Main character of both dramas have the no-nonsense personality and their motivation stems from the past where system failed them.

Once a month, students at Baekyeon Girls' High School cast their votes in a popularity poll. The result? A brutal ranking system that determines the entire social hierarchy of the school.

Night Has Come is a 2023 South Korean drama series about a group of high school students who are forced to play a deadly game of Mafia at a retreat center

Thieves overtake the mint of a unified Korea. With hostages trapped inside, the police must stop them — as well as the shadowy mastermind behind it all.

In both shows the contestants have to participate in a mysterious game/show to survive and win money.
They both showcase the true face of capitalism and show how far human is willing to go for money.

it's literally the first half part of the squid game season 3 so of course it will be similar to squid game season 3

Thieves overtake the mint of a unified Korea. With hostages trapped inside, the police must stop them — as well as the shadowy mastermind behind it all.

About six people who find themselves trapped in a maze-like cube and have to figure a way out, while evading fatal traps. Six people are locked in a mysterious cube shaped room. These 6 people are: 29-year-old engineer Yuichi Goto, 37-year-old association employee Asako Kai, 31-year-old Freeter Shinji Ochi, 13-year-old middle school student Chiharu Uno, 39-year-old mechanic Hiroshi Ide and 61-year-old company executive Kazumasa Ando. These 6 people are complete strangers to each other. They don't know why they are locked in the room, but they try to escape out of the mysterious cube. If they can't decipher the code, they won't get out of the cube.

It's literally a prequel so of course it will be very much similar to the season 3 of the squid game

Another survival show that include deadly games that'd generally be innocent without the guns or other weapons.

It is another survival game but this one has no set up and is more like "Hunger Games" than an unknown higher power running the show.

After a failed business venture, the debt-ridden chauffeur Seong Gi Hun lives his life gambling away the money he mooches off his elderly mother while failing to provide for her and his estranged daughter. When his life finally hits rock bottom, he receives an irresistible offer promising him a ?45.6 billion prize in exchange for winning traditional Korean children's games against 455 other players, among them his childhood friend Cho Sang Woo. Commencing the games, the participants soon learn of the deadly consequences that come with losing.