Game of Thrones ended in 2019, but Westeros never really went dark. HBO has kept the world alive through prequels, a sequel in the works, a feature film, and even a stage play. This guide covers every Game of Thrones spin-off that has aired, is coming soon, sits in development, or was quietly shelved, so you know exactly what’s happening.
How Many Game of Thrones Spin-Offs Are There?
Right now, two Game of Thrones spin-offs have aired on TV: House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Beyond those, one feature film and one stage play are confirmed, and several more series sit at different stages of development.
If you count every project ever announced, the number climbs past a dozen. Many of those never made it past the pilot stage or early ideas. I’ve followed this franchise’s development news since the first prequel pilot in 2019, and the honest answer is that the list changes almost every year.
George R.R. Martin once hinted that HBO was weighing five or six more shows at the same time. Not all of them survived. The table below gives a quick picture of where each project stands as of October 2026.
| Project | Format | Setting (Era) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| House of the Dragon | Live-action series | ~200 years before GoT | Season 3 aired 2026; final Season 4 due 2028 |
| A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Live-action series | ~90 years before GoT | Season 1 aired 2026; Season 2 early 2027 |
| Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest | Theatrical film | ~300 years before GoT | Releasing June 1, 2029 |
| Game of Thrones: The Mad King | Stage play | Robert’s Rebellion era | Premiered August 2026 |
| Nine Voyages (The Sea Snake) | Live-action series | Era of Corlys Velaryon | In development |
| Ten Thousand Ships | Live-action series | ~1,000 years before GoT | In development |
| The Golden Empire | Animated series | Yi Ti, far east of Essos | In development |
| Arya Stark sequel | Live-action series | After GoT | Early development |
| Snow | Live-action series | After GoT | Shelved |
| Bloodmoon | Live-action series | Age of Heroes | Cancelled |
| Flea Bottom | Live-action series | King’s Landing slums | Shelved |
Game of Thrones Spin-Offs in Order
There are two ways to put the Game of Thrones spin-offs in order: by when the story happens in Westeros, or by when each project was released. Most new viewers want the in-world timeline, while returning fans usually follow the release order.
Here’s the chronological order based on the story’s timeline, from the oldest era to the newest:
- Bloodmoon (cancelled) — thousands of years before Game of Thrones
- Ten Thousand Ships — around 1,000 years before
- Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest — about 300 years before
- House of the Dragon — about 200 years before
- Nine Voyages — during the life of Corlys Velaryon, overlapping House of the Dragon
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — about 90 years before
- Game of Thrones: The Mad King — Robert’s Rebellion, shortly before the original show
- Game of Thrones — the main story
- Arya Stark sequel — after the finale
By release order, it’s simpler. House of the Dragon arrived first in August 2022, followed by A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms on January 18, 2026, and The Mad King on stage in August 2026. Aegon’s Conquest comes next in theaters in 2029.
Current Game of Thrones Spin-Offs
Two current Game of Thrones spin-offs are on air and streaming on HBO and HBO Max. They sit at opposite ends of the tone scale. One is a sprawling dragon war, the other a small, character-driven road story.
House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon is the first spin-off and the biggest one. Based on Martin’s book Fire & Blood, it’s set two centuries before Game of Thrones and follows the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. It premiered on HBO in August 2022.
The story starts with King Viserys I (Paddy Considine) naming his daughter Rhaenyra as heir in a realm built on male succession. Rhaenyra is played by Milly Alcock when young and Emma D’Arcy as an adult. Her rival, Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke), backs her own son. That split creates the Blacks and the Greens.
Matt Smith plays Daemon, who becomes Rhaenyra’s uncle and husband, while Steve Toussaint plays Lord Corlys Velaryon. Showrunner Ryan Condal has kept the dynasty drama tight. The show won a Golden Globe, earned Emmys recognition, and has pulled in premiere-night audiences of nearly nine million viewers.
Season 3 premiered on June 21, 2026, with its finale on August 9. It pushed the war into open battle, building toward clashes like the Battle of Tumbleton. Season 4 will be the final season, expected in 2028, closing the Dance of the Dragons for good.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is the second spin-off, and it feels very different. It’s lighter in tone, with six episodes running around 30 minutes each. It premiered on January 18, 2026, and covers the first of Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, The Hedge Knight.
Peter Claffey plays Ser Duncan the Tall, a humble hedge knight. Dexter Sol Ansell plays Egg, his squire, who is secretly a Targaryen prince and will one day become King Aegon V Targaryen. Set about 90 years before Game of Thrones, it’s a ground-level look at Westeros, far from the Iron Throne.
The supporting cast is strong. Bertie Carvel plays Prince Baelor, Finn Bennett is the cruel Prince Aerion, Sam Spruell plays Prince Maekar, and Daniel Ings appears as Ser Lyonel Baratheon. Tanzyn Crawford plays Tanselle. Showrunner Ira Parker keeps the focus on character over spectacle.
