Take it from someone who loves death games (but doesnt want to be in one).
If you watchedSquid Gameon Netflix (if you haven’t, what were you doing?)
and can’t get enough (welcome to my world), you’ve come to the right place.
Alice in Borderland
The show that’s by far the most often compared toSquid GameisAlice in Borderland.
Naturally, alliances are formed, friendships are tested, and betrayals are inevitable.
The biggest con artist gets to winwhat else?a handsome cash award.
Hunger Games
Was Suzanne Collins' series based onBattle Royale?
Every year, each 20-year-old is given a series of tests.
Only 3 percent of the candidates pass (that’s less than the Harvard acceptance rate!).
Unfortunately, these contestants soon find that death awaits at zero if they fail to solve the puzzle.
Cube
A cult classic for good reason, The Cube is the OG escape room.
The Kafka-esque situation is a perfect example of the slow spiral into chaos the human mind can take.
Lucky for Nobuaki Kanazawa, he hasn’t made any friends, so there’s zero emotional attachment.
But when his (good?)
The Running Man
Want a very vintage take on the death game concept?
Opt for this 1987 classic, featuring an in-his-prime Arnold Schwarzenegger as the guy fighting to live.
(It’s based on an early Stephen King novel, published under his pseudonym, Richard Bachmann.)
Fair warning: If blood and gore isn’t your thing, this one probably isn’t for you.