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| Boilerpipe Text | This article is about the Netflix television series. For the Netflix reality competition show, see
Squid Game: The Challenge
. For the Korean children's game, see
Squid (game)
.
Squid Game
Hangul
오징어 게임
RR
Ojingeo geim
MR
Ojingŏ keim
Genre
Dystopian
Survival
[
1
]
Thriller
[
1
]
Drama
[
2
]
Created by
Hwang Dong-hyuk
Written by
Hwang Dong-hyuk
Directed by
Hwang Dong-hyuk
Starring
Lee Jung-jae
Lee Byung-hun
Wi Ha-joon
Music by
Jung Jae-il
Country of origin
South Korea
Original language
Korean
No.
of seasons
3
No.
of episodes
22
Production
Executive producers
Kim Ji-yeon
[
3
]
Hwang Dong-hyuk
[
3
]
Producers
Han Heung-seok
[
3
]
Kim Ji-eun (season 2)
[
4
]
Cinematography
Lee Hyung-deok (season 1)
[
3
]
Kim Ji-yong (season 2)
[
4
]
Editor
Nam Na-yeong
[
5
]
Camera setup
Multi-camera
Running time
33–76 minutes
Production company
Siren Pictures Inc.
[
6
]
Budget
US$21.4 million
(season
1)
₩100 billion (
US$68.9 million
) (seasons 2–3)
[
7
]
Original release
Network
Netflix
Release
September 17, 2021
–
June 27, 2025
Related
Squid Game: The Challenge
Squid Game
(
Korean
:
오징어 게임
;
RR
:
Ojingeo geim
) is a South Korean
dystopian
survival
thriller
drama
television series created, written, and directed by
Hwang Dong-hyuk
for
Netflix
. The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of children's games that result in death if eliminated, for the chance to win a
₩
45.6
billion
(
US$
39.86 million) prize. The series' title draws from
ojingeo
("squid"), a Korean children's game.
Lee Jung-jae
, who portrays series protagonist
Seong Gi-hun
, leads an
ensemble cast
.
Hwang conceived
Squid Game
based on his own economic struggles, as well as the
class disparity in South Korea
and
capitalism
.
[
8
]
[
9
]
Although he wrote the story in 2009, Hwang could not find a production company to fund the idea until Netflix took an interest around 2019 as part of a drive to expand its foreign programming offerings.
The
first season
of
Squid Game
was released worldwide on September 17, 2021, to critical acclaim and international attention. It became
Netflix's most-watched series
and received
numerous accolades
, including six
Primetime Emmy Awards
and one
Golden Globe
. The
second season
was released on December 26, 2024, followed by the
third and final season
on June 27, 2025. The final two seasons were filmed
back-to-back
and were met with generally positive reviews from critics, though they were considered inferior to the first season.
Squid Game
has become one of Netflix's
flagship
series.
In South Korea,
Seong Gi-hun
, a divorced father and indebted
gambling addict
who lives with his elderly mother, is invited to play a series of children's games for a chance at a large cash prize. Accepting the offer, he is taken to an unknown location where he finds himself among 455 other players who are all in deep financial trouble. The players are made to wear green
tracksuits
and are kept under watch at all times by masked guards in pink jumpsuits, with the games overseen by the
Front Man
, who wears a black mask and black uniform. The players soon discover that losing a game results in their deaths, with each death contributing
₩
100 million (
US$
87,400) to the potential
₩
45.6 billion (
US$
39.86 million) grand prize.
[
a
]
[
b
]
Gi-hun allies with other players, including his childhood friend
Cho Sang-woo
and
North Korean defector
Kang Sae-byeok
, to try to survive the games' physical and psychological twists, while detective
Hwang Jun-ho
infiltrates the games as one of the guards to find his missing brother.
[
11
]
[
12
]
In the
second season
, Gi-hun, who had vowed revenge three years after winning the game, participates in it again to take revenge on the Front Man and end the game for good, and is joined by police detective Jun-ho, the Front Man's brother. After assuming full control of the game following the creator Il-nam's death, the Front Man attempts to make Gi-hun see that there is no way he can end the games due to the true nature of people.
[
13
]
Gi-hun will start to play the next Squid Game. Gi-hun allies with other players, including his best friend
Park Jung-bae
and a pregnant girl
Kim Jun-hee
, to try to survive the games' physical and psychological twists, while detective
Hwang Jun-ho
and
Choi Woo-seok
must find the Island while
Kang No-eul
begin to work as a Squid Game Guard.
In the
third and final season
, Gi-hun and the players fight for survival in ever-deadlier games, which have dire consequences. In-ho welcomes the
VIPs
while his brother Jun-ho continues the search for the island, unaware of a traitor in their midst.
Cast and characters
[
edit
]
Introduced in season 1
[
edit
]
Lee Jung-jae
as
Seong Gi-hun
(
성기훈
,
[sʌŋɡihun]
ⓘ
)
[
14
]
(456), a divorced chauffeur and gambling addict. He lives with his mother and struggles to support his daughter financially. He participates in the game to settle his many debts, and to prove himself financially stable enough to have custody of his daughter, who is to leave for the United States with her mother and stepfather. After winning the games, he sets out to end the games and the Front Man.
Lee Byung-hun
as
Hwang In-ho
(
황인호
,
[hwaŋdʑinho]
ⓘ
) (001), the Front Man, the game overseer and the winner of the game in the 2015 edition, who after his participation does not believe that there are truly good people. He disguises himself as Player 001 under the guise of Oh Young-il for the majority of season 2 before donning the Front Man alias once again.
[
15
]
Wi Ha-joon
as Hwang Jun-ho (
황준호
,
[hwaŋdʑunho]
ⓘ
),
[
16
]
a police detective who sneaks into the game disguised as a guard, to find his missing brother and discovers that his brother is the Front Man, the organizer of the Games himself.
Park Hae-soo
as
Cho Sang-woo
(
조상우
;
[tɕosaŋu]
[
c
]
)
[
14
]
(218), the former head of an investment team at a securities company. He was a junior classmate to Gi-hun, and studied at
Seoul National University
. He joins the game to escape the police, who want him for stealing money from his clients and racking up massive debts from bad investments. (season 1; guest, season 2)
Jung Ho-yeon
as
Kang Sae-byeok
(
강새벽
,
Korean pronunciation:
[kaŋsɛbjʌk̚]
)
[
17
]
(067), a
North Korean defector
from
North Hamgyong Province
, North Korea.
[
18
]
She enters the game to pay for a broker who can rescue her parents across the border, and to buy a house for her reunited family. (season 1; guest, season 2 and 3)
O Yeong-su
as Oh Il-nam (
오일남
,
Korean pronunciation:
[oiɭɭam]
)
[
19
]
(001), an elderly man with a brain tumor who prefers playing the game as opposed to waiting to die in the outside world and who is later revealed to be the game's creator. (season 1)
Heo Sung-tae
as Jang Deok-su (장덕수,
Korean pronunciation:
[tɕaŋdʌks͈u]
)
[
20
]
(101), a gangster who enters the game to settle his massive gambling debts, including money he stole from his boss and underlings. (season 1)
Anupam Tripathi
as
Ali Abdul
(
알리 압둘
)
[
19
]
(199), a
migrant worker from Pakistan
, who enters the game to provide for his young family after his employer
withholds his wages
for months. (season 1)
Kim Joo-ryoung
as
Han Mi-nyeo
(
한미녀
;
[hanminjʌ]
)
[
21
]
(212), a loud and manipulative woman. Her reasons for entering the game are unexplained. (season 1)
Lee Yoo-mi
as
Ji-yeong
(
지영
;
[tɕi.jʌŋ]
) (240), a young woman who befriends Sae-byeok and previously served prison time for killing her abusive father (season 1)
Lee Seo-hwan
as Park Jung-bae (
박정배
) (390),
[
13
]
a very good friend of Gi-hun who runs a bar and later enters the Squid Game. (season 2; guest, season 1)
Introduced in season 2
[
edit
]
Yim Si-wan
as Lee Myung-gi (
이명기
)
[
22
]
[
13
]
(333), a former
YouTuber
who lost money as a result of a
crypto
scam he was involved with. He is Jun-hee's ex-boyfriend.
Kang Ha-neul
as Kang Dae-ho (
강대호
)
[
22
]
[
13
]
(388), a former
social service personnel
who claims to have previously served in the Marines.
Park Sung-hoon
as
Cho Hyun-ju
(
조현주
)
[
22
]
[
13
]
(120), a
transgender
woman and former
special forces
soldier who is short on money for her
gender-affirming surgery
.
Lee Jin-wook
as Park Gyeong-seok (
박경석
)
[
23
]
[
13
]
(246), an amusement park artist who joins the game to get money to treat his daughter's
blood cancer
.
Yang Dong-geun
as Park Yong-sik (
박용식
)
[
22
]
[
13
]
(007), a repentant gambler and the son of Geum-ja.
Jo Yu-ri
as Kim Jun-hee (
김준희
)
[
23
]
[
13
]
(222), Myung-gi's pregnant ex-girlfriend who lost her money buying Myung-gi's crypto and is looking for a way to make a living.
Kang Ae-shim
as Jang Geum-ja (
장금자
)
[
23
]
[
13
]
(149), Yong-sik's mother who enters the game to help pay off her son's debts.
Park Gyu-young
as Kang No-eul (
강노을
) (Guard 011),
[
23
]
[
13
]
a former soldier and
North Korean defector
who works for the game as a guard, tasked with defending the game and killing eliminated players, to find her daughter who remains in North Korea.
[
24
]
Chae Kook-hee
[
ko
]
as Seon-nyeo (
선녀
) (044), a loudmouthed, neurotic and abrasive
shaman
.