The show earned an Outstanding Drama Series nomination at the 2026 Emmys and has been renewed. Season 2 premieres on HBO and HBO Max in early 2027. Filming plans point to a yearly schedule, with several more seasons possible since Martin’s novellas give plenty of material.
Upcoming Game of Thrones Spin-Offs
Beyond TV, the franchise is moving onto bigger and more unusual stages. The confirmed Game of Thrones spin-offs coming next include a theatrical movie and a live stage play, both with firm dates attached.
Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest
Yes, there is a Game of Thrones movie. Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest is a feature film from Warner Bros. Pictures, set for theatrical release on June 1, 2029. It will be the first time Westeros hits the big screen.
The project started life in 2024 as an HBO drama series, with Mattson Tomlin, known for The Batman Part II, linked to it. In early 2026, it shifted to a film. Beau Willimon of House of Cards is writing the screenplay, and Owen Harris is the director.
The story is set 300 years before Game of Thrones. Aegon I and his sister-wives, Visenya and Rhaenys, fly three dragons: Balerion the Black Dread, Vhagar, and Meraxes. Together they conquer six of the Seven Kingdoms and forge the Iron Throne, starting the Targaryen dynasty.
Only Dorne holds out against the crown. That makes this film the true origin point for both House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. From my view, a film suits this story well, since the conquest is a single, contained war rather than a slow dynasty saga.
Game of Thrones: The Mad King
Game of Thrones: The Mad King is a stage play from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Its first run played at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, from August 8 to September 5, 2026.
The play covers the fall of Aerys II Targaryen and the road to Robert’s Rebellion. It reaches back to the famous tourney at Harrenhal, where Rhaegar Targaryen’s choices with Lyanna Stark set the realm on fire. Elia Martell, Ashara Dayne, and Brandon Stark all appear.
Familiar names from the original show turn up in younger form, including Ned Stark, Robert Baratheon, Jaime Lannister, and Cersei Lannister. Book readers have been watching closely for story reveals, since Martin has never fully detailed these events on the page.
Early reactions were strong enough to spark talk of a longer run and a filmed version. If a filmed version happens, it would open the story to fans outside the UK who couldn’t make the trip.
Planned Game of Thrones Spin-Offs in Development
Several planned Game of Thrones spin-offs remain in development without release dates. Some have writers attached, others are still just ideas. Here’s what each one is about and how far along it stands.
Nine Voyages (The Sea Snake)
Nine Voyages follows Lord Corlys Velaryon, the legendary sailor fans met in House of the Dragon. It was first known as The Sea Snake before being retitled. The series would cover his nine great voyages across the known world.
Bruno Heller, the creator of Rome and The Mentalist, has been involved as a writer. The story would take viewers from Driftmark to ports like Qarth, Lys, and Volantis as House Velaryon becomes the richest family in Westeros. Most of the action takes place at sea.
Its biggest hurdle is cost. A live-action show on ships across multiple continents is very expensive. Around December 2023, reports suggested an animation angle with Genndy Tartakovsky of Samurai Jack and Primal. As of 2026, no pilot order has been confirmed.
Ten Thousand Ships
Ten Thousand Ships is set about 1,000 years before Game of Thrones. It follows Princess Nymeria, a warrior queen who leads the Rhoynar out of Essos after the Valyrian dragonlords burned their homeland. Her people sail to Dorne and join House Martell.
It’s often described as a Moses-like journey. Brian Helgeland was first attached in 2021. Later, Amanda Segel came on board, and in 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eboni Booth was hired to write it. The setting would draw on a fictional Mediterranean feel.
Fans will recognize the name. Arya Stark’s direwolf, Nymeria, was named after this queen. The project hasn’t been greenlit for a pilot, though, and it has drifted on and off development lists over the years.
The Golden Empire
The Golden Empire is an animated series first reported in 2022. It’s set in Yi Ti, a land far east of Essos inspired by Imperial China. The name is a working title.
Yi Ti appears in The World of Ice & Fire but barely features in the main novels. That gives writers room to build new lore. Some reports linked it to Corlys’s first voyage from Nine Voyages, which would connect the two projects.
Martin has shared that a young writer was brought in, and fans have waited for a first look or concept art. No release date or voice cast has been announced so far.
The Arya Stark Sequel
In January 2026, reports surfaced that HBO is developing an Arya Stark sequel. Quoc Dang Tran, creator of the original series Drops of God, is attached to write it. It’s in very early development.
The story would follow Arya’s adventures in Essos after she sailed west at the end of Game of Thrones. It would be the only active Game of Thrones sequel project, since every other spin-off is a prequel.
No actors are attached yet, and HBO hasn’t confirmed whether Maisie Williams would return. Keep expectations measured. Plenty of spin-offs reached this stage and stalled.
