day, he's transported to a world…
5
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
In an unexpected turn of events, dull high school student Hiro Yuuki obtains the full dive role-playing game Kiwame Quest. Created by the best of technology, the game claims to take "reality to its extremes," from…
6
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and action & adventure
29-year-old programmer Suzuki Ichirou finds himself transported into a fantasy RPG. Within the game, he's a 15-year-old named Satou. At first he thinks he's dreaming, but his experiences seem very real. Due to a…
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Demon Lord, Retry! (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Akira Oono awakens in the body of his online character: Demon Lord Hakuto Kunai. With powerful game mechanics and abilities on his side, this gamer turned badass plots his course through a new world filled with saints…
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Overlord (2015)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
In the year 2138, virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, one player named Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image…
9
Devil May Cry (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
The adventures of the demon hunter Dante who himself is half demon and half human.
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Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
Just when Masato thought that a random survey conducted in school was over, he got involved in a secret Government scheme. As he was carried along with the flow, he ended up in a Game world! As if that wasn't enough…
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Seven Senses of the Re'Union (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
In the popular MMORPG world 'Union' there existed a legendary party named Subaru. This party, made up of a group of childhood friends and elementary schoolers, exceeded the limits of the game with their various senses…
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Dramatical Murder (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
Aoba lives on Midorijima, a small island to the southwest of the main islands of Japan. He lives with his grandmother Tae while working part time at a junk shop. The popular pastimes on the island are the ongoing turf…
13
A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
Taichi Tanaka is just an ordinary 38-year-old who enjoys video games. He starts a new virtual reality multiplayer game called One More Free Life Online, naming his character Earth. Unlike his fellow players, he decides…
14
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also action & adventure and animation
Sakamoto Takuma was so strong in the MMORPG Cross Reverie that his fellow players came to call him the "demon lord." One day, he gets summoned to another world in his avatar form, and meets two girls who both insist…
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Sword Art Online (2012)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology…
16
In the Land of Leadale (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Due to a terrible accident, Keina Kagami is forced to live on life support in order to survive. The only way for her to be free is within the VRMMORPG "Leadale." One day, her life support stops functioning, and Keina…
17
Alice in Borderland (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also mystery and action & adventure
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.
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Fate/strange Fake (2024)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
In a Holy Grail War, Mages (Masters) and their Heroic Spirits (Servants) fight for the control of the Holy Grail—an omnipotent wish-granting device said to fulfill any desire. Years have passed since the end of the…
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Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
One day, Mitsuha falls off a cliff and is transported to a medieval Europe–type world! After a near-death encounter with a pack of wolves, she then realizes that she's able to transport between two worlds—this one and…
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SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and action & adventure
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?