[
25
]
[
13
]
Lee David
as Park Min-su (
박민수
) (125), a silent and timid man who has trouble speaking his mind.
[
23
]
[
13
]
Choi Seung-hyun
as
Choi Su-bong / "Thanos"
(
최수봉
) (230), an arrogant, cocky rapper and
ecstasy
addict who targets Myung-gi throughout the course of the game because he was the victim of one of his crypto scams.
[
23
]
[
13
]
(season 2, guest season 3)
Roh Jae-won
as Nam-gyu (
남규
) (124), a club promoter and another victim of Myung-gi's crypto scam. He acts as Thanos' right-hand man and joins him in tormenting other players, especially Myung-gi and Min-su.
[
23
]
[
13
]
Won Ji-an
as Se-mi (
세미
) (380), a tomboyish young woman who befriends Min-su
[
23
]
[
13
]
(season 2, guest season 3)
Song Young-chang
as Im Jeong-dae (
임정대
) (100), a senior who enters the games to pay off massive debts he has
[
26
]
Kim Si-eun
as Kim Young-mi (
김영미
) (095), a young woman who befriends Hyun-ju
[
27
]
[
28
]
[
29
]
[
13
]
(season 2)
Jeon Seok-ho
as Choi Woo-seok, a
loan shark
who Gi-hun previously owed money to
[
30
]
Oh Dal-su
as Sea Captain Park, a sailor who assists Jun-ho and later Gi-hun's loan sharks in attempting to find the location of the games and take down the superiors.
[
31
]
[
32
]
Introduced in season 3
[
edit
]
David Sayers as VIP Richard
[
33
]
Jane Wong as VIP Jennifer
[
33
]
Bryan Bucco as VIP John
[
33
]
Jordan Lambertoni as VIP Jack
[
33
]
Kevin Yorn as VIP Kevin
[
33
]
Unknown as Kim Jun-hee's Baby (222)
Cate Blanchett
as the American Recruiter
Series creator and director
Hwang Dong-hyuk
Around 2008,
Hwang Dong-hyuk
tried unsuccessfully to get investment for a different movie script that he had written, and he, his mother, and his grandmother had to take out loans to stay afloat, but still struggled amid the
debt crisis within the country
.
[
9
]
[
38
]
[
f
]
He spent his free time in a
manhwabang
(South Korean comic cafe) reading Japanese survival
manga
such as
Battle Royale
,
Liar Game
and
Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji
.
[
40
]
[
41
]
[
8
]
[
42
]
Hwang compared the characters' situation in these works to his own current situation and considered the idea of being able to join such a survival game to win money to get him out of debt, leading him to write a film script on that concept throughout 2009.
[
42
]
Hwang stated, "I wanted to write a story that was an allegory or fable about modern capitalist society, something that depicts an extreme competition, somewhat like the extreme competition of life. But I wanted it to use the kind of characters we've all met in real life."
[
43
]
Hwang feared the storyline was "too difficult to understand and bizarre" at the time.
[
40
]
Hwang tried to sell his story to various South Korean production groups and actors, but had been told it was too grotesque and unrealistic.
[
44
]
Hwang put this script aside and over the next ten years successfully completed three other films. including the
crime drama
film
Silenced
(2011) and the
historical drama
film
The Fortress
(2017).
[
42
]
In the 2010s,
Netflix
had seen a large growth in viewership outside of North America, and started investing in productions in other regions, including South Korea.
[
45
]
In 2018,
Ted Sarandos
, co-CEO of Netflix, stated that they were looking for more successes from overseas productions: "The exciting thing for me would be if the next
Stranger Things
came from outside America. Right now, historically, nothing of that scale has ever come from anywhere but Hollywood."
[
46
]
Netflix had opened up a division in Asia in 2018, and while they were still operating out of temporary leased office space in Seoul, Hwang brought his script to their attention. Kim Minyoung, one of Netflix's content officers for the Asian regions, recognized Hwang's talent from
The Fortress
and his other films, and upon seeing his script for
Squid Game
, knew they needed it for the service. Kim said "[W]e were looking for shows that were different from what's traditionally 'made it,' and Squid Game was exactly it".
[
47
]
In September 2019 Netflix formally announced that they would produce Hwang's work as an original series.
[
44
]
[
48
]
Netflix's Bela Bajaria, head of global television operations, said of their interest in Hwang's work that "we knew it was going to be big in Korea because it had a well-regarded director with a bold vision", and that "K-Dramas also travel well across Asia".
[
45
]
Regarding his return to the project, Hwang commented, "It's a sad story. But the reason why I returned to the project is because the world 10 years from then has transformed to a place where these unbelievable survival stories are so fitting, and I found that this is the time when people will call these stories intriguing and realistic."
[
40
]
Hwang further believed that the
COVID-19 pandemic
impacted the economic disparity between classes in South Korea, and said that "All of these points made the story very realistic for people compared to a decade ago".
[
44
]
With the Netflix order, the film concept was expanded out to a nine-episode series. Kim stated that there was "so much more than what was written in the 120-minute format. So we worked together to turn it into a series."
[
47
]
Hwang said he was able to expand the script so that it "could focus on the relationships between people [and] the stories that each of the people had".
[
49
]
Initially, Netflix had named the series
Round Six
, rather than
Squid Game
as Hwang had suggested; according to Netflix's vice president for content in Asia Kim Minyoung, while they knew that the name "squid game" would be familiar to Korean viewers from the children's game, it "wouldn't resonate because not many people would get it", and opted to use
Round Six
(stylized as
Round 6
) as it self-described the nature of the competition. It has been titled as such in Brazil (possibly while also avoiding any political connotation to do with
Lula
). As production continued, Hwang pushed on the service to use
Squid Game
instead; its cryptic name and unique visuals helped to draw in curious viewers, according to Kim.
[
48
]
[
50
]
At the time that Hwang wrote the series, his goal was to have the series reach the most-watched show in Netflix in the United States for at least one day.
[
9
]
Hwang had initially written the series as eight episodes, which was comparable to other Netflix shows, but found that the material for the last episode was longer than he planned, so it was split into two.
[
51
]
In late October 2021, Hwang stated he was in discussions with Netflix regarding a second season.
[
9
]
He further stated in December 2021 that he was also discussing a third season with Netflix.
[
52
]
Hwang wanted to produce another film first, as well as secure a contract with Netflix to release additional films he may create alongside further
Squid Game
seasons, so as to avoid becoming known only for
Squid Game
.
[
9
]
Hwang confirmed that he had begun conceptualization work on a second season during a press event in November 2021, with plans to bring back
Lee Jung-jae
to reprise his role of Gi-hun.
[
53
]
Netflix stated in response to Hwang's comments that they had not yet officially greenlit a second season, but were in discussions with Hwang towards one.
[
54
]
During an earnings call in January 2022, Netflix's Sarandos said when asked about a second season "Absolutely...the
Squid Game
universe has just begun."
[
55
]
[
56
]
[
57
]
Hwang said in April 2022 that he presently was working on
Killing Old People Club
, an adaption of a work called "Pape Satan Aleppe: Chronicles of a Liquid Society" by
Umberto Eco
(
미친 세상을 이해하는 척하는 방법
; "The way to pretend to understand the crazy world"), and anticipated that the second season of
Squid Game
would be completed and broadcast by 2024.
[
58
]
Netflix confirmed that the second season was greenlit in June 2022.
[
59
]
[
60
]
It was released on December 26, 2024.
[
61
]
On the day the second season was released, Hwang confirmed that the series would return for a third and final season in 2025.
[
62
]
The season was released on June 27, 2025.
[
63
]
Hwang described the work as "a story about losers".
[
64
]
The names of the characters –
Seong Gi-hun
,
Cho Sang-woo
, and Oh Il-nam – were all based on Hwang's childhood friends, as well as the character name Hwang Jun-ho, who was also a childhood friend in real life with an older brother named Hwang In-ho.
[
42
]
The two main characters Gi-hun and Sang-woo were based on Hwang's own personal experiences and represented "two sides" of himself; Gi-hun shared the same aspects of being raised by an economically disadvantaged single mother in the
Ssangmun district
of Seoul, while Sang-woo reflected on Hwang having attended
Seoul National University
with high expectations from his family and neighborhood.
[
42
]
[
64
]
Further, Gi-hun's background was inspired by the organizers of the
SsangYong Motor
labor strike of 2009 against mass layoffs.
[
65
]
Shapes punched into
dalgona
, a Korean sugar candy treat, based on the shapes used in the second game of the show. Within the show, players had to extract the inner shapes intact.
Hwang based the narrative on
Korean games
of his childhood to show the irony of a childhood game where competition was not important becoming an extreme competition with people's lives at stake.
[
41
]
Additionally, as his initial script was intended for film, he opted to use children's games with simple rules that were easy to explain in contrast to other survival-type films using games with complex rules.
[
49
]
The central game he selected, the
squid game
, was a popular Korean children's game from the 1970s and 1980s.
[
48
]
[
66
]
Hwang recalled the squid game as "the most physically aggressive childhood game I played in neighborhood alleys as a kid, which is why I also loved it the most", and because of this "it's the most symbolic game that reflects today's competitive society, so I picked it out as the show's title".
[
67
]
The colors of the
ddakji
in the initial game, which are blue and red, were inspired from the Japanese urban legend
Red Paper, Blue Paper
.
[
68
]
[
g
]
The game
Red Light, Green Light
was selected because of its potential to make a lot of losers in one go. Regarding the selection, Hwang said, "The game was selected because the scene filled with so many people randomly moving and stopping could be viewed as a ridiculous but a sad group dance."
