MYTHIC QUEST Season 4: Get Premiere Date and First-Look Photos

Melody McCune

Poppy and Ian look focused as they pitch an idea. Poppy holds a folder while Ian gestures and leans forward in Mythic Quest Season 4 Episode 1, "Boundaries."

Highlights

  • Apple has unveiled the premiere date for Season 4 of its critically acclaimed workplace comedy, Mythic Quest
  • Additionally, the streamer has shared the release date for Side Quest. It’s a four-episode anthology series that expands the Mythic Quest universe. 
  • All four episodes of Side Quest will debut at once on Apple TV+. 

Bring on Season 4

FIREBALL! If you’ve been missing the antics of Ian Grimm and Poppy Li at everyone’s favorite game design company, you’re in luck. Apple has revealed the Season 4 premiere date for its acclaimed workplace comedy Mythic Quest. Hailing from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Megan Ganz, the new season will consist of 10 episodes. 

Here’s a synopsis per Apple: 

“Season 4 of Mythic Quest brings stars McElhenney, Charlotte Nicdao, David Hornsby, Danny Pudi, Ashly Burch, Imani Hakim, Jessie Ennis and Naomi Ekperigin back together under the same fluorescent office lights. The reunited team at Mythic Quest confronts new challenges amongst a changing video game landscape as stars rise, egos clash, relationships bloom and everyone tries to have a little more work-life balance.”

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We’re Going on a Side Quest 

That’s not all. Apple also unveiled a new anthology series that will expand the MQ universe. Meet Side Quest, a four-episode show poised to drop on the same day as the Season 4 finale. It was known as Mere Mortals when Apple greenlit the companion series in December 2022

Here’s more per Apple: 

“An expansion of the Mythic Quest universe, Side Quest explores the lives of employees, players and fans impacted by the game in an anthology format. The series stars McElhenney, Anna Konkle, Derek Waters, William Stanford Davis, Bria Henderson, Rome Flynn, Leonard Robinson, Gary Kraus, Annamarie Kasper, Esai Morales, Shalita Grant and many more in the leading roles across each installment.”

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Burch, Katie McElhenney and John Howell Harris have developed the series and serve as executive producers. Ganz, McElhenney, Hornsby, Day, Todd Biermann, Nick Frenkel, Michael Rotenberg, Margaret Boykin and Genevieve Jones are also executive producers. 

Premiere Dates and First-Look Photos 

Mythic Quest Season 4 premieres with two episodes on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, with new episodes debuting weekly until the finale on March 26. Side Quest will make its global debut with all four episodes on March 26. 

Are you excited about Season 4? What do you hope to see in Side Quest? Sound off in the comments below, and check out the first-look photos before you go. 

Rachel wears a brown fur coat while standing in the doorway of a video game company. There's a suit of armor on display behind her. She looks focused.
MYTHIC QUEST Season 4 — Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
David smiles while pointing forward. He stands in an office with a bright, massive screen behind him in Mythic Quest Season 4.
MYTHIC QUEST Season 4 — Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
Dana smiles as Brad and Jo stand behind her inside the Mythic Quest building.
MYTHIC QUEST Season 4 — Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
Poppy and Ian look focused as they pitch an idea. Poppy holds a folder while Ian gestures and leans forward in Mythic Quest Season 4.
Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
Carol sits at her desk while gesturing and looking serious. She works in the HR department of a video game company.
MYTHIC QUEST Season 4 — Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
A middle-aged white man and a white woman with blonde hair wear tropical shirts while sitting on the outdoor patio of a restaurant on a sunny day. They're laughing.
SIDE QUEST — Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
A young Black woman smiles while holding a comic book. She stands in a comic book store and looks at something out of frame.
SIDE QUEST — Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
Three young Black men and one young Black woman stand at the register in a comic book store. They look at the cashier, who holds a copy of a Mythic Quest comic book.
SIDE QUEST — Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
A young white woman with brown hair smiles while sitting among an orchestra. She has sheet music in front of her and her instrument beside her.
SIDE QUEST — Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
A middle-aged Puerto Rican man wears a black suit with a white tie. He stands on a podium with an orchestra behind him and the text "Mythic Quest" on a massive screen above said orchestra.
SIDE QUEST — Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
A screenshot from a video game with "Level Cleared" in bold red text. Five smaller screens are at the bottom with five players wearing headsets and smiling.
SIDE QUEST — Photo courtesy of Apple TV+

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