Netflix Just Confirmed 'Stranger Things' Season 5 Release Schedule. And It's Perfect

We finally know when the end of Stranger Things is coming. At the 2025 Tudum event, Netflix confirmed that Stranger Things Season 5 will be released in three distinct parts. A new announcement trailer, which flashes back to the very beginning of Season 1, makes it clear that Season 5 will be broken up into sections at the end of the year. But don't worry, all of Stranger Things season 5 will be streaming before February 2026.

Here's the release schedule and the new teaser for Stranger Things Season 5.

As the Netflix Tudum date announcement trailer reveals, and as some rumors suggested, this season won't drop all in one go, but instead, be spread into three parts. Here's how that shakes out.

Stranger Things Season 5 Release DatesVolume 1: November 26, 2025Volume 2: Christmas Day (December 25, 2025)Volume 3: New Year's Day (January 1, 2026)

Although Stranger Things will continue as an animated anthology series, called Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, this upcoming release is the end of the road for the regular series. Earlier this year, actor Finn Wolfhard told Men's Journal that everyone should expect a "melancholy" but epic end for the show.

Previously, it had been rumored that the finale of Stranger Things would be pushed to 2026. This has proven to be true. Though, just barely.

Stranger Things streams on Netflix

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