squid game 2024 A story of individuals who struggle in life for various causes, such as overwhelming debt, damaged relationships, or shattered dreams, but suddenly get a mysterious invitation to take part in a survival game with a staggering prize of more than 38 million US dollars. Desperate and with nothing to lose, they decide to join, oblivious of the brutal challenges that await them. The game takes place on an isolated island, where the participants are confined, cut off from the outside world, until a sole final winner comes out. The story incorporates popular Korean children's games from the 1970s and 1980s, such as the iconic squid game, the direct translation of its Korean name. This game is a type of tag where attackers and defenders play on a squid-shaped board drawn in the dirt, turning innocent childhood memories into life-or-death battles. As the competition advances, alliances are formed and broken, revealing the darker sides of human nature and the lengths to which people will go to survive.