We’re going to go out on a limb and say that nobody, not one person, who watched The Hunger Games or Battle Royale sat back and thought to themselves: ‘Hey, that looked fun. I wish I, too, could partake in a terrifying fight-to-the-death scenario like that.’

It seems the same cannot be said, however, for viewers of Squid Game. On the surface, the smash-hit Korean drama was all cutesy fun, as 456 people came together to play traditional children’s games to win a huge cash prize. As is always the way with any huge cash prize, though, there’s a catch: to lose the game meant… well, it meant death, and usually a horribly violent death at that.

Despite all the candy-coloured gore, the series was hailed for its powerful commentary on socioeconomic divides, the exploitation of the poor by the rich and the desperation of the financially destitute in a never-ending cost of living crisis.

So, sure, it makes total sense that a new reality series will allow contestants to compete in the games from the OG show (minus the bloodbath) for a prize of $4.56 million (£3.7m).

Watch the trailer for Squid Game: The Challenge below:

Does Squid Game: The Challenge miss the point of the original K-drama?