At a South Korean news conference for the show last month, director Hwang Dong-hyuk said he settled on “Squid Game” as the drama’s title based on his recollections and rendition of the sport.

Is the Squid Game based on a true story?

It seemed a matter of time before Netflix sensation Squid Game became an organized real-life event. A version of it, that is, without the murder and bloodshed. Unsurprisingly, this isn’t the first time Squid Game has been played in real life. Squid Game is so popular it seeped into a Belgium school.

What was the point of Squid Game?

Squid Game, which started streaming on Sept. 17, focuses on a desperately indebted group of people in South Korea. They’re first tricked into a deadly tournament of children’s games, but then many of them volunteer to come back, realizing the games may be their only chance to win the money they need to survive.

Squid Game plays out in real life as small entrepreneurs in South Korea struggle to escape debt.