Secret Level season one contains 15 animated shorts set in 15 announced game properties: Dungeons & Dragons, Sifu, New World, Unreal Tournament, Warhammer 40,000, PAC-MAN, Crossfire, Armored Core, The Outer Worlds, Mega Man, Exodus, Spelunky, Concord, Honor of Kings and Playtime. The stories are original episodes created for their respective worlds rather than scene-for-scene adaptations of particular game campaigns. Playtime is the PlayStation-focused entry; TheWrap reported appearances by God of War’s Kratos and Ghost of Tsushima’s Jin Sakai, but those characters do not create extra episodes. Runtimes and displayed dates below follow the Prime Video territory listing used for the season guide and can differ by region.
What games and properties are in Secret Level season one?
Prime Video lists 15 episodes, each built around a different franchise or setting. The list includes two tabletop-origin universes, Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40,000, alongside primarily video-game properties. The table preserves the episode titles, listed runtimes and displayed dates from that catalog view; another country’s catalog may show different metadata.
| # | Episode | Property | Listed runtime | Displayed date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen’s Cradle | Dungeons & Dragons | 16 minutes | December 10, 2024 |
| 2 | Sifu: It Takes a Life | Sifu | 10 minutes | December 9, 2024 |
| 3 | New World: The Once and Future King | New World | 15 minutes | December 9, 2024 |
| 4 | Unreal Tournament: Xan | Unreal Tournament | 19 minutes | December 9, 2024 |
| 5 | Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear | Warhammer 40,000 | 19 minutes | December 9, 2024 |
| 6 | PAC-MAN: Circle | PAC-MAN | 11 minutes | December 9, 2024 |
| 7 | Crossfire: Good Conflict | Crossfire | 19 minutes | December 9, 2024 |
| 8 | Armored Core: Asset Management | Armored Core | 14 minutes | December 9, 2024 |
| 9 | The Outer Worlds: The Company We Keep | The Outer Worlds | 19 minutes | December 16, 2024 |
| 10 | Mega Man: Start | Mega Man | 8 minutes | December 16, 2024 |
| 11 | Exodus: Odyssey | Exodus | 15 minutes | December 16, 2024 |
| 12 | Spelunky: Tally | Spelunky | 8 minutes | December 16, 2024 |
| 13 | Concord: The Implacable | Concord | 18 minutes | December 16, 2024 |
| 14 | Honor of Kings: The Way of All Things | Honor of Kings | 18 minutes | December 16, 2024 |
| 15 | Playtime: Fulfillment | PlayStation properties | 12 minutes | December 16, 2024 |
What happens in each Secret Level short?
The following summaries use Prime Video’s episode descriptions. They identify the premise without treating any short as a retelling of a game’s main campaign.
Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen’s Cradle
Adventurers searching for a dragon cult rescue a boy haunted by a sinister force. The setup places a familiar fantasy party in a new, self-contained threat rather than naming a specific tabletop adventure.
Sifu: It Takes a Life
A young martial artist pursues revenge and discovers the cost of allowing obsession to control that mission. Its focus is personal consequence, not a direct recreation of Sifu’s playable levels.
New World: The Once and Future King
A conquering king washes ashore on a mysterious island without his army or a workable plan. The short uses the setting’s exploration premise to isolate its central character.
Unreal Tournament: Xan
Mining robots rebel against corporate overlords and are condemned to fight in a deadly arena. The conflict connects machine rebellion with the franchise’s combat-spectacle identity.
Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear
A genetically engineered warrior confronts his legacy while his squad hunts a mutant sorcerer. The episode draws on the setting’s militaristic science-fantasy world and its genetically enhanced soldiers.
PAC-MAN: Circle
A mysterious entity trapped in a maze and pursued by ghosts asks a warrior to help it escape. The premise reinterprets the recognizable maze-and-ghost ingredients as an adventure story.
Crossfire: Good Conflict
Two rival mercenary groups collide as a storm approaches. The short’s pressure comes from both the opposing contractors and the worsening environment.
Armored Core: Asset Management
A legendary mech pilot accepts a mission that may connect to demons haunting him for decades. It is an original Armored Core story and does not claim to adapt the plot of one numbered game.
The Outer Worlds: The Company We Keep
An orphan crosses the cosmos to take a job with a ruthless megacorporation, hoping to reunite with the girl he loves. The corporate setting frames a personal journey rather than a retelling of the RPG’s player campaign.
Mega Man: Start
One of Dr. Light’s creations dreams of fighting for lasting peace while corrupt creations terrorize Mega City. The conflict centers on the moral purpose of a robot hero.
Exodus: Odyssey
A mechanic races across the galaxy to find his missing daughter. The family search supplies the emotional through-line for this spacefaring episode.
Spelunky: Tally
Two explorers question their purpose in an underground world where almost everything repeatedly tries to kill them. The short turns the series’ constant danger into an existential question.
