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| Loved City of Blood? Here Are 21 Similar Shows to Watch Next. |
If City of Blood has left you wanting another series where society is falling apart, powerful people are hiding something and supernatural trouble is making an already terrible situation considerably worse, there are plenty of options to fill the gap. The 2026 Hulu Original is an eight-episode German-language dystopian supernatural thriller set in a climate-ravaged Berlin, where wealthy residents live beneath a protective dome while everyone outside deals with a far less glamorous version of the future.
Add two estranged sisters, organised vampire networks and a looming political power grab, and you have a rather chaotic recipe for television. Naturally, viewers looking for something similar are not exactly short of choices.
Shows Like CITY OF BLOOD
1. 3 Body Problem (2024)
3 Body Problem shares City of Blood's fascination with a society facing a threat that completely changes how people understand the world around them. Instead of vampires controlling criminal networks, this science-fiction mystery introduces an enormous existential problem linked to humanity's future. Its mixture of politics, scientific mystery, social tension and an increasingly unsettling conspiracy makes it a strong follow-up for viewers who enjoyed the sense that something much bigger is happening behind the scenes.
2. Tribes of Europa (2021)
Tribes of Europa takes place in a fractured future Europe where society has collapsed into competing territories. That immediately gives it something in common with City of Blood, particularly its interest in class divisions, survival and fractured political power. The clean protection enjoyed by Berlin's elite in City of Blood is replaced here by isolated communities and competing factions, so nobody gets to enjoy a peaceful afternoon for very long.
3. The Rain (2018)
The Rain follows survivors trying to navigate a devastated Scandinavian landscape after a mysterious virus carried by rainfall wipes out much of the population. Like City of Blood, it uses a damaged environment to examine inequality, survival and the choices people make when normal society disappears. The family element also gives both shows an emotional centre, although City of Blood swaps deadly rain for vampires and political intrigue.
4. Into the Night (2020)
Into the Night traps a group of strangers aboard an aircraft as they desperately try to stay ahead of a mysterious global disaster. Its claustrophobic storytelling and constant pressure make it an obvious companion to City of Blood. Both series ask what happens when civilisation's rules stop working, while ordinary people are forced to deal with powerful forces they barely understand. The only major difference is that City of Blood has vampires; Into the Night has a very inconvenient sun.
5. Snowpiercer (2020)
Snowpiercer is another strong match for viewers interested in dystopia built around brutal social inequality. Humanity survives aboard a constantly moving train after Earth becomes almost impossible to inhabit, but the passengers are separated according to wealth and status. That division echoes City of Blood's climate dome, where comfort is reserved for the privileged while others are left outside. Both stories turn their settings into giant pressure cookers for political conflict.
6. Silo (2023)
Silo focuses on a massive underground community where thousands of people live under strict rules while being told the outside world is deadly. The similarities with City of Blood are especially clear in the way authorities control information and protect an unequal social structure. As characters begin questioning what they have been told, the supposedly secure society starts looking considerably less secure. It is dystopian television with the very unfriendly message that someone is probably hiding something.
7. Station Eleven (2021)
Station Eleven explores a world reshaped by a devastating pandemic and follows survivors as they attempt to rebuild their lives. It is less focused on supernatural thrills than City of Blood, but both shows examine what remains of human relationships after civilisation has been fundamentally altered. Family, loyalty, social structures and survival sit at the centre of both stories, making this a more reflective choice for viewers who enjoyed the world-building behind City of Blood.
8. The Strain (2014)
The Strain is the most obvious choice for anyone coming to this list specifically for the vampire side of City of Blood. The series turns vampirism into a rapidly expanding threat, with its characters trying to understand and contain a crisis that quickly becomes much larger than anyone expected. City of Blood takes a more political approach to its supernatural society, but both shows imagine vampires as a serious force capable of transforming civilisation.
9. V Wars (2019)
V Wars follows a scientist and his friends as a mysterious infection transforms people into opposing human and vampire populations. That makes it particularly relevant to City of Blood's exploration of humans living alongside a hidden supernatural power structure. The series also looks at how institutions respond when a previously impossible threat becomes reality. Unfortunately, discovering vampires exist does not come with a convenient instruction manual.
10. Interview with the Vampire (2022)
Interview with the Vampire takes a much more character-driven route into vampire mythology, exploring immortality, relationships, power and the consequences of living among humans. While its tone and setting differ considerably from City of Blood, both series treat vampires as more than simple monsters. Their supernatural characters operate within complicated social structures, giving the creatures their own politics, ambitions and moral questions.
11. Kingdom (2019)
Kingdom combines historical drama, political intrigue and terrifying supernatural events as a mysterious plague spreads through Joseon-era Korea. The similarities with City of Blood come from the way political power and supernatural danger become increasingly intertwined. Leaders are forced to make decisions while ordinary people face the consequences, creating a sharp contrast between those with authority and those simply trying to survive another day.
