Adult animated series of original short stories which are set within the worlds of beloved video games. Each episode serves as a gateway to a new adventure, unlocking exciting worlds from beloved gaming classics and highly anticipated new titles.
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- CallumNovember 4, 2025⭐⭐⭐⭐ (out of 5) Secret Level – Gaming’s Hidden Stories Unlocked Secret Level is what happens when you take video games, strip away the controllers, and turn them into miniature films that dare you to play along with your brain instead of your thumbs. It’s an anthology of game-inspired tales — some literal, some wildly abstract — that makes you think, squint, and occasionally mutter, “Wait… is this that game?” Each episode stands firmly on its own, but maybe too firmly. Unlike other anthologies where a stylistic through-line ties the stories together (Room 104 or Electric Dreams, for example), here every entry feels like it’s been made by a completely different studio. One episode might be slow and philosophical, another manic and cartoonish — all linked only by the DNA of gaming. It’s disorienting at times but also part of the fun. The best moments come when you suddenly get it — when the pieces click and the homage becomes obvious. Those moments are the payoff, and they’re why this show rewards attention rather than casual viewing. It’s not perfect, but Secret Level succeeds where it matters: it makes you think about how storytelling and interactivity overlap, and how games have quietly shaped the way we watch television. Pairing: A bowl of chips and an energy drink that’s gone slightly flat — because you’ve been too busy figuring out the puzzle to notice the time.
- Joshua MykittaSeptember 26, 2025Very entertaining for both those that recognize the universes and games and for those that do not
- Daniel GustavssonApril 11, 2025The episodes are way too short to make any sort of impact. Some episodes (like SIFU) are not even creative either and rather feels like a trailer for the game. I was very disappointed with this.
- MacBobby ChibuzorDecember 29, 2024Better than Love, Death, and Robots.
- Marko TavaresDecember 17, 2024Awesome!!!
- So, Secret Level, like Love Death and Robots, is a great anthology series. The stories are top notch, yadda, yadda, yadda so on and so forth. Hands down, great storytelling. You get engaged by the stories easily. Do you sit watching the majority of these stories, or even the cutscenes in your favorite video game and say: “Man, that motion capture guy really captured the hell out of motion! Let me like, follow and subscribe to motion capture guy #14.” No, you don’t and fuck you if you say you do because you’re just being snarky. My point is generative AI is here and rapidly picking up pace with better visual consistency. As you know, online chatter expresses a lot of hate for AI videos. Thus the “AI slop” tag that’s as original as the people who say it. What’s not being said is the hate behind it scuttles what could be once you ignore the excessive hate. First, your average non-film industry filmgoer looking to be entertained … the ones who don’t care who directed the movie or who was the animator #56 from South Korea … isn’t thinking about jobs being lost in the film industry because it doesn’t affect them. Second, jobs don’t have to be lost in the industry if they adapt to the tools and stop bitching. There is zero difference between the use of motion capture technology and AI generated work when you start using it above the TikTok common user and really plow into it. There is no hate for motion capture even when used in some of our favorite movies. Change, especially in America, is the worst. Horses to cars, movies to TV, landlines to cellphones, “photoshopped”, President Barack Obama wearing a tan suit. If it’s not the same old same old, or better yet, if it threatens the job they’ve been slacking and skating by on…. Or it suddenly comes in a different color they are used to… it’s a problem (unless you’re a pedophile president) AI movies, when done with command of good storytelling mastery, will succeed like Secret Level and you won’t even notice if you stop complaining and just listen and watch the story.
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Secret Level has 1 season.
Secret Level has 15 episodes.
The key characters in Secret Level are Swordsman (voice) (Aleks Le), Arena Announcer (voice) (Fred Tatasciore), Pilot (voice) (Keanu Reeves).
Secret Level was directed by David S. F. Wilson, Alex Beaty, Franck Balson, István Zorkóczy, Léon Bérelle, Bengt-Anton Runsten, Víctor Maldonado, Csaba Vicze, Maxime Luère, Rémi Kozyra, László Ruska, Patrick Osborne, Emily Dean, Alfredo Torres Martínez, Damian Nenow, Dominique Boidin.
Secret Level was produced by Samantha Finkler, Victoria L. Howard, Mike Rosemeyer.
Adult animated series of original short stories which are set within the worlds of beloved video games. Each episode serves as a gateway to a new adventure, unlocking exciting worlds from beloved gaming classics and highly anticipated new titles.
Secret Level is rated TV-14.
Secret Level is an Animation, Short, Action show.
Secret Level has an audience rating of 7.1 out of 10.
Secret Level episodes are 15m long.
There is no information yet from the studio on if there will be another season.