You've binge-watched Squid Game. Discussed with your friends which games you'd likely survive if you were a contestant. Analysed the show's social commentary. Read all the theories and stories on the hit show.
Now there's a void that the bloody survival series has left you.
But worry not. There are many films and TV shows out there that are similar to Squid Game.
Here are eight you may want to check out.
In this 2014 film, a Japanese school boy and his classmates are forced to play a game and if they lose, they die. Some viewers have said that the Netflix series has many similarities to this movie but Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk said: "It is true that (the first game is) similar, but after that, there aren't any similarities."
In this 2019 film, six people must navigate several deadly escape rooms in a competition to win US$10,000. Quite a far cry from the prize money in Squid Game. The sequel, Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions, is scheduled to open at cinemas in Malaysia on Oct 21.
Betty Gilpin, Emma Roberts, and Hilary Swank star in this 2020 feature where a group of people wake up in a farm and start running for their lives, as a bunch of elitist use them as targets for a hunting sport. But the hunted decide to stop running and hunt for their assailants instead.
In this eight-episode Japanese series, a gamer and his friends are forced to compete in sadistic games to survive, or else they are killed by lasers shot from the sky.
If you think office politics are unbearable, watch this 2016 film where 80 staff are trapped in their office building and forced to play a game – kill one another. Here's your chance to off Karen from HR.
This game is even more violent than Squid Game. In this 2000 Japanese film, 42 students are sent to an island and their mission is to kill each other until the final one emerges victorious. They are all fitted with a collar around their neck and if they break any rules, the collar explodes. Tik, tik, boom!
In this Brazilian series, the government gives 20-year-olds a chance to escape poverty and live on a paradise island if they pass "The Process" – a series of tests that determined if they are worthy. There are currently four seasons.
In this 10-episode US series, high school graduates participate in the annual Panic competition to win US$50,000 which they can use to escape from their small town. The title of the show itself tells you the games are no child's play.
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