It's Night (2023)

Both series have the characters get transported into a game of survival and both stories explore the themes of survival, deception, betrayal, and psychological warfare, as the characters face various challenges and dangers in the games.

They both are based off of starting with having some people killed and trying to find the killer before all of them dies

Both are korean thrillers
High school students
Both play dangerous games (even though they're very different)
smart FL

Both go to rather excruciating extents in ‘executing’ participants for a ‘game’. Though epic concepts it’s guilty to find that we find these kind of violent gore kdramas as attractive.

Same "Mafia Game" type drama. Students locked up to play the game. Mystery vibes.

High school students fighting for their lives
minds of 17 year olds used in both the dramas
slight sprinkle of romance
plot is intriguing anyhow
in both .......

give it a watch
and see for yourself ;)

High school students trying to survive death games. It's a school mystery and has a lot of gore. Very disturbing yet exciting and interesting to watch.

High school students trying to survive death games while being trapped inside their school. It's a thriller and mystery with many gory scenes so it's very disturbing to watch, but the plot is so exciting and interesting.

“Students got hypnotized by an unknown culture and needed to avoid 100 signals (like drinking, eating, leaving the school) or else they would kill themselves without their control of their bodies.”

Same type of game that is played in both adaptations.
Key points >
- gore
- blood
- murder
- mystery

A similar drama about Survival game that bet for their life, the participants are students from some famous school.

Same type of game that is played in both adaptations.
Key points >
- gore
- blood
- murder
- mystery

Same type of game that is played in both adaptations.
Key points >
- gore
- blood
- murder
- mystery

In a mysterious setting, the death games involve players with hidden roles and objectives, requiring strategic interactions and deceit to achieve survival / victory, while mistrust and suspense build among participants in thrilling violent fun =)

The kdrama and the Japanese movie series are so similar and give the same vibes.

both are about students locked in an isolated area they can't leave with one or more of them being "mafia" or "werewolf" that need to kill a person at night. "Citizens" or "villagers" have to vote out the mafia to win. They also both have a roles similar to police and doctor.