Saying goodbye to Sam and Dean Winchester felt like losing family. Supernatural ran for 15 incredible seasons, mixing scary monsters, heartfelt moments, and brotherly love in a way that was truly one of a kind.
If you finished the series and felt that empty feeling, you are not alone. Luckily, plenty of other shows scratch that same itch, and this list rounds up the best ones to keep you busy.
1. The Winchesters
Before Sam and Dean, there were John and Mary. This prequel spin-off takes fans back to the 1970s to explore how the Winchester legacy actually began.
Watch John and Mary fall in love while battling monsters neither of them fully understands yet.
For die-hard Supernatural fans, seeing familiar family names in a fresh setting feels both comforting and exciting. The show keeps the same monster-hunting heart while adding a romantic storyline that makes it genuinely hard to stop watching.
2. The X-Files
Long before the Winchesters were hitting the road, Mulder and Scully were chasing aliens and monsters across America. The X-Files perfected the monster-of-the-week format that Supernatural later made its own.
Each episode drops you into a brand-new creepy mystery.
The playful back-and-forth between the two leads feels surprisingly similar to Sam and Dean’s banter. With over 200 episodes to explore, this classic series offers more than enough supernatural goodness to keep any fan satisfied for months.
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy Summers did not ask to be chosen, but she showed up anyway, night after night, to keep the world from ending. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the show that basically wrote the rulebook for modern supernatural drama.
Funny, emotional, and genuinely scary, it covers all the bases.
The mix of humor and heartbreak feels very familiar to Supernatural fans. Buffy also tackles big themes like sacrifice, friendship, and identity, wrapping them inside monster fights that are endlessly entertaining to watch.
4. Angel
A vampire with a soul trying to run a detective agency in Los Angeles sounds wild, but Angel pulls it off with style. Spinning off from Buffy, this show leans darker and more cinematic, exploring what redemption really costs when your past is soaked in blood.
Angel has that same mix of humor and gut-punch emotion that made Supernatural so addictive. The found-family dynamic between Angel and his crew will feel very familiar to anyone who loved the bond between Sam, Dean, and Castiel.
5. Charmed (Original)
Three sisters discover they are the most powerful witches alive, and suddenly their San Francisco home becomes ground zero for every demon and warlock with a grudge. Charmed balances family drama with supernatural action in a way that keeps each episode feeling personal and high-stakes.
The sisterly bond at the center of the show mirrors the Winchester brothers in many ways. Loyalty, sacrifice, and the burden of being chosen are themes that run deep throughout all eight seasons, making it deeply satisfying to binge.
6. Grimm
Nick Burkhardt thought he was just a regular Portland homicide detective until he started seeing monsters hiding inside ordinary people. Grimm cleverly blends police procedural with fairy tale mythology, creating a unique world where Brothers Grimm stories are actually historical records of real creature encounters.
Fans of Supernatural will love the idea of a reluctant hero learning the truth about a hidden supernatural world. The show also builds a rich lore over six seasons, complete with mythology, factions, and a growing team of unlikely allies.
7. Lucifer
What if the Devil got bored of Hell and moved to Los Angeles to open a nightclub? That is literally the premise of Lucifer, and it works better than it has any right to.
Tom Ellis plays the character with such magnetic charm that you end up rooting for the actual Devil.
The supernatural elements are woven naturally into a fun crime-solving format. Much like Supernatural, Lucifer wrestles with big questions about free will, destiny, and whether bad guys can genuinely change.
Plus, the humor lands consistently throughout every season.
8. Evil
Evil is one of the smartest supernatural shows in years, and it does not get nearly enough credit. A skeptical psychologist, a priest-in-training, and a tech expert investigate cases of alleged demonic possession and miracles for the Catholic Church.
The tension between faith and science runs through every single episode.
Supernatural fans who loved the theological debates between Sam, Dean, and Castiel will find plenty to chew on here. Evil keeps you genuinely unsure whether what you are watching is supernatural or psychological, and that ambiguity is wonderfully unsettling.
9. Dead Boy Detectives
Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland died decades apart but ended up as ghost best friends who solve supernatural mysteries together instead of moving on to the afterlife. Dead Boy Detectives is quirky, heartfelt, and surprisingly funny for a show about dead teenagers navigating a world full of witches and demons.
Originating from the DC universe, the show has a warm found-family energy that fans of Supernatural will immediately recognize. The friendship at its core is the real emotional engine, making every monster encounter feel meaningful rather than just spooky.
10. Good Omens
Based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s beloved novel, Good Omens follows an angel and a demon who have spent centuries on Earth and really do not want it to end. Their reluctant partnership to stop the Apocalypse is one of the funniest and most touching odd-couple stories ever put on screen.
Supernatural fans will love the celestial politics, the Apocalypse storyline, and the deeply sincere friendship at the heart of it all. The show is witty, weird, and genuinely moving in ways that sneak up on you completely.
