Squid Game: The Challenge looks just like the fictional Netflix K-drama, will have 456 people competing to win US$4.56 million

Much like the Netflix K-drama that inspired it, Squid Game: The Challenge will feature hundreds of people competing against each other for millions of dollars

While there will be no death, the similarities between the spin-off and the original are uncanny, from the clothes they wear to the place they have to sleep

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Much like the Netflix K-drama that inspired it, “Squid Game: The Challenge” will see people competing against each other and put through their paces in similar games – without the death element for contestants who fail at a task. Photo: Netflix

Published: 4:15am, 26 Sep 2023Updated: 4:19am, 26 Sep 2023

Squid Game, the 2021 Netflix K-drama sensation, asked viewers a cynical question: how far would you go, or how much would you endure, for a huge sum of money?

Now viewers can see people asking themselves the same thing in the coming reality competition show Squid Game: The Challenge, which dropped its first teaser trailer last week.

The reality show, which starts streaming on November 22, will feature 456 people competing against each other for US$4.56 million.

Players are expected to go through a series of challenges – some inspired by the show, some entirely new – Netflix says.

A still from “Squid Game: The Challenge”. Photo: Netflix

Netflix claims the multimillion-dollar sum is the “biggest cash prize in reality show history”. For comparison, a winner on US reality show Survivor earns a US$1 million cash prize. The same goes for America’s Got Talent and The Amazing Race, where the pot can be split among team members.