History Main / DeadlyGame

** In general, players are dropped into a small ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' world with a limited number of lives (3 in most seasons, between 2 and 6 in its second season), indicated by [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience the color of their username]], and their skins should the player choose to do so (with [[HealthyGreenHarmfulRed 4+ lives they're dark green, with 3 lives they're light green, with 2 lives they're yellow and with 1 life they're red]]). Greens and Yellows can't directly attack one another, and typically form alliances and a rudimentary society, while those on their final lives, [[RedIsViolent dubbed the Reds, become bloodthirsty]], with as mission to kill as many people as they can. Inevitably, the game ends with only one winner.
** The fourth season comes with a change in game mechanism, with ColourCodedForYourConvenience applying to the time limit of life a player has left (out of 24 hours) instead, and Yellows are allowed to attack Greens. In spite of the more drastic changes, the overall nature of the series is fundamentally the same.

* The Kill Box from ''[=StickDeath=]''. It's basically a more lethal (and brutal) version of wrestling and MMA where contestants are required to kill their opposition to advance. This is the only instance that features blue on blue fights.

* ''Euphoria'' is about a group of people who find themselves inside a facility, and quickly discovery that they're playing such a game. The sole male of the group is the designated "Unlocker", with everyone else being "Keyholes". He is then tasked with performing extremely unwholesome acts towards any of the Keyholes according to specific guidelines -- the Unlocker must successfully do so five times in a row, or else [[TotalPartyKill all players will be killed]].

-->-- '''{{Music/{{GWAR}}''', "Slaughterama"

->''With a battle cry go forth which is "Give the people what they want"''
->''And what the people want could only be the senseless slaughter of the gutter-slime that litters this nation for cash and prizes''
->''Yes, this is the show where people bet their lives to win something big''
->'''cause when your life is shit, then you haven't got much to lose on SLAUGHTERAMA!''
-->-- '''[[{{Music/Gwar}} GWAR]]''', ''Slaughterama''

* The ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'' functions this way. Players are dropped into a small ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' world with a limited number of lives (3 in its first and third seasons, between 2 and 6 in its second season), indicated by [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience the color of their username]], and sometimes their skins (with 4+ lives they're dark green, with 3 lives they're light green, with 2 lives they're yellow and with 1 life they're red). Greens and Yellows can't directly attack one another, and typically form alliances and a rudimentary society, while those on their final lives, dubbed the Reds, become bloodthirsty, with as mission to kill as many people as they can. Inevitably, the game ends with only one winner.
** The fourth season comes with a change in game mechanism, with ColorCodedForYourConvenience applying to the time limit of life a player has left (out of 24 hours) instead, and Yellows are allowed to attack Greens. In spite of the more drastic changes, the overall nature of the series is fundamentally the same.

* ''WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange'''s "Foodsplosion" is this to everyone who played it, [[NoMeansYes getting a question wrong means you win]], and the prize is getting killed in various ways, such as [[ChainsawGood getting shredded with a chainsaw]] or [[DropTheHammer having a hammer hit you straight in the face]].

* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZone'''s Suffering Game arc is entirely one of these. It doesn't end well for ''anyone'' involved.

->''With a battle cry go forth which is "Give the people what they want."\\
And what the people want could only be the senseless slaughter of the gutter-slime that litters this nation for cash and prizes.\\
Yes, this is the show where people bet their lives to win something big.\\
'cause when your life is shit, then you haven't got much to lose on SLAUGHTERAMA!''

-> ''With a battle cry go forth which is "Give the people what they want."''
-> ''And what the people want could only be the senseless slaughter of the gutter-slime that litters this nation for cash and prizes.''
-> ''Yes, this is the show where people bet their lives to win something big.''
-> '''cause when your life is shit, then you haven't got much to lose on SLAUGHTERAMA!''

* The ''LetsPlay/LifeSMP'' functions this way. Players are dropped into a small ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' world with a limited number of lives (3 in its first and third seasons, between 2 and 6 in its second season), indicated by [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience the color of their username]], and sometimes their skins (with 4+ lives they're dark green, with 3 lives they're light green, with 2 lives they're yellow and with 1 life they're red). Greens and Yellows can't directly attack one another, and typically form alliances and a rudimentary society, while those on their final lives, dubbed the Reds, become bloodthirsty, with as mission to kill as many people as they can. Inevitably, the game ends with only one winner.
** The fourth season comes with a change in game mechanism, with ColorCodedForYourConvenience applying to the time limit of life one has left (out of 24 hours) instead, and Yellows are allowed to attack Greens. In spite of the more drastic changes, the overall nature of the series is fundamentally the same.