11. Being Human (UK)
Sharing a house is hard enough without your roommates being a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost. Being Human follows three supernatural beings trying desperately to blend into ordinary human society while their true natures keep pulling them back into darkness and chaos.
The original UK version has a grittier, more emotionally raw quality compared to its American remake. Supernatural fans will connect with the ongoing struggle to maintain humanity while carrying a monstrous burden, a theme that ran through every single season of Sam and Dean’s story.
12. Teen Wolf
Scott McCall went from being an ordinary high school kid to the most powerful werewolf in Beacon Hills practically overnight. Teen Wolf starts out feeling like a teen drama but quickly builds into a genuinely complex supernatural mythology packed with new creatures and escalating threats every season.
Much like Supernatural, the show rewards long-term viewers with deep lore and emotional payoffs. The friendships forged under pressure are the real backbone of the series, and by season three, the stakes feel every bit as serious as anything the Winchesters ever faced.
13. Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane wakes up after 250 years to discover that the Headless Horseman is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Sleepy Hollow takes American folklore and cranks the mythology up to biblical proportions, which will feel very comfortable for fans of Supernatural’s later seasons.
The fish-out-of-water humor from Crane adjusting to modern life adds a lightness that balances the darker supernatural elements nicely. The partnership between Crane and Detective Abbie Mills is charming, funny, and genuinely compelling throughout the first two seasons especially.
14. True Blood
Vampires went public in True Blood’s world, and the fallout is messier, sexier, and more violent than anyone expected. Set in the fictional Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the show uses vampire politics as a sharp metaphor for real-world discrimination while also delivering genuinely wild supernatural drama.
True Blood is definitely more adult in tone than Supernatural, but fans who love rich world-building and morally complicated supernatural characters will find a lot to enjoy here. Seven seasons of bayou chaos, ancient vampires, and shapeshifters await.
15. The Vampire Diaries
Mystic Falls, Virginia looks like a quiet little town, but it is basically the supernatural capital of the Eastern United States. The Vampire Diaries hooked millions of viewers with its fast pace, shocking plot twists, and a mythology that kept expanding in genuinely surprising directions across eight seasons.
Beyond the romance, the show digs into themes of grief, identity, and the cost of immortality. Supernatural fans who enjoy emotional character arcs wrapped inside a monster-filled world will find The Vampire Diaries hits a very similar sweet spot.
16. Legacies
Hope Mikaelson attends the Salvatore School, a boarding school where vampires, witches, and werewolves learn to control their abilities and fight monsters that show up each week. Legacies is lighter and more playful in tone than its parent shows, leaning into fun monster-of-the-week storytelling with genuine enthusiasm.
For fans who loved Supernatural’s creature-feature episodes, Legacies delivers a fresh one almost every week. The show pulls from mythology worldwide, meaning you get everything from dragons to mermaids to video-game creatures showing up to cause trouble at school.
17. Constantine
John Constantine is rude, selfish, and arguably the most effective demon hunter on television. Based on the DC Comics character, Constantine follows a cynical occult detective who battles dark forces threatening humanity, all while carrying serious personal guilt from a past mistake he cannot undo.
The trench coat, the attitude, the reluctant heroism – Constantine shares so much DNA with Supernatural that it almost feels like a companion piece. Fans who particularly loved Castiel will appreciate seeing a morally complex character wrestling with Heaven, Hell, and everything in between.
18. The Almighty Johnsons
Axl Johnson turns 21 and immediately learns he is the reincarnation of Odin, which is honestly not the birthday gift most people want. The Almighty Johnsons is a New Zealand gem that follows a family of brothers who are reincarnated Norse gods, each stuck with powers that range from impressive to completely useless.
The humor is dry, warm, and utterly charming. Supernatural fans who loved the show’s mythology episodes and its treatment of gods as flawed, bickering personalities will feel right at home with this underrated series from across the Pacific.
19. Lore
Lore began as one of the most popular podcasts in the world before becoming a TV anthology series on Amazon Prime. Each episode explores the true historical origins of famous horror myths and urban legends, blending documentary narration with vivid dramatic reenactments that bring the stories chillingly to life.
Supernatural fans who loved the show’s deep dives into real folklore and mythology will find Lore genuinely fascinating. Knowing that the legends explored here have real historical roots somehow makes them feel even more unsettling than pure fiction ever could.
20. Dead Last
Three struggling musicians find an ancient amulet and suddenly realize they can see every ghost wandering the earth. Dead Last was a short-lived WB series that blended comedy, music, and ghost-hunting in a genuinely fun package that deserved a much longer run than it got.
For Supernatural fans who love the lighter, funnier episodes, Dead Last captures that same playful energy. Helping ghosts resolve unfinished business while barely keeping your own life together is a premise with real charm, and the band dynamic gives it a unique personality all its own.