[
41
]
Hwang joked that the
dalgona
candy game they chose may influence sales of dalgona, similar to how sales of Korean
gats
(traditional hats) bloomed after the broadcast of Netflix's series
Kingdom
.
[
69
]
Licking the candy to free the shape was something that Hwang said that he had done as a child and brought it into the script.
[
67
]
Hwang had considered other Korean children's games such as
Gonggi
,
Dong, Dong, Dongdaemun
, and
Why did you come to my house?
(우리 집에 왜 왔니?, a Korean variant of the Hana Ichi Monme).
[
41
]
Hwang wrote all of the series himself, taking nearly six months to write the first two episodes alone, after which he turned to friends to get input on moving forward.
[
43
]
Hwang also addressed the challenges of preparing for the show which was physically and mentally exhausting, saying that he had forgone dental health while making Season 1 and had to have six teeth pulled by his dentist after production was complete.
[
40
]
[
51
]
As such, Hwang was initially unsure about a sequel after completing these episodes,
[
43
]
though he wrote the ending to keep a potential hook for a sequel in mind.
[
9
]
Hwang had considered an alternate ending where Gi-hun would have boarded the plane after concluding his call with the game organizers to see his daughter, but Hwang said of that ending, "Is that the right way for us to really propose the question or the message that we wanted to convey through the series?"
[
70
]
Due to the stress of writing and producing the first series of nine episodes himself, Hwang initially had no immediate plans to write a second season to
Squid Game
. He did not have well-developed plans for a follow-up story and said that if he were to write one, he would likely need a staff of writers and directors to help him.
[
43
]
With the immense popularity of the show, Hwang later opined about the possibility of a second season, telling
CNN
, "There's nothing confirmed at the moment, but so many people are enthusiastic that I'm really contemplating it."
[
64
]
Hwang said in an interview with
The Times
that a second season may focus more on the story of the Front Man as well as incorporating more about the police. Hwang said, "I think the issue with police officers is not just an issue in Korea. I see it on the global news that the police force can be very late in acting on things—there are more victims or a situation gets worse because of them not acting fast enough. This was an issue that I wanted to raise."
[
71
]
He added he also wanted to explore the relationship between the cryptic Front Man and his policeman brother Hwang Jun-ho, as well as the background of the recruiter character (portrayed by
Gong Yoo
).
[
72
]
Hwang originally envisioned the second and third seasons as one, but split them up because he had too many episodes for one season.
[
73
]
According to Hwang, after the end of the second season, Gi-hun would be a changed man "at a very critical crossroads".
[
74
]
The season will also reveal how Hwang In-ho became the Front Man.
[
75
]
Cheol-su, Young-hee's giant robot doll boyfriend, was introduced at the end of the second season and appeared in the third season alongside a new game.
[
76
]
Director Hwang requested that actors
Gong Yoo
(left) and
Lee Byung-hun
(right), with whom he had previously worked, appear as
the Recruiter
and the Front Man, respectively, in
Squid Game
.
Hwang said he chose to cast
Lee Jung-jae
as Gi-hun as to "destroy his charismatic image portrayed in his previous roles".
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HoYeon Jung
was requested by her new management company to send a video to audition for the series while she was finishing a shoot in Mexico and preparing for New York Fashion Week. Although this was her first audition as an actor and her expectations were low, Hwang said, "The moment I saw her audition tape from New York, I immediately thought to myself, 'this is the girl we want.' My first impression of her was that she is wild and free like an untamed horse".
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On casting
Anupam Tripathi
as Ali Abdul, Hwang said, "It was hard to find good foreign actors in Korea." He chose Anupam Tripathi because of his emotional acting capabilities and fluency in Korean.
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Both
Gong Yoo
and
Lee Byung Hun
had worked with Hwang during his previous films,
Silenced
and
The Fortress
respectively, and Hwang had asked both to appear in small roles within
Squid Game
.
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[
unreliable source?
]
The VIPs were selected from non-Korean actors living in Asia; in the case of
Geoffrey Giuliano
, who played the VIP that interacted with Jun-ho, his prior role from
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
led to his casting for
Squid Game
.
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Casting for the series was confirmed on June 17, 2020.
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In April 2022, Hwang confirmed that the characters of Gi-hun and the Front Man will return for the second season.
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Hwang said that he would like to bring back some of the dead characters, such as Ji-yeong, and expressed regret that he had killed off several beloved characters since he did not have any plans for a second season at that time.
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During Netflix's
Tudum: A Global Fan Event
in June 2023, Lee Jung-jae was confirmed to reprise his role alongside Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo and Wi Ha-joon. On June 29, Netflix released more info on the new season's cast, which includes
Kang Ha-neul
,
Park Sung-hoon
,
Yim Si-wan
,
Yang Dong-geun
,
Park Gyu-young
,
Lee Jin-wook
,
Won Ji-an
,
Jo Yu-ri
, Kang Ae-shim,
Lee David
, and Roh Jae-won.
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]
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]
Controversy arose when it was revealed that
T.O.P
, a former member of the band
BigBang
with a drug-related conviction during military service in 2016, was cast in the second season.
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Costume, set design, and filming
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]
External videos
Squid Game
– Behind the Scenes, from Netflix
Production and filming of the series ran from June to October 2020, including a mandatory month-long break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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City scenes were filmed in
Daejeon
,
[
89
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while the island set pieces were filmed on Seongapdo located in
Ongjin
.
[
90
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The shapes of
ojingo
played heavily in the graphic design of the show.
As Netflix was targeting the work for a global audience, the visuals were emphasized and some of the rules of the children's games were simplified to avoid potential issues with the language barrier.
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The colorful sets and costumes were designed to look like a fantasy world. The players and soldiers each wear a distinctive color, to reduce the sense of individuality and emphasize the difference between the two groups.
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41
]
The green tracksuits worn by the players were inspired by 1970s athletic wear, known as
trainingbok
(
트레이닝복
).
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The maze-like corridors and stairs drew inspiration from the 4-dimensional stair drawings of
M. C. Escher
including
Relativity
. Production designer Chae Kyoung-sun said these seemingly infinite stairways represented "a form of bondage for the contestants".
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The complex network of tunnels between the arena, the dorm, and the administrative office was inspired by ant colonies.
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41
]
Chae was also inspired by the
Saemaul Undong
political initiative of the 1970s aimed to modernize rural South Korean villages.
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The mint green and pink color theme throughout the show were a common theme from South Korean schools in the 1970s and 1980s. Green-suited characters develop associations of fear with pink through its use in guard outfits and the stairway room.
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The players' dormitory was envisioned with the concept of "people who are abandoned on the road" according to Chae; this was also used in the tug-of-war game.
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The room was designed using white tiles and the curved opening like a vehicular tunnel. The bed and stairs initially were laid out to look like warehouse shelves, but as the episodes progressed and these furnishing used as makeshift defenses, they took the appearance of broken ladders and stairs, implying the way these players were trapped with no way out, according to Chae.
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The dinner scene that took place in the eighth episode was inspired by the art installation
The Dinner Party
by
Judy Chicago
.
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Walls of many of the areas where the games took place were painted in skies inspired by
The Empire of Light
series by
René Magritte
.
[
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The crew spent the most time crafting the set for the Marbles game, creating a mix of realism and fakeness as to mirror the life and death nature of the games themselves.
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Chae stated that this set was designed as a combination of small theatrical stages, each stage representing parts of Player 001's memories.
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The VIP room was one of the last pieces to be designed, and Chae said that they decided on an animal-based theme for both the costumes and room for this; "The VIPs are the kind of people who take other people's lives for entertainment and treat them like game pieces on a chessboard, so I wanted to create a powerful and instinctive look for the room."
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Most sets were a combination of practical sets and
chroma key
backgrounds. For example, in the Glass Stepping Stones scenes, the set, designed as if in a circus tent for the players performing for the VIPs, was only 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) off the ground, using chroma key screens to simulate the height in post-production. In filming, this was far enough from the ground to make the actors nervous, which contributed to the scene.
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The tug-of-war set was actually set more than 10 metres (33 ft) off the ground, which further created anxiety for some of the actors with fears of heights.
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The robot doll in the first episode, "Red Light, Green Light", was inspired by Young-hee, a character who appeared on the covers of South Korean textbooks
Chul-soo and Young-hee
in the 1970s and 1980s,
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and her hairstyle was inspired by Hwang's daughter's.
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The doll singsongs, in Korean, "Mugunghwa flower has blossomed", referring to the
Hibiscus syriacus
, the
national flower
of South Korea.
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The use of this familiar character was meant to juxtapose memories of childhood and unsettling fear in the players, according to Chae.
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Similarly, the set for the dalgona game, using giant pieces of playground equipment, were to evoke players' memories of their childhood, and was a common place where South Korean children would have played dalgona with friends.
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The
dalgona
used in "The Man with the Umbrella" were made by a street vendor from
Daehangno
.
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Throughout the series, the trio of circle, triangle, and square shapes appear frequently on the cards given to recruit players, on the guards' masks, and in the show's
title card
in most language adaptations. These are shapes associated with the playing field for the children's game of
Squid
(
ojingeo
). They are also used to represent the hierarchy of the guards within the complex. Following from the comparison with an
ant colony
, the guards with circles are considered the workers, triangles as the soldiers, and squares as the managers (see also:
Korean honorifics
).
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[
better source needed
]
Principal photography for the second season was scheduled to start in July 2023 and was expected to last for "at least 10 months".
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On July 10, staff members of the production faced a controversy involving allegations of mistreatment towards citizens during filming at
Incheon Airport
. The production company issued an official apology on the matter.
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Filming was reportedly underway in August 2023.
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Filming took place simultaneously with the third season and
wrapped
in June 2024.
