After 4 years, I'm pleased to report I've inadvertently discovered Squid Game mods for GTA 5 are actually really good now

After 4 years, I’m pleased to report I’ve inadvertently discovered Squid Game mods for GTA 5 are actually really good now | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Action Finally, you can play Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes inside Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain thanks to this mod Resident Evil Classic Resident Evil mutates into a comedy fever-dream through the power of BioRand Grand Theft Auto ‘Critical: Organ failure imminent!’: GTA 5’s newest survival mod turns an irradiated world against you with shadows of Fallout, Stalker and 28 Days Later Third Person Shooter Helldivers 2’s siege of Cyberstan is the greatest galactic campaign the game has seen so far The Sims The Sims 4’s most notorious sex mod gets launched 400,000 times a day, which is more people than I realized were even playing The Sims every day Games The best open world games FPS High on Life 2 review Grand Theft Auto Rockstar celebrates official GTA mod support by nuking non-official mod platform MOBA I’m sad Deadlock is ‘just’ a MOBA—not because I don’t like them, but because I’m in love with Valve’s lore and characters enough to want any other game instead Games 2025 was the year friendslop reigned, and so many low-cost ways to have fun with your pals couldn’t have come at a better time Fallout Fallout 4 feels like a brand new game now that it’s forcing me to take naps, drink plenty of water, and not save scum Gaming Industry How often do we see game sequels totally shift genres? 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter When Squid Game first exploded onto Netflix in late 2021, its influence on other forms of popular culture was immediate. The GTA 5 modding scene was captured by the zeitgeist, but it must be said that Los Santos and Blaine County’s slant on the dystopian murder game show left a lot to be desired.Defined by janky scripts, boring assets and dodgy AI, even the best-looking standalone variations lacked depth and purpose. The projects that pervaded the GTA roleplaying space arrived with some decent ideas at the time—and, crucially, swathes of keen contestants—but ultimately lacked the execution needed to keep folk returning.I wasn’t exactly looking to check-in on the Squid Game GTA mods space, then (I am, admittedly, still to get round to watching seasons two and three of the show itself), however I am happy to report it’s in really good shape today. Related articles Forget the GTA 6 delay, one modder is quietly building an entire Grand Theft Auto multiverse inside GTA 5 After 17 years the most sophisticated bike mod has landed in GTA 4, and it wasn’t easy: ‘I wanted it to feel like GTA 4 always meant to have bikes—not like some clunky workaround’ Any remake of GTA 4 must preserve its minigames and misery Over the course of the last six months, in fact, it appears a whole host of neat fan-made projects have followed the conclusion of the show’s third outing last summer. As you might expect, the iconic Red Light-Green Light gauntlet has received the most attention—but this time with scripts that actually work, configurable timers, smart detection logic, properly defined elimination rules, and in thematic terms, NPC behaviour that meets the show’s darker themes and GTA’s zany tone somewhere in the middle.From the spaces I’ve sampled over the last few weeks, both standalone and those baked into FiveM RP, some mods drop you into fenced-off murder boxes, while others adopt custom maps with spectator cameras and scripted announcers. As you might expect, players now want more, with player progression, custom challenges and