So, like most of the world, you've probably binged Squid Game, and are wondering, "What's next?"
Luckily, if you're looking for prescient social commentary as well as dystopic survival thrillers, streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime have many shows that will scratch your Squid Game-sized itch.
Read on for eight of our top picks...
1. 3% — Netflix
If you're interested in class warfare with an element of survival, then look no further than 3%, which is available to stream on Netflix now.
Set in a dystopian future, the majority of the population lives in the poverty-stricken Inland — while a privileged group is chosen to live in what is basically paradise, known as the Offshore. Each year, every 20-year-old in the area is given an opportunity to ascend to the island by undergoing a series of tests. As you can probably tell from the title, only 3% succeed.
"In a future where the elite inhabits an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor," reads the show's description on Netflix.
2. Kingdom — Netflix
This South Korean political period thriller revolves around a dead king who has risen from the dead, while at the same time a deadly plague grips the nation. A young prince must face the country's enemies to save his people.
If you're a fan of horror and zombies, then this is the show for you.
3. Re: Mind — Netflix
This Japanese series landed on Netflix a few months ago, and its premise revolves around 11 high schoolers who mysteriously wake up, while restrained to a huge dining room table. Amidst all the confusion, they are gripped by paranoia as they start to disappear one at a time...
As the Netflix description reads, "While fearing for their lives, they question a motive to this bizarre act."
4. Panic — Amazon Prime
If you're looking for something very similar to Squid Game, then Panic on Amazon Prime is a good bet.
The description of the 10-part series reads: "In the forgotten town of Carp, Texas, Panic is the only way out. Every summer the graduating seniors risk their lives competing in a series of challenges for the chance to win life-changing money. After the death of two players the stakes – and danger—have never been higher. This summer twenty-three players will enter the game. All of them will be changed. Only one will win. Let the games begin."
5. Black Mirror — Netflix
Sure, many of us watched Charlie Brooker's dystopian anthology series back when it was on the BBC. But now it's all in one perfectly bingeable place: Netflix.
Starring the likes of Jesse Plemons, Cristin Milioti, and Jimmi Simpson, the sci-fi anthology series explores a near-future where technology and the worst of humankind collide.
6. The Wilds — Amazon Prime
The Wilds is a women-led ensemble and is all about survival. It's centered around a group of teenage girls from very different backgrounds, who must fight to survive after a plane crash leaves them stranded on a deserted island.
Of course, some of the girls form fast bonds while tensions rise between others, as they learn more about each other and their respective secrets and emotional baggage.
7. Sweet Home — Netflix
This Korean drama was released last year, and all the positive reviews indicate that it's worth watching.
Sweet Home tells the story of a shy young man, named Cha Hyun-soo, and his recent move to a new flat after the tragic death of his family. As can be expected, things go wrong quickly as Hyun-soo and his neighbors start to nice strange goings-on... Expect monsters and other supernatural entities.
8. Alice in Borderland — Netflix
It's no surprise that Alice in Borderland is now one of Netflix's most-streamed shows following Squid Game, as it's pretty similar.
The official Netflix synopsis reads: "Arisu—a listless, jobless and video-game-obsessed young man—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. In this strange world, Arisu meets Usagi, a young woman who’s navigating the games alone. Together, they set out to unravel one mystery after another as they risk their lives and confront what it means to live."
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