7 game-based survival thrillers ahead of Squid Game 2

Arpita Sarkar

Squid Game 2 release date

The second season of Squid Game premieres on December 26 on Netflix. Ahead of it, let's take a look at other game-based survival thrillers on OTT! 

Escape Room (Prime Video)

This psychological horror thriller follows six strangers who are invited to participate in a mysterious escape room competition.

No Escape (JioCinema, ZEE5)

Cole, an internet sensation, travels to Moscow to participate in escape room activities with his friends. However, they don't realize that they have signed up for a game of life and death.

Battle Royale (Prime Video)

A group of ninth graders must battle it out on a deserted island with meager facilities. Some students decide to fight it back while others look for a way to escape the island.

Game Night (Prime Video)

When Max and Annie play an innocent murder mystery game with Max's brother Brooks and some friends, things start to take a surprising turn as everything is not what it seems.

Luck (YouTube)

A mafia leader allows many people to turn their fortunes around and earn huge sums of money. They have to play deadly games while people bet on them.

Alice In Borderland (Netflix)

Obsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, empty-out version of Tokyo where he and his friends must compete in dangerous games to survive.

3% (Netflix)

The series is set in a future where 20-year-olds from poor "Inland" compete in the "process" to advance in wealthy "Offshore" society. Only 3% candidates are successful.