Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge introduces some new games alongside the Squid Game classics.
This article contains spoilers forSquid Game: The Challengethrough episode 10.
But perhaps the most underrated reason is the most obvious: its games.
Never before has thesurvival horror genredepicted lovingly-crafted high stakes versions of childrens games quite likeSquid Game.
It could, however, include those games.
Squid Game: The Challengeis full of contests that should be familiar to dedicatedSquid Gamefans.
It also tosses in a few new curveballs to keep the players on their toes.
This challenge also sees the elimination of our favorite contestant: 385 who muses why did I squat?
upon freezing and immediately tumbles over, accepting her fate.
With that in mind, weve decided to refer to all of these events as Side Games.
They choose to eliminate player 200 (Mothi.)
Here, everyone knows to lick from the get-go.
Perhaps caving and condemning his team to umbrellas is a fate worse than death anyway.
Imagine their surprise when 198 (Husnain) answers the phone and is rewarded with a cheeseburger.
Unfortunately, 198 falls for the bait when he answers the phone a second time.
He is unable to do so and is sent away.
Main Game 3 Warships
Here is where the players existing knowledge ofSquid Gamereally works against them.
Everyone who watched the show knows that the Tug of War rope pull is next.
So they all seek out the strongest among them to form teams.
Instead, however,The Challengehits them with the more cerebral Warships competition.
The twist here, of course, is that the players are also the battleships.
If they lose, their own captain and admiral are eliminated.
A little bit more complicated than the usual Squid Game trial but still compelling nonetheless.
The first so-called Elimination Test is simple.
All of the remaining players gather to cast out three of their own via a simple popularity vote.
232 is good at it.
When a Squid Game goon arrives it seems as though 243 is about to be eliminated.
Instead, 232 is just given some chocolate.
Five players must volunteer to open Jack-in-the-Boxes that have the power to eliminate or gift advantages.
141 chooses to eliminate 183.
375 is eliminated by his Jack-in-the-Box.
130 is gifted an advantage but is subsequently eliminated by 229 along with 232 and 243.
One major player elimination from this game is 302, who is sadly dispatched by her own son 301.
Additionally 065 and 399 cant come to an agreement about what marble game to play and are both eliminated.
The rules are simple.
The 11 unpicked players are eliminated.
The pact is successful and the final 20 is made up of 11 men and nine women.
182 (TJ) gets number one.
Player 278 causes some controversy by not following the agreed-upon rules but eventually gives in after 301 is eliminated.
UltimatelySquid Game: The Challengesheds eight players in this game, leaving 12 left.
A rolled six will eliminate whoever they nominated.
The remaining nine players gather at a circle of desks, blindfolded.
If that player guesses who placed the gift on their desk, the gift-giver is eliminated.
If not, the gift-receiver is eliminated.
This game is breathtakingly simple.
The final three players are presented with three buttons: a triangle, a circle, and a square.
Mai has the right idea in choosing to press her button first.
So she takes her own 33% chance of making it on her own.
Shes unsuccessful but not eliminated.
The next button press, Sam, receives the red light and is promptly cut.
If the safe opens,The Challengeis over and theyve won.
If it doesnt, they play another round of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
And that makes 287 the first winner ofSquid Game: The Challenge.
Squid Game: The Challengeepisodes one through five are available to stream on Netflix now.
Episodes six through nine premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 29.
The 10th and final episode premieres Wednesday, Dec. 6.
