‘Stranger Things’ Bits: Alternate Monster Designs, Fan Art, T-Shirts, Video Games, And More
The love for Netflix’sStranger Thingscontinues to flood the Internet. Most people have responded more than enthusiastically to the Duffer Brothers' entertaining throwback to the 1980s, which will return for asecond season.
Until Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), Sherrif Jim Hopper (David Harbour), and Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) come back to the small screen, we can expect plenty of more fan made t-shirts, posters, and more for the hit sci-fi series in the meantime.
Below, check out theStranger Thingspoint-and-click video game and its VHS cover in this edition ofStranger Thingsbits.
Someone who goes by the name of Steelberg makes VHS covers primarily for recent horror and sci-fi movies. OnInstagram, Steelberg shared his latest cover forStranger Things:
If you go to Steelberg’s Instagram account, you’ll also find a few nifty covers forThe Shallows,Moon, Super 8,andDeadpool.
Poster Posse shared someStranger Thingsposters over on their site. The first two below aren’t available for purchase, but the final poster byChris Garofalois available for a limited time only.
By artistMike Mahle:
By artistAndy Fairhurst:
And, lastly, here’s Garofalo’s poster:
Another (monstrous) figure is hidden in this print and glows in the dark. you may check it out atPoster Posse, and you can also buy the 24x12 posters at the artist’sofficial siteuntil August 6th.
Stranger Thingshas a lot of love for the 1980s. Season one wears its influences loudly and proudly on its sleeve. More people were comparingStranger ThingstoStephen KingandSteven Spielbergthan they were to ’80s sitcoms, but YouTube userTim Bennettwanted to show folks what a ’80s sitcom version of the show would look like (viaScreen Crush):
If Stranger Thingsgets an 80s sitcom trailer, it’s only natural that it also gets a makeover as a video game.Mashablefirst spotted this video Australian game developerJacob Janerkaposted onTwitter, which is of a point-and-click adventure game featuring Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) and Sheriff Hopper (David Harbour):
So I made a@Stranger_Thingsadventure game mock up, so much fun@DavidKHarbour#pixelart#gamedevpic.twitter.com/u9AXII7H8T
— The Dungeon Experience (@JacobJanerka)July 01, 2025
Clearly, Janerka wasn’t the only person that imagined entering the upside down by playing a video game (Source:Twitter):
Are you aStranger Thingsfan that’s one day hoping to visit the real-life Hawkins High School? Well, you can’t, because it doesn’t exist, but if you want the school’s t-shirt, you can purchase it atCotton Bureau. They’re $28 a pop.
Concept artistNuttavut Baiphowongseworked on the Netflix series, and he’s starting to post some early monster designs and more on hisFacebook page(viaGeek Tyrant).
Last but not least, the Flippist presents theStranger Thingsflipbook edition. They’ve done flipbooks for a few other films and shows in the past, but you may remember the one they did for Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar winthe best, although theirStranger Thingsflipbook isn’t bad, either:
