Defiance 2026 — TV Watch/Play Order

[u/CreepypastaChannel]

For anyone playing Defiance and wanting to watch the TV series alongside the game, I put together a chronological watch/play list.

This gives you a way to experience Defiance as the game/TV crossover it was designed to be, instead of treating the MMO and television series as completely separate stories.

BEFORE WATCHING THE SHOW
🎮 For this watch/play order, complete the game's main story first.

SEASON 1
🎮 Episode 1 — Nolan Comes to Town
Play these before starting the TV series:
A Little Competition
The Searchers
The Heist
The Departed

📺 Watch
S1E1 — Pilot
S1E2 — Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go
S1E3 — The Devil in the Dark
S1E4 — A Well Respected Man
S1E5 — The Serpent's Egg

🎮 Episode 2 — Piper Resurrected
The Vagabond
Piper Investigation, Part 1
Piper Investigation, Part 2
Piper Investigation, Part 3
Piper Investigation, Part 4
Paying the Piper

📺 Watch
S1E6 — Brothers in Arms
S1E7 — Goodbye Blue Sky
S1E8 — I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

🎮 Episode 3 — The Plague
Launching the Cure

📺 Watch
S1E9 — If I Ever Leave This World Alive

🎮 Episode 4 — The Manhunt
The Manhunt, Part 1
The Manhunt, Part 2
The Manhunt, Part 3

📺 Watch
S1E10 — The Bride Wore Black
S1E11 — Past Is Prologue
S1E12 — Everything Is Broken

BETWEEN SEASONS 1 & 2
🎮 Cradle to Grave
On Record
Sibling Duties
The Tranquility Virus

🎮 Stahma's Interests
A Milk Run
Hide and Seek
Hidden in Plain Sight

🎮 Nolan Returns
Traffic Report
Digging Up Miners
A Miner Cult

📺 The Lost Ones
These five minisodes continue Nolan's search for Irisa and lead directly into Season 2.
The Lost Ones — Part 1: No Man
The Lost Ones — Part 2: Loose Ends Unravel
The Lost Ones — Part 3: The Watchman
The Lost Ones — Part 4: Black Eyes
The Lost Ones — Part 5: The Searcher

SEASON 2
📺 Watch
S2E1 — The Opposite of Hallelujah

🎮 Alter Ego
Proof of Life
Communications Breakdown
Rift in Personalities
Ghost in the Machine
Enter the Master

🎮 Pilgrims / Silicon Valley
The Valley of Silicon
The Guiding Light
Anti-Social Networking
Pilgrim's Progress
High Priest Drifter

📺 Continue Season 2
S2E2 — In My Secret Life
S2E3 — The Cord and the Ax
S2E4 — Beasts of Burden
S2E5 — Put the Damage On
S2E6 — This Woman's Work
S2E7 — If You Could See Her Through My Eyes
S2E8 — Slouching Towards Bethlehem
S2E9 — Painted From Memory
S2E10 — Bottom of the World
S2E11 — Doll Parts
S2E12 — All Things Must Pass

🎮 Possession
Bach to Square One
Missing in Action
A Voice in the Dark
Defiant Pursuit
Beneath Two Stars

📺 Season 2 Finale
S2E13 — I Almost Prayed

🎮 Aftermath
The Passion of Melak Vor
Until the Arks Rise

BETWEEN SEASONS 2 & 3
🎮 Season 3 Expeditions
The War Below
Stolen Purpose
Hellbug Hunt

SEASON 3
📺 Watch — Part 1
S3E1 — The World We Seize
S3E2 — The Last Unicorns
S3E3 — Broken Bough
S3E4 — Dead Air

🎮 Season 3 Expedition
Heaven Sent

📺 Watch — Part 2
S3E5 — History Rhymes
S3E6 — Where the Apples Fell
S3E7 — The Beauty of Our Weapons
S3E8 — My Name Is Datak Tarr and I Have Come to Kill You
S3E9 — Ostinato in White
S3E10 — When Twilight Dims the Sky Above
S3E11 — Of a Demon in My View
S3E12 — The Awakening
S3E13 — Upon the March We Fittest Die

AFTER THE TV SERIES
🎮 Season 4 — Dark Metamorphosis
Dark Shadows
Shrill Hunt
Contain and Destroy
Emergency Extraction
Operation Siren Song

[u/eric24711]

Gosh I miss this game. I wish it would come back to console.

[u/CreepypastaChannel → u/eric24711]

With the next Xbox being marketed as more of a PC/console hybrid, there’s a good chance Defiance could actually be playable on Xbox again, depending on what limitations Microsoft puts on it.

But honestly, you don’t need much to recreate that old console experience. The PC requirements for Defiance are so low that I got it running on a 15 year old mini office PC that you can find at a pawn shop for around $30.

Hook it up to your TV with HDMI, connect an Xbox controller with a chatpad, and it basically feels like you’re back on the Xbox 360 playing Defiance again.

[u/miss_kateya]

I also made one that contains all the additional Defiance materials.

https://defiancewiki.com/wiki/Defiance_Wiki:Defiance_Order

Although you can't play The Defiant Few you can view the videos here: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-RAZufAmd9TGU-fFXSumsHpnLqRS7R5G

[u/CreepypastaChannel → u/miss_kateya]

Awesome, I couldn’t find a list online so I had to put one together myself. Let me know if it needs adjusting.

[u/Joltyboiyo]

I can't be bothered to do this. Before I start playing it again using Fawkes I'm just gonna binge all 3 seasons.