Concord: The Implacable
Captain Cassidy’s Freegunners attempt their biggest heist amid a deadly armada and a space storm. The job becomes a survival problem as the external hazards close in.
Honor of Kings: The Way of All Things
An orphaned prodigy challenges the all-knowing artificial intelligence governing his city. The episode’s central conflict is between individual agency and a system claiming perfect knowledge.
Playtime: Fulfillment
Courier O is trapped in an endless pursuit of points and becomes entangled in a package sought by powerful people. The entry functions as the PlayStation-properties showcase rather than a single-game adaptation.
Are these episodes adaptations of specific games?
No. Prime Video describes Secret Level as an anthology of original stories set within game worlds. A property name in the episode title identifies the universe and its creative ingredients; it does not establish that the short adapts a particular installment, mission or ending.
Armored Core: Asset Management demonstrates the distinction. GameSpot’s August 20, 2024 announcement coverage called Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon the latest game in that series at the time. That publication-era description does not make the animated short an adaptation of Fires of Rubicon, nor does it establish which installment is “latest” today.
What does the Playtime episode include?
Playtime is one episode in the 15-entry season list, not a sixteenth episode and not a conventional single-franchise game title. TheWrap reported that the short includes confirmed appearances by Kratos from God of War and Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima.
Those reported characters explain why Playtime is best described as the PlayStation-properties entry. They should not be counted as separate episode properties, and the available reporting does not establish that Kratos and Jin are the only PlayStation characters or worlds represented in the short.
Which entries are video games, and which come from tabletop settings?
The lineup is broader than a list of video games alone. Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40,000 are tabletop properties that also have video-game adaptations, so calling them “video-game-only” settings would be inaccurate.
- Tabletop-origin properties: Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40,000.
- Primarily video-game properties: Sifu, New World, Unreal Tournament, PAC-MAN, Crossfire, Armored Core, The Outer Worlds, Mega Man, Exodus, Spelunky, Concord and Honor of Kings.
- Multi-property presentation: Playtime, which groups PlayStation characters and worlds within one episode.
This classification matters if you are deciding what to play or buy after watching. A tabletop rulebook, a specific video-game installment and a streaming episode are different ways to enter the same broad fictional setting.
When were the episodes released?
The Prime Video listing used for this guide displays the first episode on December 10, 2024, episodes 2 through 8 on December 9, and episodes 9 through 15 on December 16. That ordering is catalog metadata for the accessed territory, not a universal statement that every country received identical dates.
The same qualification applies to runtimes. The catalog lists shorts from 8 minutes (Mega Man: Start and Spelunky: Tally) to 19 minutes (Unreal Tournament: Xan, Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear, Crossfire: Good Conflict and The Outer Worlds: The Company We Keep). Apple TV independently confirms the English titles, synopses and runtimes for the first six entries, while localized Prime Video catalogs can display different punctuation or translated labels.
Do you need to know the games before watching?
The official episode descriptions present a complete premise for every short, and none says that prior gameplay is required. Familiarity can help you recognize names, factions or visual references, but the anthology format gives each episode its own characters and immediate conflict.
If you want to explore a property afterward, start with the episode title rather than assuming a specific installment is the source. For example, an Armored Core viewer can investigate the series generally; the episode itself is not identified as an adaptation of Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon.
How should you use this list when choosing a game or setting?
Use the list as a map of fictional worlds, not as a quality ranking or a buying guide. The available sources establish the episode count, properties and premises, but they do not provide a defensible ranking of episode quality, sales performance or a requirement to own a game before viewing.
- Choose the property first. Decide whether you want fantasy, martial arts, science fiction, arena combat, horror-tinged exploration or a tabletop universe.
- Check the format. Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40,000 lead to tabletop products as well as digital games; Playtime spans multiple PlayStation worlds.
- Check the installment. An episode title names a franchise, so confirm which game, edition or rulebook you actually want before purchasing.
- Check your local catalog. Episode dates, title punctuation, ratings and runtimes can vary by territory and platform listing.
That approach prevents the most common mix-up: treating a short original story as if it were a condensed version of a particular game.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to play a game before watching its Secret Level episode?
No prerequisite is stated in the official listings. Each short is introduced with its own characters and conflict, so prior familiarity is optional; playing afterward is a way to explore the setting rather than a condition for understanding the episode.
Why do episode titles or punctuation look different in my catalog?
Prime Video’s metadata is localized, and the season listing used for this guide was displayed in a translated catalog. Apple TV’s English listing independently confirms the first six English titles, so comparing your regional Prime Video page with an English listing can explain small wording differences.
Are Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40,000 counted as video games here?
They are counted as two of the 15 properties, but both originated as tabletop settings and are not video-game-only worlds. Their inclusion is why the season is more accurately described as game-property anthology television than as a list made exclusively from video games.
Does seeing Kratos and Jin Sakai mean there are extra PlayStation episodes?
No. Their reported appearances are part of the single Playtime short. The season still has 15 episodes, and the available reporting does not define those two characters as the complete set of PlayStation properties in that episode.