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In Season 2, players vote whether to continue or end the games and split the accumulated money, wearing designated "X" or "O" patches
(pictured)
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The second season's new voting system, differing significantly from the first season, allows players to vote after every game whether to continue the competition or leave with a share of the accumulated prize money.
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]
In an interview with
The Hollywood Reporter
, Hwang explained that the new red-and-blue voting system was designed to emphasize the idea of forced division and the pressure to take sides. The redesigned dormitory set includes large red and blue symbols and lines that physically split the room.
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Jung Jae-il
composed the score for the series.
Jung Jae-il
, who previously composed the soundtrack for
Parasite
, composed and directed
Squid Game
's
score.
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To prevent it from becoming boring, he asked the help of composers Park Min-ju, and Kim Sung-soo, a music director for musicals who uses the stage name "23" as a composer.
[
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Two classical music pieces are also used throughout the show as part of the players' routine: the third movement of
Joseph Haydn
's "
Trumpet Concerto
" is used to wake the players, and
Johann Strauss II
's "
The Blue Danube
" is used to indicate the start of a new game.
[
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]
Ludwig van Beethoven
's "
Fifth Symphony
" is also heard in the VIP lounge.
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]
A cover of "
Fly Me to the Moon
",
[
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]
arranged by Jung and sung by South Korean artist Joo Won Shin, was used over the "Red Light, Green Light" game of the first episode; according to Joo, Hwang wanted a contrast between the brutal killing of the players and the "romantic and beautiful lyrics and melody" of the song, such that the scene "embodies the increasingly polarized capitalist society that we live in today in a very compressed and cynical way".
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For the song "Way Back Then" that accompanies children playing Squid Game, Jung wanted to use instruments that he practiced in elementary school, such as recorders and castanets.
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The rhythm of the song is based on a 3-3-7 clapping rhythm that is commonly used in South Korea to cheer someone on.
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The recorder, played by Jung himself, had a slight "beep", which was unintentional.
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The song "Round VI" was played by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra.
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The soundtrack was released on September 17, 2021.
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Jung returned to
score
the second season, with the soundtrack album being released on December 27, 2024, through
Netflix Music
.
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]
Jung confirmed his involvement in 2023, telling the
BBC
the second season would retain some elements from the score to the first season but have a "more bizarre and unique sound".
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]
The second season also features the aria "
Nessun dorma
" from
Giacomo Puccini
's
Turandot
and "
Time to Say Goodbye
" by
Sarah Brightman
and
Andrea Bocelli
.
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better source needed
]
The first season of
Squid Game
was released on September 17, 2021, in more than 190 countries.
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The second season was released on December 26, 2024.
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The third and final season was announced alongside the premiere of the second season,
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and it was released on June 27, 2025.
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]
A promotional event for
Squid Game
at Lan Khon Mueang, a
town square
near
Wat Suthat
and
Giant Swing
.
In the Philippines, a replica of the doll used in the first episode of the series was exhibited on
Ortigas Avenue
in
Quezon City
in September 2021.
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A
Squid Game
doll was installed in
Olympic Park, Seoul
on October 25, 2021.
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A replica of
Squid Game
's set was exhibited at the
Itaewon station
in
Seoul
since September 5, 2021.
[
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]
[
unreliable source?
]
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However, the exhibit was prematurely closed due to COVID-19 concerns.
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A
Squid Game
pop-up store
opened in
Paris
on October 2 and 3, 2021,
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and a person could win a free one-month Netflix subscription if they managed to get the right shape from the
dalgona
in one minute and 30 seconds.
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In the Netherlands, Netflix hosted its own Squid Game where people were able to play the game
Red Light, Green Light
in both
Maastricht
and
Rotterdam
. A replica of the doll was exhibited and staff were dressed as guards. Winners were awarded with Squid Game
memorabilia
. The event attracted hundreds of people.
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Similar events featuring replicas of the doll occurred across the world, including
Sydney
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and the United Kingdom.
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In October 2021, the
Hollywood Reporter
interviewed Netflix Asia's executive Kim Minyoung, who said that the company was looking into a possible
video game
adaptation of the series.
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Netflix has licensed
Squid Game
for merchandising. A Young-hee vinyl figure was released in January 2022.
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Funko
released a set of
Squid Game
themed Funko Pop! figurines in May 2022.
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During Netflix Geeked Week in September 2024, a poster and a teaser for season 2 were released.
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On December 19, 2024, a
rave
party related to the season was held in London.
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Famous streamer
Ibai Llanos
organized his own version of Squid Game with KFC.
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Filipino journalist MJ Marfori attended the three-day event for the season and also interviewed Lee Jung-jae.
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]
In Thailand, several events were hosted to promote
Squid Game
, including a recreation of the skipping rope game at Lan Khon Mueang, a
town square
near
Wat Suthat
and
Giant Swing
.
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Call of Duty
teamed up with
Squid Game
to create a special bundle, with
Tom Choi
reprising his role as the masked voice of
the Front Man
.
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A new operator comes in the form of a frontman from the show, with operators receiving skins for players and the guards. New game modes were added to
Call of Duty
that comes from the show.
The first season received critical acclaim.
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On
review aggregator
website
Rotten Tomatoes
, 95% of 77 reviews are positive for the first season. The website's critics consensus reads: "
Squid Game
'
s unflinching brutality is not for the faint of heart, but sharp social commentary and a surprisingly tender core will keep viewers glued to the screen – even if it's while watching between their fingers."
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On
Metacritic
, the first season has a weighted average score of 69 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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The second season received generally positive reviews from critics. On the
review aggregator
website
Rotten Tomatoes
, 83% of 94 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "While Squid Game's return can't help but lose the element of surprise, some absolutely diabolical challenges and a knotty moral outlook keep this sophomore season thrilling."
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On
Metacritic
, the second season has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100 based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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The third and final season received generally positive reviews from critics. On the
review aggregator
website
Rotten Tomatoes
, 79% of 58 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "The games reach a grim crescendo in this climactic third season, repeating familiar beats but with a ruthlessness that drives creator Hwang Dong-hyuk's themes home."
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On
Metacritic
, the third season has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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However, some news outlets reported that audience reception to the third season was more mixed, showing roughly half-positive and half-negative user reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
[
146
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The New York Times
commented that to justify a second or third season as a creative work, "there had to be something that surprised us," and criticized the show for repeating formulas it had only recently established. The review noted that while the protagonist Gi-hun's decisions provided tension, some supporting characters drawn from Western and war film archetypes felt one-dimensional and predictable. It further argued that while Hwang Dong-hyuk still staged action skillfully, his imagination seemed lacking.
[
citation needed
]
The first season of the series became the first
Korean drama
to top Netflix's top ten weekly most-watched TV show charts globally. It reached number one in 94 countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Netflix estimated that
Squid Game
had drawn over 111 million member households worldwide after 17 days of availability,
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[
i
]
and over 142 million member households after 28 days, and becoming the
service's most-watched series at its launch
.
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After Netflix revamped its published metrics of viewership in November 2021 based on total hours watched of the series,
Squid Game
remained the most-watched show on the service, with over 1.65 billion hours within its first 28 days compared to
Bridgerton
's
625 million hours.
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Public response and impact
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edit
]
People
cosplaying
as guards from the series
Squid Game
is considered one of the latest examples of the
Korean Wave
, the growing trend of popular South Korean media to gain international attention since the early 2010s, similar to popular
Korean pop
acts like
BTS
and
Korean dramas
and films like
Parasite
. Such works had drawn more attention due to streaming services like Netflix and
YouTube
making South Korean content, traditionally controlled by the country's national broadcasters, available across the globe. Further, according to Choe Sang-Hun of
The New York Times
, South Korean creators have a way of taking ideas from foreign works and applying their own cultural spin on it that draws in more audiences.
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Awards and nominations
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edit
]
The first season's four SAG Award nominations also made history in it becoming the first non-English series and first Korean series to be nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Individually,
Lee Jung-jae
became the first male actor from Asia and South Korea to receive an individual SAG Award nomination in television and
HoYeon Jung
became the second actress of Asian as well as Korean descent to do the same.
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With both actors winning, the show made history in becoming the first non-English language television series to win at the SAG Awards. The show also received 14 nominations for the
Primetime Emmy Awards
, including for Best Drama, making it the first non-English show to be nominated in this category.
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Themes and analysis
[
edit
]
Hwang wrote
Squid Game
based on his own personal experiences and observations of
capitalism
and economic
class struggles
within South Korea.
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Hwang also considered that his script was targeted towards global issues regarding capitalism, stating, "I wanted to create something that would resonate not just for Korean people but globally. This was my dream." He added, "I do believe that the overall global economic order is unequal and that around 90% of the people believe that it's unfair. During the pandemic, poorer countries can't get their people vaccinated. They're contracting viruses on the streets and even dying. So I did try to convey a message about modern capitalism. As I said, it's not profound."
[
9
]
Hwang had also worked with Netflix to create a
mockumentary
inspired by
Squid Game
's
success, titled
The Best Show on the Planet
. Hwang said the comedy was based on his own personal experience of being pushed into the spotlight due to the rapid and ongoing success of
Squid Game
.
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Netflix announced a
reality competition
series,
Squid Game: The Challenge
, in June 2022 along with an open casting call. The ten-episode series saw 456 players competing for a
US$4.56 million
cash prize, with challenges based on those in the show.
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Production was a joint work of
Studio Lambert
and The Garden. The filming started in early 2023 at Cardington Studios in Bedfordshire.
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The first five episodes of the show were released internationally on November 22, 2023, while four more episodes were released on November 29,
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with its finale released on December 6; a second season was announced.
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Netflix released
Squid Game: Unleashed
in December 2024, a video game that lets players compete as characters playing the children's games featured in the show. The game gave players rewards for watching each episode.
