[Lich]

Lord of the Flies?

[postexitus]

Definitely relevant and maybe inspirational, though I find "fight to death game show" format quite distinctive, so much so that it created its game genre 15 years later even with the same name as the movie.

[sitkack]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game

[dllthomas]

The term predated the movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royal_(professional_wre...

[kevin_thibedeau]

Smash TV arcade game is from 1990. Not that distinctive in gaming.

[rubatuga]

Manhunt?