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HBO’s 4-Part ‘Game of Thrones’ Spin-Off Is Still the Queen of Streaming

One of the biggest fantasy shows on HBO Max continues to dominate the streaming charts, weeks after its latest season finale. The show also improves with its latest installment, based on its recent IMDb score, and has earned praise on Rotten Tomatoes. With its fourth and final season currently in development, it’s no surprise that the fantasy hit continues to find success on streaming.

House of the Dragon is a fantasy series that’s also a prequel to Game of Thrones. Set 127 years before the main series, the show focuses on the Targaryens and how a question of succession between Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) led to a civil war called the Dance of the Dragons. The show aired its third season in June 2026, when Rhaenyra finally takes the Iron Throne, but her rule in King’s Landing is not easy, as she faces more challenges.

Recently, House of the Dragon has continued to find a place on HBO Max’s streaming charts, sitting at #3 on the streamer’s Top 10 TV shows worldwide, between Stuart Fails to Save the Universe and President Curtis, both spin-offs of The Big Bang Theory and Rick and Morty, respectively. Since House of the Dragon Season 3’s release, the show has impressed viewers, earning higher episode rankings on IMDb, ranging from 7.5 to 9.5, as well as a Certified Fresh Critics score of 91% and a 65% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.



















Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz
Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most?
Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek

Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.

🚀Star Wars

💍Lord of the Rings

🧙Harry Potter

👑Game of Thrones

🖖Star Trek

01

What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning?
Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.





02

Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit?
The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.





03

How do you prefer your conflicts resolved?
The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.





04

Who do you want beside you when things get difficult?
Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.





05

What is your relationship with power?
How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.





06

How does your universe treat good and evil?
A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.





07

What role would you naturally fall into?
Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?





08

What do you ultimately believe about the future?
The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.





Your Universe Has Been Chosen
You Belong In…

Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.


A Galaxy Far, Far Away

Star Wars

You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.

  • You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
  • You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
  • Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
  • The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.


Middle-earth

Lord of the Rings

You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.

  • Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
  • You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
  • Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
  • Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.


The Wizarding World

Harry Potter

You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.

  • The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
  • You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
  • Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
  • That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.


Westeros · The Known World

Game of Thrones

You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.

  • Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
  • You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
  • Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
  • Winter always comes. You are already prepared.


The United Federation of Planets

Star Trek

You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.

  • Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
  • You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
  • The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
  • You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.

What is Next For The ‘Game of Thrones’ Franchise?

Fortunately for Game of Thrones fans, the wait to return to Westeros won’t be long. It has been confirmed that House of the Dragon has been greenlit for a fourth and final season, scheduled for release in 2028. Additionally, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has been greenlit for a second season, bringing back Dunk (Peter Claffey) and Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) as the show adapts the second novella of George R.R. Martin‘s Tales of Dunk and Egg, titled The Sworn Sword. The show entered production with a reported lower budget and is scheduled for release in 2027. There will also be a movie based on the Game of Thrones franchise called Aegon’s Conquest, a story set 300 years before Game of Thrones, when Aegon Targaryen invades Westeros with his sisters and dragons. The project was announced during CinemaCon 2026, and attached to the project is Beau Willimon, who previously worked on House of Cards and Andor. As of writing, a cast list and an official release date have yet to be revealed, but it is expected to be released after 2027.

House of the Dragon Seasons 1-3 are available to stream on HBO Max. Follow Collider for more updates.



Release Date

August 21, 2022

Network

HBO

Showrunner

George R.R. Martin

Directors

Clare Kilner, Geeta Patel

Writers

Gabe Fonseca

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