The decade-long wait for the Stranger Things finale has finally come to an end, and the two-hour-long finale episode spends half this time saying goodbye to its characters and the audience with a hear

Steve Harrington and Dustin Henderson make a death pact in the 'Stranger Things' 5 Volume 2 trailer, raising questions about their fates.

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For years now, there have been theories that Steve could die, and as Season 5 has aired on the 2025 TV schedule, they’ve persisted. Plus, in the latest batch of episodes, his emotional reconciliation with Dustin, and their proclamation of “you die, I die” have certainly upped the emotional stakes of a loss like this.

The Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) viewers meet in Stranger Things Season 5 doesn't feel like the same Dustin we've known since Season 1.

So far, there have been no major character deaths on Stranger Things 5. But now, Stranger Things 5, Volume 2’s trailer is here, and our anxiety is HIGH. And it’s HIGH because even though we’ve been worried for a while that Steve Harrington might meet ...

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However, Steve, along with every other main character in the show, has survived Volumes 1 and 2 of Season 5. That doesn't mean everyone is out of the woods, though—far from it—and the final Stranger Things trailer indicates that someone is indeed dying.

Finally, after what feels like a hundred years, “Stranger Things” has ended.

While we won’t get into the full spoilers for the episode, so as not to spoil the specifics of the finale, we can confirm that Steve does not die in the Stranger Things series finale. Steve is among the characters who survive the events of the final episode of the show and is very much alive and well as the series comes to an end.

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