Robert’s Rebellion Series
A TV series about Robert’s Rebellion has been discussed by HBO writers as one of several early ideas. It would cover the war in which Robert Baratheon, Ned Stark, and Jon Arryn rose against the Mad King.
There’s been no update on it for some time. With the stage play now covering the same era, a separate original series seems less likely in the short term, though Martin has often said this era is ripe for TV.
Cancelled and Shelved Game of Thrones Spin-Offs
Not every idea made it. Several Game of Thrones spin-offs were cancelled outright, while others were shelved with a slim chance of revival. Knowing these helps explain why HBO has become so careful with new projects.
Bloodmoon
Bloodmoon was the first prequel HBO filmed. Written by Jane Goldman, it starred Naomi Watts, Naomi Ackie, and Jamie Campbell Bower. It was set during the Age of Heroes, thousands of years before Game of Thrones.
The story explored the Long Night and the origins of the White Walkers. Because there was little source material, most of it was pure invention. The pilot reportedly cost between $30 million and $35 million.
HBO executives passed on it in 2019. Many felt it lacked the depth of the original show. Its cancellation cleared the way for House of the Dragon.
Snow
Snow was a sequel series following Jon Snow, with Kit Harington returning to the role. News broke in June 2022, and it would have picked up after the finale with Ghost and Longclaw at his side.
In April 2024, Harington confirmed it was shelved. He explained that the team couldn’t find a story worth telling, especially with a broken Jon after the events of the series. The newer Arya Stark sequel is a separate project.
Flea Bottom and Other Dropped Ideas
Flea Bottom was an early idea from 2021 focused on the poorest slum in King’s Landing. Characters like Davos Seaworth and Dunk grew up in that neighbourhood. It was the least developed of HBO’s concepts and isn’t moving forward.
Other cancelled projects include a Doom of Valyria series, once known as Empire of Ash, with Max Borenstein attached, which was dropped by 2024. A series set in the free city of Braavos was also shelved. Some titles that circulate online remain unverified.
The franchise has also explored companion content. Histories & Lore, a set of 121 animated shorts first released on the Game of Thrones Blu-ray, offered a taste of what animated storytelling could look like in Westeros.
Will There Be More Game of Thrones Spin-Offs?
Yes, there will be more Game of Thrones spin-offs. HBO and Warner Bros. treat Westeros as a long-term franchise, and the current slate already stretches to 2029. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms alone could run for several more seasons.
The pattern so far is clear. Projects with a finished book to adapt, like Fire & Blood and the Dunk and Egg novellas, move fast. Projects built mostly on invention, like Bloodmoon and Snow, tend to stall. That’s why lore-heavy ideas get approved first.
Martin’s unfinished The Winds of Winter still hangs over the franchise. He’s heavily involved in spin-off development, which some fans see as a delay to the book. Either way, his input keeps the shows close to the world he built.
Expect a mix of formats going forward: live action, animation, theaters, and stage. Shelved projects can also be revived, so a “cancelled” label isn’t always final in this franchise.
Where to Start With the Game of Thrones Spin-Offs
If you’ve finished Game of Thrones and want more, start with House of the Dragon. It has the scale, dragons, and political intrigue closest to the original show.
If you prefer shorter, warmer stories, go to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. At about 30 minutes per episode, it’s an easy watch, and you don’t need to know House of the Dragon to follow it.
Newcomers who have never watched Game of Thrones can actually begin with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. In my experience recommending these shows to friends, it works as the gentlest entry point because it focuses on just two characters.
Save Aegon’s Conquest for 2029 and watch it as the origin story that ties everything together. By then, House of the Dragon will be finished, and the full Targaryen arc will be complete.
FAQs
How many Game of Thrones spin-offs have aired so far?
Two Game of Thrones spin-off series have aired: House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. A stage play, The Mad King, also premiered in 2026. The Aegon’s Conquest film and series like Ten Thousand Ships, Nine Voyages, The Golden Empire, and the Arya Stark sequel are still on the way or in development.
When does House of the Dragon Season 4 come out?
House of the Dragon Season 4 is expected in 2028. It will be the final season of the show, wrapping up the Dance of the Dragons storyline.
When is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 2 releasing?
Season 2 is set to premiere on HBO and HBO Max in early 2027. HBO is aiming for a yearly release pattern for the series.
Is the Jon Snow spin-off still happening?
No. The Jon Snow sequel, Snow, was shelved in 2024, as confirmed by Kit Harington. HBO is now developing a separate sequel focused on Arya Stark instead.
Which Game of Thrones spin-offs are animated?
The Golden Empire, set in Yi Ti, is planned as an animated series. Nine Voyages, about Corlys Velaryon, has also been discussed with an animation angle, though it was originally developed as live action.
Do I need to watch Game of Thrones before the spin-offs?
Not necessarily. Every current spin-off is a prequel set decades or centuries earlier, so each tells a standalone story. Watching the original show does add depth, though, since you’ll catch names and places tied to later events.
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