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Deadline Hollywood
reported in October 2024 that an English-language spin-off of
Squid Game
for Netflix, produced by
David Fincher
, was in development.
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Preliminary reports indicate the show, to be called
Squid Game: America
, is set to start production in Los Angeles in February 2026.
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Battle royal
– Fight involving three or more combatants
^
At the time of broadcast, ₩45.6 billion was approximately
US$
38 million
or
€
33 million
.
^
In an interview with
Vanity Fair
, Hwang revealed the original number of participants for the game in the original script was around 1000, but he later reduced the numbers due to budget issues. The amount of total prize money for the show was set similar to the largest amount of prize money ever given for
lotteries
in South Korea. Gi-hun was allocated the last number, 456, to reflect his social status in the show.
[
10
]
^
Hwang Dong-Hyuk said the number was actually a pun using the fact that "two-eighteen" in Korean is
i-sibpal
(
이십팔
), similar to the
Korean swear word
ssibal
(씨발, "fucker").
[
10
]
^
lit.
The day
hibiscus
bloomed. The English title references the game
Red Light, Green Light
. The Korean title references the Korean version of the game.
^
The title is a reference to the
1924 Korean novel with the same name
that tells the story of a rickshaw man initially being happy earning a lot of money from having a lot of customers on a rainy day, and thrilled to buy his wife some soup, only to find his wife dead in her house.
[
35
]
^
Following the
bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
in September 2008 and as part of the
2008 financial crisis
, banks in South Korea had tried to help provide external investments to stabilize foreign currency rates. As the crisis worsened into 2009, these stabilization attempts had failed, causing a reversing of money from the country, and forcing banks to drastically increase interest rates and seek high-risk short-term loans made to citizens to try to recover.
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^
Red Paper, Blue Paper
[
ko
]
, also known by its Japanese name
Akai-Kami-Aoi-Kami
, is an urban legend that started from Japan that was later spread to South Korea. The legend is about a ghost that haunts the toilets and is known to ask the question, "Do you want blue toilet paper or red toilet paper?" Either option will result in the death of the person. Unlike the Korean versions, the ghost of the Japanese story has a name called "Aka Manto".
^
Hwang revealed that the music figures used for the project were the ones in the gas station where he wrote the script, and that they were playing "Fly Me to the Moon", and this is why he used the music for the show.
[
10
]
^
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- [مصرى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1 "لعبة الحبار – Egyptian Arabic")
- [Asturianu](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Asturian")
- [Azərbaycanca](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_oyunu "Kalmar oyunu – Azerbaijani")
- [Basa Bali](https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Balinese")
- [Bikol Central](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Central Bikol")
- [Беларуская](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D1%9E_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0 "Гульня ў кальмара – Belarusian")
- [Български](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8 "Игра на калмари – Bulgarian")
- [भोजपुरी](https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE "स्क्विड गेम – Bhojpuri")
- [বাংলা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE "স্কুইড গেম – Bangla")
- [Bosanski](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igra_lignje "Igra lignje – Bosnian")
- [Català](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojingeo_Geim "Ojingeo Geim – Catalan")
- [Нохчийн](https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80 "Кальмарах ловзар – Chechen")
- [Cebuano](https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_\(2021_serye\) "Squid Game (2021 serye) – Cebuano")
- [کوردی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF "یاریی سکوید – Central Kurdish")
- [Čeština](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hra_na_olihe%C5%88 "Hra na oliheň – Czech")
- [Cymraeg](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Welsh")
- [Dansk](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Danish")
- [Deutsch](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – German")
- [Ελληνικά](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D "Παιχνίδι του Καλαμαριού – Greek")
- [Esperanto](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmarludo_\(filma_serio\) "Kalmarludo (filma serio) – Esperanto")
- [Español](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_juego_del_calamar "El juego del calamar – Spanish")
- [Eesti](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Estonian")
- [Euskara](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Basque")
- [فارسی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A8 "بازی مرکب – Persian")
- [Suomi](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Finnish")
- [Français](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – French")
- [Galego](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Galician")
- [Avañe'ẽ](https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Guarani")
- [Hausa](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Hausa")
- [עברית](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7_%D7%94%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F_\(%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%96%D7%99%D7%94\) "משחק הדיונון (סדרת טלוויזיה) – Hebrew")
- [हिन्दी](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE "स्क्विड गेम – Hindi")
- [Hrvatski](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igra_lignje "Igra lignje – Croatian")
- [Kreyòl ayisyen](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Haitian Creole")
- [Magyar](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyerd_meg_az_%C3%A9leted "Nyerd meg az életed – Hungarian")
- [Հայերեն](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B2 "Կաղամարի խաղ – Armenian")
- [Interlingua](https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joco_del_Calamar "Joco del Calamar – Interlingua")
- [Bahasa Indonesia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Indonesian")
- [Íslenska](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Icelandic")
- [Italiano](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Italian")
- [日本語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0 "イカゲーム – Japanese")
- [ქართული](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98 "კალმარის თამაში – Georgian")
- [Qaraqalpaqsha](https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_oy%C4%B1n%C4%B1 "Kalmar oyını – Kara-Kalpak")
- [Tyap](https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Tyap")
- [Қазақша](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8B "Кальмар ойыны – Kazakh")
- [ភាសាខ្មែរ](https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%83%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%8A%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%82%E1%9F%81%E1%9E%98_%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%82%E1%9E%84%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%8E%E1%9F%88 "ស្ឃ្វីដហ្គេម ល្បែងមរណៈ – Khmer")
- [한국어](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%A7%95%EC%96%B4_%EA%B2%8C%EC%9E%84 "오징어 게임 – Korean")
- [کٲشُر](https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%97%DB%8C%DA%88_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%85 "سکوٗیڈ گیم – Kashmiri")
- [Kurdî](https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Kurdish")
- [Кыргызча](https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%BD%D1%83 "Кальмар оюну – Kyrgyz")
- [Latina](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Latin")
- [ລາວ](https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%AA%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%84%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%94%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%A1_%E0%BA%AB%E0%BA%BC%E0%BA%B4%E0%BB%89%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B8%E0%BB%89%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%95%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%8D "ສະຄວິດເກມ ຫຼິ້ນລຸ້ນຕາຍ – Lao")
- [Lietuvių](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Lithuanian")
- [Latviešu](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Latvian")
- [Македонски](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B8 "Игра на лигни – Macedonian")
- [മലയാളം](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82 "സ്ക്വിഡ് ഗെയിം – Malayalam")
- [Монгол](https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Mongolian")
- [मराठी](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE "स्क्विड गेम – Marathi")
- [Bahasa Melayu](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Malay")
- [မြန်မာဘာသာ](https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Burmese")
- [مازِرونی](https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%AF_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%85 "اسکوئید گیم – Mazanderani")
- [नेपाली](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE "स्क्विड गेम – Nepali")
- [Nederlands](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Dutch")
- [Norsk bokmål](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Norwegian Bokmål")
- [ਪੰਜਾਬੀ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%A1_%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%AE "ਸਕੁਇਡ ਗੇਮ – Punjabi")
- [Polski](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Polish")
- [پښتو](https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%89_%DA%AB%DB%8C%D9%85 "سکویډ ګیم – Pashto")
- [Português](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Portuguese")
- [Română](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocul_calamarului "Jocul calamarului – Romanian")
- [Русский](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0 "Игра в кальмара – Russian")
- [Саха тыла](https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0 "Кальмар оонньуулара – Yakut")
- [سنڌي](https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%8A_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF "اسڪواڊ راند – Sindhi")
- [Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Serbo-Croatian")
- [සිංහල](https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80 "දැල්ලන් ක්රීඩාව – Sinhala")
- [Simple English](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Simple English")
- [Slovenčina](https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Slovak")
- [Slovenščina](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igra_lignja "Igra lignja – Slovenian")
- [Soomaaliga](https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Somali")
- [Shqip](https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Albanian")
- [Српски / srpski](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%9A%D0%B5 "Игра лигње – Serbian")
- [Svenska](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Swedish")
- [Kiswahili](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Swahili")
- [Ślůnski](https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Silesian")
- [தமிழ்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D "இசுக்விட் கேம் – Tamil")
- [Тоҷикӣ](https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80 "Бозии калмар – Tajik")
- [ไทย](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A1_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2 "สควิดเกม เล่นลุ้นตาย – Thai")
- [Türkmençe](https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_O%C3%BDny "Kalmar Oýny – Turkmen")
- [Tagalog](https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Tagalog")
- [Türkçe](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Turkish")
- [Татарча / tatarça](https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8B "Кальмар уены – Tatar")
- [ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche](https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%89%D9%8A%D8%A7%DA%BE_%D8%A8%DB%90%D9%84%D9%89%D9%82_%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%8A%DB%87%D9%86%D9%89 "سىياھ بېلىق ئويۇنى – Uyghur")
- [Українська](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0 "Гра в кальмара – Ukrainian")
- [اردو](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%88_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%85 "سکویڈ گیم – Urdu")
- [Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game "Squid Game – Uzbek")
- [Tiếng Việt](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%B2_ch%C6%A1i_con_m%E1%BB%B1c "Trò chơi con mực – Vietnamese")
- [მარგალური](https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%B8%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98 "კალმარიშ ლაჸაფი – Mingrelian")
- [文言](https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%B7%E9%AD%9A%E9%81%8A%E6%88%B2 "魷魚遊戲 – Literary Chinese")
- [閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí](https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C3%BB-h%C3%AE_I%C3%BB-h%C3%AC "Jiû-hî Iû-hì – Minnan")
- [粵語](https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%B7%E9%AD%9A%E9%81%8A%E6%88%B2 "魷魚遊戲 – Cantonese")
- [中文](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AD%B7%E9%AD%9A%E9%81%8A%E6%88%B2%E7%B3%BB%E5%88%97 "魷魚遊戲系列 – Chinese")
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South Korean television series (2021–2025)
This article is about the Netflix television series. For the Netflix reality competition show, see [Squid Game: The Challenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game:_The_Challenge "Squid Game: The Challenge"). For the Korean children's game, see [Squid (game)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_\(game\) "Squid (game)").
