The fourth season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things, titled Stranger Things 4, was released worldwide exclusively via Netflix's streaming service in two volumes, with the first set released May 27, 2022, and the second to be released five weeks later on July 1, 2022. The fourth season takes place six months after the events of the third season, as a string of strange deaths, tied to the Upside Down, causes paranoia among Hawkins' residents.