Shows Like Money Game

Loved Money Game? These picks share the same story DNA — same tropes, same emotional beats, same kind of show.

2023 TV Show Thriller Drama
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The Good Detective

23% match
16 eps JTBC Crime Thriller Drama

An honest but struggling detective partners with an experienced but morally flexible colleague to solve a difficult case.

Like Money Game, it leans hard into moral dilemma. The pacing is commits fully to every emotional beat — no half-measures.

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12 eps MBC Romance Thriller Drama

A cold government spokesperson and his mute wife are forced to communicate when a kidnapper phones only her.

The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.

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Unmasked

19% match
16 eps SBS Thriller Drama Mystery

An investigative journalist known for exposing corporate corruption discovers that her latest target — a pharmaceutical empire hiding fatal drug trial data — is connected to her ow…

The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.

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The Whirlwind

19% match
12 eps JTBC Thriller Drama Political

When the Prime Minister of South Korea assassinates the President in a desperate bid to save the country from a corrupt system, he discovers that the system fights back harder than…

Same cerebral and dramatic energy throughout.

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Doubt

19% match
16 eps Disney+ Original Legal Thriller Drama

A veteran defense attorney who has never lost a case takes on a client he privately believes is guilty — and a young prosecutor who idolized him discovers that the idol's winning r…

Same cerebral and dramatic energy throughout.

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Seduction

19% match
12 eps JTBC Thriller Romance Drama

A disgraced journalist investigates a powerful business family and becomes entangled in a web of manipulation, desire, and betrayal with the family's dangerous heir.

The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.

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Reborn Rich

18% match
16 eps JTBC Drama Thriller Fantasy

An employee betrayed and killed by his chaebol employers is reborn as the youngest grandson of the family.

The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.

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Life

18% match
16 eps JTBC Medical Thriller Drama

A new CEO from the parent holding company arrives at a major hospital with a mandate to make it profitable — directly clashing with idealistic emergency room doctors who believe me…

The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.

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Little Women

18% match
12 eps tvN Thriller Drama Mystery

Three sisters from a poor Seoul family stumble into a conspiracy involving sixty-nine billion won that the most powerful family in Korea has been moving in secret. Oh In-joo is exh…

The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.

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12 eps Disney+ Original Thriller Drama Romance

In the gleaming headquarters of Korea's most powerful conglomerate, a scholarship student from nowhere has clawed his way into the inner circle of the chaebol heir — and the friend…

The pacing is tense enough to make you watch through your fingers.

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Shows Like Money Game: FAQ

What dramas are most similar to Money Game?

The closest match to Money Game is The Good Detective, scoring 23% on DramaMatch. You should also check When the Phone Rings.

Is there a show like Money Game I can watch next?

DramaMatch found 10 shows with the same story DNA as Money Game. Top picks: The Good Detective, When the Phone Rings, Unmasked.

Where can I watch dramas like Money Game?

Dramas similar to Money Game are available on Netflix, Viki, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, and Crunchyroll. DramaMatch lists the exact streaming platform for each recommendation.

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