The Last of Us

Naughty Dog's post-pandemic saga is the rare game series that earned its prestige-TV adaptation rather than merely tolerating it. The 2013 original turned a cordyceps outbreak into an intimate story about Joel and Ellie, and its 2020 sequel, The Last of Us Part II, doubled down on cruelty and consequence in ways that split players down the middle. That tension is the point. This is survival horror that cares more about who you become than what you kill.

The franchise now spans multiple console generations (including the Part I remake and the Left Behind chapter), the HBO series that carried the story to a mass audience, and a feature-length look behind the curtain in Grounded II. Few series move this confidently between the controller and the screen.

The The Last of Us franchise spans 1 series, 4 games, 1 films in the CrossBinge catalog.