Mu isi y’akarengane n’ubukene bukabije, abantu 456 bahurizwa ahantu hihishe kugira ngo bakine imikino y’abana—ariko noneho ifite ingaruka z’urupfu. Uwinjira mu mukino aba ashaka gutsindira amafaranga menshi, ariko buri mukino usaba guhitamo hagati yo kubaho cyangwa gupfa. Squid Game ni inkuru y’ubuzima, ubupfura, n’ubugome, aho umuntu asabwa kwiyambura byose kugira ngo abone amahirwe yo kubaho.