| *Squid Game* | |
|---|---|
| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Squid_Game_2021_vector_logo.svg "The official Korean logo of Squid Game") | |
| [Hangul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul "Hangul") | 오징어 게임 |
| [RR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean "Revised Romanization of Korean") | *Ojingeo geim* |
| [MR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer "McCune–Reischauer") | *Ojingŏ keim* |
| Genre | [Dystopian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopian_and_dystopian_fiction "Utopian and dystopian fiction") [Survival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_film "Survival film")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-genre-1) [Thriller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_\(genre\)#Television "Thriller (genre)")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-genre-1) [Drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_drama "Korean drama")[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-2) |
| Created by | [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk") |
| Written by | Hwang Dong-hyuk |
| Directed by | Hwang Dong-hyuk |
| Starring | [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") [Lee Byung-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-hun "Lee Byung-hun") [Wi Ha-joon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi_Ha-joon "Wi Ha-joon") |
| Music by | [Jung Jae-il](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Jae-il "Jung Jae-il") |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Kim Ji-yeon[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits-3) Hwang Dong-hyuk[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits-3) |
| Producers | Han Heung-seok[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits-3) Kim Ji-eun (season 2)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits2-4) |
| Cinematography | Lee Hyung-deok (season 1)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits-3) Kim Ji-yong (season 2)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits2-4) |
| Editor | [Nam Na-yeong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_Na-yeong "Nam Na-yeong")[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-5) |
| Camera setup | [Multi-camera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-camera "Multi-camera") |
| Running time | 33–76 minutes |
| Production company | Siren Pictures Inc.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-6) |
| Budget | US\$21.4 million (season 1\) ₩100 billion (US\$68.9 million) (seasons 2–3)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-7) |
| Original release | |
| Network | [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix") |
| Release | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) – June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) |
| Related | |
| *[Squid Game: The Challenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game:_The_Challenge "Squid Game: The Challenge")* | |
***Squid Game*** ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 오징어 게임; [RR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean "Revised Romanization of Korean"): *Ojingeo geim*) is a South Korean [dystopian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopian_and_dystopian_fiction "Utopian and dystopian fiction") [survival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_film "Survival film") [thriller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_\(genre\)#Television "Thriller (genre)") [drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_drama "Korean drama") television series created, written, and directed by [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk") for [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix"). The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of children's games that result in death if eliminated, for the chance to win a [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")45\.6 [billion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1,000,000,000 "1,000,000,000") ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")39\.86 million) prize. The series' title draws from *[ojingeo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_\(game\) "Squid (game)")* ("squid"), a Korean children's game. [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae"), who portrays series protagonist [Seong Gi-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Gi-hun "Seong Gi-hun"), leads an [ensemble cast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast "Ensemble cast").
Hwang conceived *Squid Game* based on his own economic struggles, as well as the [class disparity in South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_inequality_in_South_Korea "Economic inequality in South Korea") and [capitalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism "Capitalism").[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:5-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9) Although he wrote the story in 2009, Hwang could not find a production company to fund the idea until Netflix took an interest around 2019 as part of a drive to expand its foreign programming offerings.
The [first season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_1 "Squid Game season 1") of *Squid Game* was released worldwide on September 17, 2021, to critical acclaim and international attention. It became [Netflix's most-watched series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-watched_Netflix_original_programming "List of most-watched Netflix original programming") and received [numerous accolades](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Squid_Game "List of awards and nominations received by Squid Game"), including six [Primetime Emmy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards "Primetime Emmy Awards") and one [Golden Globe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe "Golden Globe"). The [second season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_2 "Squid Game season 2") was released on December 26, 2024, followed by the [third and final season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_3 "Squid Game season 3") on June 27, 2025. The final two seasons were filmed [back-to-back](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-to-back_film_production "Back-to-back film production") and were met with generally positive reviews from critics, though they were considered inferior to the first season. *Squid Game* has become one of Netflix's [flagship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_\(broadcasting\) "Flagship (broadcasting)") series.
## Premise
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In South Korea, [Seong Gi-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Gi-hun "Seong Gi-hun"), a divorced father and indebted [gambling addict](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_addict "Gambling addict") who lives with his elderly mother, is invited to play a series of children's games for a chance at a large cash prize. Accepting the offer, he is taken to an unknown location where he finds himself among 455 other players who are all in deep financial trouble. The players are made to wear green [tracksuits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracksuit "Tracksuit") and are kept under watch at all times by masked guards in pink jumpsuits, with the games overseen by the [Front Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Man_\(Squid_Game\) "Front Man (Squid Game)"), who wears a black mask and black uniform. The players soon discover that losing a game results in their deaths, with each death contributing [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")100 million ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")87,400) to the potential [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")45\.6 billion ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")39\.86 million) grand prize.[\[a\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-prize_conv-10)[\[b\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-12) Gi-hun allies with other players, including his childhood friend [Cho Sang-woo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Sang-woo_\(character\) "Cho Sang-woo (character)") and [North Korean defector](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_defectors "North Korean defectors") [Kang Sae-byeok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Sae-byeok "Kang Sae-byeok"), to try to survive the games' physical and psychological twists, while detective [Hwang Jun-ho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Hwang_Jun-ho "List of Squid Game characters") infiltrates the games as one of the guards to find his missing brother.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-13)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-14)
In the [second season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_2 "Squid Game season 2"), Gi-hun, who had vowed revenge three years after winning the game, participates in it again to take revenge on the Front Man and end the game for good, and is joined by police detective Jun-ho, the Front Man's brother. After assuming full control of the game following the creator Il-nam's death, the Front Man attempts to make Gi-hun see that there is no way he can end the games due to the true nature of people.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) Gi-hun will start to play the next Squid Game. Gi-hun allies with other players, including his best friend [Park Jung-bae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Park_Jung-bae "List of Squid Game characters") and a pregnant girl [Kim Jun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Kim_Jun-hee "List of Squid Game characters"), to try to survive the games' physical and psychological twists, while detective [Hwang Jun-ho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Hwang_Jun-ho "List of Squid Game characters") and [Choi Woo-seok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Choi_Woo-seok "List of Squid Game characters") must find the Island while [Kang No-eul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Kang_No-eul "List of Squid Game characters") begin to work as a Squid Game Guard.
In the [third and final season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_3 "Squid Game season 3"), Gi-hun and the players fight for survival in ever-deadlier games, which have dire consequences. In-ho welcomes the [VIPs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIPs_\(Squid_Game\) "VIPs (Squid Game)") while his brother Jun-ho continues the search for the island, unaware of a traitor in their midst.
## Cast and characters
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Main article: [List of *Squid Game* characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters "List of Squid Game characters")
Cast
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Jung-jae.png)
[Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") (Seong Gi-hun, Player 456)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%EC%9D%B4%EB%B3%91%ED%97%8C_-_%EC%96%B4%EC%A9%94%EC%88%98%EA%B0%80%EC%97%86%EB%8B%A4.jpg)
[Lee Byung-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-hun "Lee Byung-hun") (Hwang In-ho, the Front Man)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20210923%E2%80%94Wi_Ha-joon_%EC%9C%84%ED%95%98%EC%A4%80,_Squid_Game_promo,_ELLE_Taiwan_screenshot_\(05m43s\).jpg)
[Wi Ha-joon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi_Ha-joon "Wi Ha-joon") (Police Detective Hwang Jun-ho)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20210923%E2%80%94Park_Hae-soo_%EB%B0%95%ED%95%B4%EC%88%98,_interview,_ELLE_Taiwan_screenshot_\(02m20s\).jpg)
[Park Hae-soo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Hae-soo "Park Hae-soo") (Cho Sang-woo, Player 218)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20210923%E2%80%94Jung_Hoyeon_%EC%A0%95%ED%98%B8%EC%97%B0,_Squid_Game_promo,_ELLE_Taiwan_screenshot_\(05m58s\).jpg)
[Jung Ho-yeon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Ho-yeon "Jung Ho-yeon") (Kang Sae-byeok, Player 067)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:241209_Lee_Seo_Hwan_\(%EC%9D%B4%EC%84%9C%ED%99%98\).png)
[Lee Seo-hwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Seo-hwan "Lee Seo-hwan") (Park Jung-bae, Player 390)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yim_Si-wan_at_Sfunz_Square_Super_Concert,_14_September_2013_02.jpg)
[Yim Si-wan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yim_Si-wan "Yim Si-wan") (Lee Myung-gi, Player 333)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jo_Yuri_\(%EC%A1%B0%EC%9C%A0%EB%A6%AC\)_of_IZONE_\(%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EC%A6%88%EC%9B%90\)_in_Gaon_chart_Kpop_Award_2019.png)
[Jo Yu-ri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Yu-ri "Jo Yu-ri") (Kim Jun-hee, Player 222)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Park_Sung_Hoon\(%EB%B0%95%EC%84%B1%ED%9B%88\)_bnt_%ED%99%94%EB%B3%B4_\(2\).jpg)
[Park Sung-hoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Sung-hoon "Park Sung-hoon") (Cho Hyun-ju, Player 120)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yang_Dong-geun_from_acrofan.jpg)
[Yang Dong-geun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Dong-geun "Yang Dong-geun") (Park Yong-sik, Player 007)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%EA%B0%95%EC%95%A0%EC%8B%AC_%EB%B0%B0%EC%9A%B0.jpg)
[Kang Ae-shim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Ae-shim "Kang Ae-shim") (Jang Geum-ja, Player 149)
### Introduced in season 1
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- [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") as [Seong Gi-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Gi-hun "Seong Gi-hun") (성기훈, [\[sʌŋɡihun\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean") [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%EC%84%B1%EA%B8%B0%ED%9B%88.ogg "File:성기훈.ogg"))[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-lead-16) (456), a divorced chauffeur and gambling addict. He lives with his mother and struggles to support his daughter financially. He participates in the game to settle his many debts, and to prove himself financially stable enough to have custody of his daughter, who is to leave for the United States with her mother and stepfather. After winning the games, he sets out to end the games and the Front Man.
