Prime Video’s Fallout series is getting high scores – here are 3 smart sci-fi shows to stream next

Make your bunker your happy place by streaming these sensational sci-fi shows

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Fallout, Prime Video’s adaptation of the beloved game franchise, appears to be a hit: it’s currently sitting with 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and a whole bunch of rave reviews.

Inversesays it’s “as utterly addicting as it is innovative, and could very well become the new benchmark for the video game prestige series as we know it”, whileUproxxsays “it manages to tread new ground within a genre that’s been covered almost too extensively thus far, mining comedy from its most mundane horror elements”.

With just eight episodes to binge in your bunker, however, it’s a pleasure that won’t last much longer than a cool bottle of Nuka-Cola. So here are three more sci-fi suggestions for you to stream onPrime Video.

Invincible

It’s hard enough being a teen without having a superhero for your dad, but that’s the cross Mark Grayson has to bear: he’s the kid of Omni-Man and has inherited powers of his own. This smart, violent and funny sci-fi animation has a whopping 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.Jessie Gendersays it’s “Game of Thronesfor the superhero genre”, whileConsequencesays “this is so much more than just another superhero cartoon. No, this is humor, mystery, drama, romance and science fiction, all rolled up into one absolutely addictive treat.” According toArs Technica, “not evenSmallvillecould combine YA [young adult] drama and superhero DNA this well.”

The Peripheral

Gamer Flynne Fisher is stuck in a dead end job supporting her brother and her ill mother – but when her brother asks for her help with a game, she gets dragged into something strange and dangerous. The show comes from the same creators asWestworld, and stars Chloe Grace Moretz as Flynne in a story that’s often deeply odd.io9says “It’s a lot to take in—but hardly any of it is extraneous, and nearly every nugget of information… becomes important.“The Peripheralis an adaptation of a William Gibson novel so it’s smarter than a lot of cyberpunk sci-fi, and according toThe Wrapit’s “a joy to watch” for fans for cyberpunk crime drama anime. Isn’t that everyone?

Outer Range

Josh Brolin stars in this visually stunning sci-fi western thatCNETsays is “intense and unnerving” and thatInversedescribes as “one of the boldest, weirdest, and most affecting sci-fi shows of the 21st century”. There are some pretty strongStranger Thingsvibes here, and maybe someLostand a bit ofWestworldtoo, and while not everybody who watched it loved it –IndieWireisn’t a fan of the sci-fi elements –The Mary Suesays it’s well worth a watch: “What’s so great aboutOuter Rangeis that it’s something fresh while having the feel of a western in all the right ways.”

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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.

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