456 people who struggle financially in life are invited to play a series of traditional children’s games in Squid Game. (Photo: Netflix)

Squid Game, a Korean thriller drama that's coming to Netflix on Friday (17 September), is about a group of 456 people who struggle financially in life and have been invited to play a series of traditional children’s games — think games similar to hopscotch and tag. Little do they know that they are putting their lives at stake for the prize money of 45.6 billion won (S$52.2 million)