Squid Game Japan -

| Title | Medium | Year | Core premise | |-------|--------|------|--------------| | Battle Royale | Novel/Film | 1999 | Students forced to kill each other on an island. | | Liar Game | Manga/Drama | 2005 | Psychological tournaments to win巨额 money. | | Kaiji | Manga/Anime | 1996 | Gambling with life-or-death stakes. | | Alice in Borderland | Manga/Netflix series | 2010 | Players compete in deadly games in a deserted Tokyo. | Japanese audiences are already familiar with the tropes of debt, desperation, childlike games turned lethal, and masked overseers. Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk cited Battle Royale and Liar Game as inspirations. 3. Official Status: Is “Squid Game Japan” in production? As of 2026, there is no official Netflix series titled Squid Game Japan .