- [Lee Byung-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-hun "Lee Byung-hun") as [Hwang In-ho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Man_\(Squid_Game\) "Front Man (Squid Game)") (황인호, [\[hwaŋdʑinho\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean") [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:02Pronounce_Hwang_In-ho.ogg "File:02Pronounce Hwang In-ho.ogg")) (001), the Front Man, the game overseer and the winner of the game in the 2015 edition, who after his participation does not believe that there are truly good people. He disguises himself as Player 001 under the guise of Oh Young-il for the majority of season 2 before donning the Front Man alias once again.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-17)
- [Wi Ha-joon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi_Ha-joon "Wi Ha-joon") as Hwang Jun-ho (황준호, [\[hwaŋdʑunho\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean") [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_text_to_speech_pronouncing_Hwang_Jun-ho_from_Squid_Game.ogg "File:Korean text to speech pronouncing Hwang Jun-ho from Squid Game.ogg")),[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-18) a police detective who sneaks into the game disguised as a guard, to find his missing brother and discovers that his brother is the Front Man, the organizer of the Games himself.
- [Park Hae-soo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Hae-soo "Park Hae-soo") as [Cho Sang-woo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Sang-woo_\(Squid_Game\) "Cho Sang-woo (Squid Game)") (조상우; [\[tɕosaŋu\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean")[\[c\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-19))[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-lead-16) (218), the former head of an investment team at a securities company. He was a junior classmate to Gi-hun, and studied at [Seoul National University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_National_University "Seoul National University"). He joins the game to escape the police, who want him for stealing money from his clients and racking up massive debts from bad investments. (season 1; guest, season 2)
- [Jung Ho-yeon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Ho-yeon "Jung Ho-yeon") as [Kang Sae-byeok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Sae-byeok "Kang Sae-byeok") (강새벽, Korean pronunciation: [\[kaŋsɛbjʌk̚\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean"))[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-20) (067), a [North Korean defector](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_defectors "North Korean defectors") from [North Hamgyong Province](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hamgyong_Province "North Hamgyong Province"), North Korea.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-21) She enters the game to pay for a broker who can rescue her parents across the border, and to buy a house for her reunited family. (season 1; guest, season 2 and 3)
- [O Yeong-su](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Yeong-su "O Yeong-su") as Oh Il-nam (오일남,
Korean pronunciation: [\[oiɭɭam\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean"))[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-lead-addon-22) (001), an elderly man with a brain tumor who prefers playing the game as opposed to waiting to die in the outside world and who is later revealed to be the game's creator. (season 1)
- [Heo Sung-tae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heo_Sung-tae "Heo Sung-tae") as Jang Deok-su (장덕수,
Korean pronunciation: [\[tɕaŋdʌks͈u\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean"))[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-23) (101), a gangster who enters the game to settle his massive gambling debts, including money he stole from his boss and underlings. (season 1)
- [Anupam Tripathi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anupam_Tripathi "Anupam Tripathi") as [Ali Abdul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdul "Ali Abdul") (알리 압둘)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-lead-addon-22) (199), a [migrant worker from Pakistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistanis_in_South_Korea "Pakistanis in South Korea"), who enters the game to provide for his young family after his employer [withholds his wages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_theft "Wage theft") for months. (season 1)
- [Kim Joo-ryoung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Joo-ryoung "Kim Joo-ryoung") as [Han Mi-nyeo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Mi-nyeo "Han Mi-nyeo") (한미녀; [\[hanminjʌ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean"))[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-24) (212), a loud and manipulative woman. Her reasons for entering the game are unexplained. (season 1)
- [Lee Yoo-mi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Yoo-mi "Lee Yoo-mi") as [Ji-yeong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji-yeong_\(Squid_Game\) "Ji-yeong (Squid Game)") (지영; [\[tɕi.jʌŋ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean")) (240), a young woman who befriends Sae-byeok and previously served prison time for killing her abusive father (season 1)
- [Lee Seo-hwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Seo-hwan "Lee Seo-hwan") as Park Jung-bae (박정배) (390),[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) a very good friend of Gi-hun who runs a bar and later enters the Squid Game. (season 2; guest, season 1)
### Introduced in season 2
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- [Yim Si-wan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yim_Si-wan "Yim Si-wan") as Lee Myung-gi (이명기)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-polygon_s2_cast-25)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (333), a former [YouTuber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTuber "YouTuber") who lost money as a result of a [crypto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency "Cryptocurrency") scam he was involved with. He is Jun-hee's ex-boyfriend.
- [Kang Ha-neul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Ha-neul "Kang Ha-neul") as Kang Dae-ho (강대호)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-polygon_s2_cast-25)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (388), a former [social service personnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_service_personnel "Social service personnel") who claims to have previously served in the Marines.
- [Park Sung-hoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Sung-hoon "Park Sung-hoon") as [Cho Hyun-ju](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Hyun-ju "Cho Hyun-ju") (조현주)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-polygon_s2_cast-25)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (120), a [transgender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender "Transgender") woman and former [special forces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Army_Special_Warfare_Command "Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command") soldier who is short on money for her [gender-affirming surgery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-affirming_surgery "Gender-affirming surgery").
- [Lee Jin-wook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jin-wook "Lee Jin-wook") as Park Gyeong-seok (박경석)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (246), an amusement park artist who joins the game to get money to treat his daughter's [blood cancer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_cancer "Blood cancer").
- [Yang Dong-geun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Dong-geun "Yang Dong-geun") as Park Yong-sik (박용식)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-polygon_s2_cast-25)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (007), a repentant gambler and the son of Geum-ja.
- [Jo Yu-ri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Yu-ri "Jo Yu-ri") as Kim Jun-hee (김준희)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (222), Myung-gi's pregnant ex-girlfriend who lost her money buying Myung-gi's crypto and is looking for a way to make a living.
- [Kang Ae-shim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Ae-shim "Kang Ae-shim") as Jang Geum-ja (장금자)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (149), Yong-sik's mother who enters the game to help pay off her son's debts.
