The world of K-drama has been expanding with each passing year. Over the years, it has given the audience a variety of genres, including romance, comedy, thriller, horror, survival, and more. The Korean drama industry has produced some of the best high school survival series in the last few years.
One of the most recently premiered high school survival K-dramas is Pyramid Game on TVING. The series has gained popularity due to its thrilling plotline revolving around a group of high school students. Other notable Korean high school survival series besides Pyramid Game include All of Us Are Dead, Night Has Come, and more.
Let’s look at some of these survival high school Korean dramas below.
Pyramid Game
Pyramid Game is an ongoing thriller K-drama revolving around a high school survival story. Since its debut on TVING on February 29, 2024, it has become popular among viewers. It has been adapted from Dalgonyak’s well-known webtoon of the same name. Lee Jae-Gyu is the creator of the brand-new series, while Park So-Yeon is the director.
Pyramid Game follows the story of a group of high school students at Baekyeon Girls’ High School and their ruthless ranking system based on a voting game. The story unfolds when a new transfer student, Sung Soo-Ji, joins the school and tries to tear the ranking system down. The K-drama WJSN’s Kim Ji-Yeon, aka Bona, Jang Da-Ah, Shin Seul-Ki, Ryu Da-In and Kang Na-Eon, among others.
Viewers can watch the series on TVING every Thursday.
Night Has Come
Another highly thrilling high school survival K-drama is Night Has Come. The series first aired on December 4, 2023, on U+Mobiletv. Kang Min-Ji has served as the writer of the series, while Lim Dae-Woong has directed it.
Night Has Come centers around an arresting story of high school classmates going on a field trip. They soon get trapped inside a deadly real-life mafia game. In the game, whoever is voted the mafia by the majority of the students dies in the most gruesome way possible. The K-drama series stars Lee Jae-In, Choi Ye-Bin, Kim Woo-Seok, Cha Woo-Min, and Jung So-Ri, among others.
Night Has Come is currently available for streaming on Viki.
All of Us Are Dead
All of Us Are Dead is one of the most popular zombie-apocalyptic K-dramas, centering around the survival story of a group of high school students. The series made its debut on Netflix on January 28, 2022. Chun Sung-Il is the writer of the thriller series, while Kim Nam-Su and Lee Jae-Kyoo have directed it.
All of Us Are Dead chronicles the chilling story of a group of students at Hyosan High School who are fighting for their survival amidst a virus outbreak, which is turning humans into flesh-eating zombies. The K-drama stars Park Ji-Hu, Cho Yi-Hyun, Yoon Chan-Young, Lomon, Ham Sung-Min, and Lee Yoo-Mi.
The K-drama All of Us Are Dead has been renewed for season 2, which is expected to debut on Netflix in 2024. The audience can watch season 1 of the survival series on Netflix now.
Weak Hero Class 1
Weak Hero Class 1 is an action-thriller survival K-drama series revolving around high school students. Kim Jin-Seok and Yoo Soo-Min have written it, while Park Dan-Hee and Yoo Soo-Min have acted as series directors. It is an adaptation of the popular webtoon Weak Hero by Kim Jin-Seok and Seopass. It first arrived on Wavve on November 18, 2022. A second season of the series is all set to arrive on Netflix.
Weak Hero Class 1 depicts the story of three students, Yeon Si-Eun, Ahn Su-Ho, and Oh Beom-Seok, who team up to fight against school violence and bullying, led by another student, Jeon Yeong-Bin. The series stars Park Ji-Hoon, Hong Kyung, Choi Hyun-Wook, Shin Seung-Ho, and Lee Yeon, among others.
Viewers can watch the K-drama Weak Hero Class 1 on Viki.
Some other well-known high school survival K-dramas include Revenge of Others, Class of Lies, Solomon’s Perjury, and others.
