The original show is a South Korean sleeper hit, while Squid Game: The Challenge is based in the UK, and involves the creator of the Squid Game drama, Hwang Dong-hyuk.
Whoever the winner of the show is, they'll have an unbelievable journey to one of the biggest cash prizes in television history.Īs people tune in to the weekly series, they're probably wondering how similar the show is to Squid Game. Still, like any other competition show, Squid Game: The Challenge is as much about the devastating failures as it is the triumphant wins. It's jarring to say the least, considering the South Korean drama's not-so-subtle commentary on the rich and powerful watching players' fatal errors for entertainment. The show features many of the same games played in the drama, while also adding in a few twists here and there (and of course, not causing any actual bodily harm to people). Taking the same premise as the show (which is fiction), Squid Game: The Challenge features 456 real people as contestants on the show, along with a $4.56 million prize pot. In the meantime, while audiences wait for more deadly drama, the streaming platform has a meta version of the show for everyone to binge: Squid Game: The Challenge. Fans of Netflix's major television hit, Squid Game, are still awaiting its second season.
