# Beast Games (2024)

> A thousand contestants compete through escalating challenges for a five million dollar prize hosted by a YouTube creator and his co-hosts.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/155504

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 20
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: reality
- Created by: Jimmy Donaldson, Tyler Conklin, Sean Klitzner, Mack Hopkins
- Network: Prime Video
- Cast: Jimmy Donaldson, Chandler Hallow, Karl Jacobs, Nolan Hansen, Tareq Salameh, Mack Hopkins, Sean Klitzner, Lil Yachty
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31812476/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: high energy, playful, sensational, tense, competitive

## What critics say

Audience reception is negative, with viewers rating the series mid-range and faulting its spectacle-driven format over substance.

## Synopsis

Beast Games (2024-present) is an American reality competition series created by Jimmy Donaldson, Tyler Conklin, Sean Klitzner and Mack Hopkins for Prime Video. Jimmy Donaldson hosts alongside co-hosts Chandler Hallow, Karl Jacobs, Nolan Hansen, Tareq Salameh and Mack Hopkins, with Sean Klitzner as warm-up host, all playing themselves. The engine is simple and enormous: one thousand players are gathered to fight for a five million dollar grand prize, and the field is whittled down through physical and strategic challenges as contestants weigh alliances against the pressure to survive each round. Each episode is built around a staged challenge with big set pieces, lavish giveaways and the constant threat of elimination. Across two seasons of ten episodes each, the format leans into maximalist spectacle with a bright, loud, high-energy tone. Produced in the spirit of creator-driven online entertainment, it plays like a high-budget cousin of Survivor and The Amazing Race, with a heavy dose of YouTube showmanship. Fans of Survivor, The Amazing Race and Squid Game will find a familiar appeal in its elimination stakes and survival tension. Its appeal is broad, with family-friendly reach, lively hosts and a sense of spectacle that keeps the competition moving.

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