7 Shows Like Squid Game to Watch While You Wait for Season 3
The highly-anticipated second season of the Netflix Korean drama series, Squid Game, premiered on December 26, 2024 and has already been renewed for a third and final season set for 2025.
In season 2, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) returns, locked in a tense battle with the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun). As new games unfold, the stakes grow deadlier, and Gi-hun’s mission to end the games once and for all takes center stage. Will he succeed, or will the system claim even more victims?
As you wait for season 3, here are 7 shows like Squid Game you can stream.
3% (2016-2020)
Cast: Bianca Comparato, Vaneza Oliveira, Rodolfo Valente, Zezé Motta, Cynthia Aparecida, Rafael Lozano,
Laila Garin, Bruno Fagundes, Fernanda Vasconcellos, Thais Lago
Synopsis: “A world divided into progress and devastation. The link between the two sides – Offshore and Inland – is a rigorous and painstaking system called The Process. Everyone in Inland has a chance to go through The Process to live a better life in Offshore. But only 3% make it through.”
Where to watch: Netflix
The 8 show (2024 – )
Cast: Bae Sung-woo, Chun Woo-hee, Park Jeong-min, Ryu Jun-yeol, Lee Joo-young, Park Hae-joon, Moon Jeong-Hee, Lee Yeol-eum, Rich Ting, Ell, Nicole Fong, Yuuki Luna
Synopsis: “Eight individuals trapped in a mysterious 8-story building participate in a tempting but dangerous show where they earn money as time passes.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Alice in Borderland (2020 – )
Cast: Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya, Nijiro Murakami, Eleanor Noble, Daniel Rindress-Kay, Aya Asahina
Synopsis: “Obsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Bargain (2022-2023)
Cast: Jin Seon-kyu, Jeon Jong-seo, Chang Ryul, Shin Jae-hwi, Park Hyung-soo, Oh Min-ae
Synopsis: “In Bargain, men are lured to a remote hotel under the guise of sexual encounters only to be caught in a trafficking ring where their organs are auctioned off to the highest bidder. After a catastrophic earthquake, the victims, traffickers and buyers all are trapped inside the crumbling building. Cut off from the outside world, they must fight to survive the aftermath at any cost.”
Where to watch: Paramount+
Dr. Brain (2021 – )
Cast: Lee Sun-Kyun, Lee Yoo-young, Park Hee-soon, Seo Ji-hye
Synopsis: “After brain scientist Sewon’s family falls victim to a mysterious accident, he goes to great lengths to solve the mystery by conducting `brain syncs’ with the dead to access their memories for clues.”
Where to watch: Apple TV+
Extracurricular (2020)
Cast: Kim Dong-hee, Jung Da-bin, Park Ju-hyun, Nam Yoon-Su, Park Hyuk-kwon, Kim Yeo-jin, Nicole Fong
Synopsis: “A model high school student who’s steeped in a world of serious crime finds his double life upended when a classmate takes an interest in his secret.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Re:Mind (2017-2018)
Cast: Mirei Sasaki, Sarina Ushio, Ayaka Takamoto, Mei Higashimura, Kyoko Saito, Kumi Sasaki, Yuuka Kageyama, Shiho Kato, Mao Iguchi, Mana Tasake
Synopsis: “Eleven high school classmates awaken, restrained to a large dining room. While fearing for their lives, they question a motive to this bizarre act.”
Where to watch: Netflix
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