 If you liked
Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
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 ...then you might like
Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin
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Both shows have the same kinda calm animation.
Also the fact that a lot of the characters go through tough, sometimes life or death situations that show the true colors of who they are, whether they be good or bad.
Also... MANLY TEARS!!!!!!!!!!!
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Recommended by ZeroRAPESKoG
Both anime have the "scum of society" as their protagonists. Both deal with the cruelty of those in higher position. Both anime contain a high amount of tears. Both anime feature the value of trust in your comrades, although Rainbow is much more idealistic about it.
Their premise is different, but the two shows are thematically very similar.
Do you like anime with very realistic design / story and character? Do you want to watch a true seinen with true social issues ? Do you want a story so sad and tearing that you will weep like a baby ? So watch both, there are amazing shows for these, even if they sensibly not develop same universe type (Kaiji evolved in a gambling / money world while guys of Rainbow are in jail) but are related with thematics.
Both series share a similar art style in the sense that everything looks sturdy and heavily outlined, and both are sausage fests with casts mostly made up of male characters. Both series make you root for the protagonists as they are thrown into despair and struggle through impossible situations, with the high points of each show feeling exhilarating, and the lows feeling like bottomless pits. I think both Kaiji and Rainbow share the same feeling of tension and high stakes which is why I recommend them.
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Recommended by wolfchasingtime
Both stories follow a group of characters trying to get out of miserable/desperate situations. The primary antagonists of the series are very similar in terms of their sadistic nature. Throughout the series, the protagonists are seemingly offered ways out of their dire circumstances by the antagonists, but those chances are often intended to merely provide false hope to the protagonists. Both series have a very "hard-boiled"/"bad-ass" vibe to them. Both were produced by Madhouse in the late 2000s and have fairly similar animation styles.
In case you are interested in dramas and tension of enormous caliber, these are two of the best candidates.
- Both, Kaiji and Rainbow, portray the cruel reality of protagonists considered "scum". At the same time, the two narratives are moving towards a progressive and thorny rise of these protagonists. In Kaiji, the protagonist is in debt and is forced to go through hell to be able to start his life over. In Rainbow, the group is a prisoner of a reformatory in Shibuya, enduring the heaviest daily atrocities within the prison and even before it.
- Speaking of "thorny" paths, both animes contain a great deal
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