12. All of Us Are Dead (2022)
All of Us Are Dead places a group of students inside a school during a rapidly escalating outbreak. Like City of Blood, it focuses heavily on survival while larger systems struggle to contain the crisis.
Both stories also explore social divisions and human behaviour under extreme pressure. The setting may be smaller, but the basic problem remains familiar: when society collapses around you, suddenly knowing who to trust becomes rather important.
13. Sweet Tooth (2021)
Sweet Tooth offers a softer-looking dystopian world with considerably darker ideas underneath. The story follows Gus, a young human-deer hybrid, as he travels through a dangerous post-apocalyptic America.
Like City of Blood, it explores environmental collapse, social inequality, persecution and survival, while asking what happens when humanity encounters something it does not understand. It is less grim in presentation, but the underlying questions about society are surprisingly close.
14. Altered Carbon (2018)
Altered Carbon imagines a future where human consciousness can be transferred between bodies, creating a society in which wealth determines who can effectively live forever. That idea fits neatly beside City of Blood's focus on privileged elites and a society where human life has become a resource. Both shows also combine mystery, crime, politics and speculative technology or supernatural elements into worlds where the rich have rather more options than everyone else.
15. Dark (2017)
Dark is a German mystery series built around disappearances, family secrets and an increasingly complicated connection between different points in time. It does not share City of Blood's vampire mythology or climate-damaged Berlin, but the German setting, mystery-driven storytelling and tangled family relationships make it a natural recommendation. Both series also reward viewers who enjoy slowly uncovering how apparently unrelated events are connected.
16. The Passage (2019)
The Passage centres on a secret government experiment involving a virus that could potentially change humanity. When the experiment goes wrong, the resulting threat becomes considerably more dangerous than expected. Its combination of scientific experimentation, government secrecy and vampire-like creatures gives it plenty in common with City of Blood, particularly for viewers interested in the darker side of supernatural world-building.
17. Vampire in the Garden (2022)
Vampire in the Garden offers a very different visual and emotional approach to the vampire genre. The animated series takes place in a world where humans and vampires are locked in conflict, while two unlikely characters search for a place where the two sides might coexist. Its focus on divided societies and the possibility of cooperation gives it an interesting connection to City of Blood's questions about humans, monsters and who is actually responsible for society's collapse.
18. Alice in Borderland (2020)
Alice in Borderland follows young people transported into a strange version of Tokyo where they must participate in dangerous games to survive. The supernatural mechanics differ from City of Blood, but the two series share a fascination with broken societies, survival, hidden systems and people searching for answers. Both gradually reveal that the apparent chaos may have a much larger structure behind it, which is precisely the sort of rabbit hole television viewers apparently cannot resist.
19. Black Summer (2019)
Black Summer throws its characters into the early stages of a zombie apocalypse, stripping society down to its most basic survival instincts. Like City of Blood, it is interested in what happens when institutions fail and people are forced to navigate a world where familiar rules no longer apply. There is also plenty of tension between different groups, making it a suitable choice if the survival and social-collapse aspects of City of Blood appealed more than the supernatural mythology.
20. The Last of Us (2023)
The Last of Us follows Joel and Ellie across a devastated United States where an outbreak has fundamentally changed civilisation. The series shares City of Blood's interest in environmental devastation, unequal societies, survival and complicated human relationships. Both stories also put characters from very different backgrounds together and force them to depend on each other while moving through dangerous territories controlled by competing groups.
21. Castlevania (2017)
Castlevania takes the vampire concept into dark fantasy, following a group of characters caught in a brutal conflict involving Dracula and his forces. It is obviously much more fantastical than City of Blood, but anyone particularly interested in the idea of vampires forming powerful societies and challenging human authority should find plenty to enjoy. It also understands one important rule of supernatural television: if an ancient vampire has a political agenda, your evening is probably not going to end well.
City of Blood works because it does not treat its vampire mythology as the entire point. The supernatural element is really another tool for exploring a society that has already been pushed towards breaking point. The climate disaster, protected elite, divided sisters and political struggle give the story several layers, so the obvious comparisons are not limited to other vampire dramas.
That is why shows such as Silo, Snowpiercer, The Rain and The Strain all make sense here despite being wildly different on paper. Personally, the most interesting part is the collision between social inequality and supernatural power, because the series asks whether monsters are actually creating the mess or simply taking advantage of one humans already created. It gives the story something more substantial than another creature-versus-human battle, which frankly has been done enough times already.
If you have finished City of Blood and have another series you think belongs alongside these 21 picks, tell us which one you would add. Better yet, let us know which show from this list you are watching next and whether it actually lives up to the comparison.