- [Park Gyu-young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Gyu-young "Park Gyu-young") as Kang No-eul (강노을) (Guard 011),[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) a former soldier and [North Korean defector](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_defectors "North Korean defectors") who works for the game as a guard, tasked with defending the game and killing eliminated players, to find her daughter who remains in North Korea.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-27)
- [Chae Kook-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chae_Kook-hee&action=edit&redlink=1 "Chae Kook-hee (page does not exist)") \[[ko](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B1%84%EA%B5%AD%ED%9D%AC "ko:채국희")\] as Seon-nyeo (선녀) (044), a loudmouthed, neurotic and abrasive [shaman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_\(shaman\) "Mu (shaman)").[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-28)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15)
- [Lee David](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_David "Lee David") as Park Min-su (박민수) (125), a silent and timid man who has trouble speaking his mind.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15)
- [Choi Seung-hyun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.O.P "T.O.P") as [Choi Su-bong / "Thanos"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos_\(Squid_Game\) "Thanos (Squid Game)") (최수봉) (230), an arrogant, cocky rapper and [ecstasy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA "MDMA") addict who targets Myung-gi throughout the course of the game because he was the victim of one of his crypto scams.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (season 2, guest season 3)
- [Roh Jae-won](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roh_Jae-won "Roh Jae-won") as Nam-gyu (남규) (124), a club promoter and another victim of Myung-gi's crypto scam. He acts as Thanos' right-hand man and joins him in tormenting other players, especially Myung-gi and Min-su.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15)
- [Won Ji-an](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Ji-an "Won Ji-an") as Se-mi (세미) (380), a tomboyish young woman who befriends Min-su[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (season 2, guest season 3)
- [Song Young-chang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Young-chang "Song Young-chang") as Im Jeong-dae (임정대) (100), a senior who enters the games to pay off massive debts he has[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-29)
- [Kim Si-eun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Si-eun_\(actress,_born_1999\) "Kim Si-eun (actress, born 1999)") as Kim Young-mi (김영미) (095), a young woman who befriends Hyun-ju[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-asianatimes_kim-30)[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-nme_kim-31)[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-32)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (season 2)
- [Jeon Seok-ho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeon_Seok-ho "Jeon Seok-ho") as Choi Woo-seok, a [loan shark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan_shark "Loan shark") who Gi-hun previously owed money to[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-33)
- [Oh Dal-su](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Dal-su "Oh Dal-su") as Sea Captain Park, a sailor who assists Jun-ho and later Gi-hun's loan sharks in attempting to find the location of the games and take down the superiors.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-mdl_ods-34)[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-naver-35)
### Introduced in season 3
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- David Sayers as VIP Richard[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-VIPs-36)
- Jane Wong as VIP Jennifer[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-VIPs-36)
- Bryan Bucco as VIP John[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-VIPs-36)
- Jordan Lambertoni as VIP Jack[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-VIPs-36)
- Kevin Yorn as VIP Kevin[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-VIPs-36)
- Unknown as Kim Jun-hee's Baby (222)
- [Cate Blanchett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate_Blanchett "Cate Blanchett") as the American Recruiter
## Episodes
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| Season | Episodes | Originally released |
|---|---|---|
| [1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#Season_1_\(2021\)) | 9 | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
| [2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#Season_2_\(2024\)) | 7 | December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26) |
| [3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#Season_3_\(2025\)) | 6 | June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) |
### Season 1 (2021)
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Main article: [*Squid Game* season 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_1 "Squid Game season 1")
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-37) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Red Light, Green Light" Transliteration: "Mugunghwa kkochi pideon nal" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 무궁화 꽃이 피던 날)[\[d\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-38) | [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk") | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
| 2 | 2 | "Hell" Transliteration: "Jiok" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 지옥) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
| 3 | 3 | "The Man with the Umbrella" Transliteration: "Usaneul sseun namja" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 우산을 쓴 남자) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
| 4 | 4 | "Stick to the Team" Transliteration: "Jjollyeodo pyeonmeokgi" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 쫄려도 편먹기) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
| 5 | 5 | "A Fair World" Transliteration: "Pyeongdeunghan sesang" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 평등한 세상) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
| 6 | 6 | "Gganbu" Transliteration: "Kkanbu" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 깐부) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
| 7 | 7 | "VIPS" | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
| 8 | 8 | "Front Man" Transliteration: "Peuronteumaen" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 프론트맨) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
| 9 | 9 | "One Lucky Day" Transliteration: "Unsu joeun nal" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 운수 좋은 날)[\[e\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-40) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | September 17, 2021 (2021-09-17) |
### Season 2 (2024)
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Main article: [*Squid Game* season 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_2 "Squid Game season 2")
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-Season2Release-41) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | "Bread and Lottery" Transliteration: "Ppanggwa bokgwon" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 빵과 복권) | [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk") | Hwang Dong-hyuk | December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26) |
| 11 | 2 | "Halloween Party" Transliteration: "Hallowin pati" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 할로윈 파티) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26) |
| 12 | 3 | "001" | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26) |
| 13 | 4 | "Six Legs" Transliteration: "Yeoseot gaeui dari" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 여섯 개의 다리) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26) |
| 14 | 5 | "One More Game" Transliteration: "Han pan deo" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 한 판 더) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26) |
| 15 | 6 | "O X" | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26) |
| 16 | 7 | "Friend or Foe" Transliteration: "Chinguwa jeok" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 친구와 적) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26) |
### Season 3 (2025)
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Main article: [*Squid Game* season 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_3 "Squid Game season 3")
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-Season3Release-42) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "Keys and Knives" Transliteration: "Yeolsoewa kal" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 열쇠와 칼) | [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk") | Hwang Dong-hyuk | June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) |
| 18 | 2 | "The Starry Night" Transliteration: "Byeori binnaneun bame" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 별이 빛나는 밤에) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) |
| 19 | 3 | "It's Not Your Fault" Transliteration: "Dangsinui tasi anida" ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 당신의 탓이 아니다) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) |
| 20 | 4 | "222" | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) |
| 21 | 5 | "○△□" | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) |
| 22 | 6 | "Humans Are..." Transliteration: "Sarameun..." ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 사람은...) | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Hwang Dong-hyuk | June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) |
## Production
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### Development
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#### Season 1
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[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20140114_Hwang_Dong-hyuk.jpg)
Series creator and director [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk")
Around 2008, [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk") tried unsuccessfully to get investment for a different movie script that he had written, and he, his mother, and his grandmother had to take out loans to stay afloat, but still struggled amid the [debt crisis within the country](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_inequality_in_South_Korea "Economic inequality in South Korea").[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9)[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-43)[\[f\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-45) He spent his free time in a *[manhwabang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhwabang "Manhwabang")* (South Korean comic cafe) reading Japanese survival [manga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga "Manga") such as *[Battle Royale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale_\(manga\) "Battle Royale (manga)")*, *[Liar Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_Game "Liar Game")* and *[Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiji_\(manga\) "Kaiji (manga)")*.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-chochang-46)[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:5-8)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_interview-48) Hwang compared the characters' situation in these works to his own current situation and considered the idea of being able to join such a survival game to win money to get him out of debt, leading him to write a film script on that concept throughout 2009.[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_interview-48) Hwang stated, "I wanted to write a story that was an allegory or fable about modern capitalist society, something that depicts an extreme competition, somewhat like the extreme competition of life. But I wanted it to use the kind of characters we've all met in real life."[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety-49) Hwang feared the storyline was "too difficult to understand and bizarre" at the time.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-chochang-46) Hwang tried to sell his story to various South Korean production groups and actors, but had been told it was too grotesque and unrealistic.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-wsj-50) Hwang put this script aside and over the next ten years successfully completed three other films. including the [crime drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_drama "Crime drama") film *[Silenced](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silenced_\(film\) "Silenced (film)")* (2011) and the [historical drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_drama "Historical drama") film *[The Fortress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortress_\(2017_film\) "The Fortress (2017 film)")* (2017).[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_interview-48)
In the 2010s, [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix") had seen a large growth in viewership outside of North America, and started investing in productions in other regions, including South Korea.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-fortune-51) In 2018, [Ted Sarandos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Sarandos "Ted Sarandos"), co-CEO of Netflix, stated that they were looking for more successes from overseas productions: "The exciting thing for me would be if the next *[Stranger Things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things "Stranger Things")* came from outside America. Right now, historically, nothing of that scale has ever come from anywhere but Hollywood."[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vulture-52) Netflix had opened up a division in Asia in 2018, and while they were still operating out of temporary leased office space in Seoul, Hwang brought his script to their attention. Kim Minyoung, one of Netflix's content officers for the Asian regions, recognized Hwang's talent from *The Fortress* and his other films, and upon seeing his script for *Squid Game*, knew they needed it for the service. Kim said "\[W\]e were looking for shows that were different from what's traditionally 'made it,' and Squid Game was exactly it".[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-fortune_kim-53) In September 2019 Netflix formally announced that they would produce Hwang's work as an original series.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-wsj-50)[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-dev:Netflix-54) Netflix's Bela Bajaria, head of global television operations, said of their interest in Hwang's work that "we knew it was going to be big in Korea because it had a well-regarded director with a bold vision", and that "K-Dramas also travel well across Asia".[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-fortune-51) Regarding his return to the project, Hwang commented, "It's a sad story. But the reason why I returned to the project is because the world 10 years from then has transformed to a place where these unbelievable survival stories are so fitting, and I found that this is the time when people will call these stories intriguing and realistic."[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-chochang-46) Hwang further believed that the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic "COVID-19 pandemic") impacted the economic disparity between classes in South Korea, and said that "All of these points made the story very realistic for people compared to a decade ago".[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-wsj-50)
With the Netflix order, the film concept was expanded out to a nine-episode series. Kim stated that there was "so much more than what was written in the 120-minute format. So we worked together to turn it into a series."[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-fortune_kim-53) Hwang said he was able to expand the script so that it "could focus on the relationships between people \[and\] the stories that each of the people had".[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-yahoo_oct1021-55) Initially, Netflix had named the series *Round Six*, rather than *Squid Game* as Hwang had suggested; according to Netflix's vice president for content in Asia Kim Minyoung, while they knew that the name "squid game" would be familiar to Korean viewers from the children's game, it "wouldn't resonate because not many people would get it", and opted to use *Round Six* (stylized as *Round 6*) as it self-described the nature of the competition. It has been titled as such in Brazil (possibly while also avoiding any political connotation to do with [Lula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva "Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva")). As production continued, Hwang pushed on the service to use *Squid Game* instead; its cryptic name and unique visuals helped to draw in curious viewers, according to Kim.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-dev:Netflix-54)[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_netflix_asia-56) At the time that Hwang wrote the series, his goal was to have the series reach the most-watched show in Netflix in the United States for at least one day.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9) Hwang had initially written the series as eight episodes, which was comparable to other Netflix shows, but found that the material for the last episode was longer than he planned, so it was split into two.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vulture_interview-57)
#### Seasons 2 and 3
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In late October 2021, Hwang stated he was in discussions with Netflix regarding a second season.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9) He further stated in December 2021 that he was also discussing a third season with Netflix.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-58) Hwang wanted to produce another film first, as well as secure a contract with Netflix to release additional films he may create alongside further *Squid Game* seasons, so as to avoid becoming known only for *Squid Game*.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9) Hwang confirmed that he had begun conceptualization work on a second season during a press event in November 2021, with plans to bring back [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") to reprise his role of Gi-hun.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-59) Netflix stated in response to Hwang's comments that they had not yet officially greenlit a second season, but were in discussions with Hwang towards one.[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-60) During an earnings call in January 2022, Netflix's Sarandos said when asked about a second season "Absolutely...the *Squid Game* universe has just begun."[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-61)[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-62)[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-63) Hwang said in April 2022 that he presently was working on *Killing Old People Club*, an adaption of a work called "Pape Satan Aleppe: Chronicles of a Liquid Society" by [Umberto Eco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco "Umberto Eco") (미친 세상을 이해하는 척하는 방법; "The way to pretend to understand the crazy world"), and anticipated that the second season of *Squid Game* would be completed and broadcast by 2024.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-64) Netflix confirmed that the second season was greenlit in June 2022.[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-verge_s2_confirmed-65)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-66) It was released on December 26, 2024.[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-67)
On the day the second season was released, Hwang confirmed that the series would return for a third and final season in 2025.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-68) The season was released on June 27, 2025.[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-69)
### Writing
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#### Season 1
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Hwang described the work as "a story about losers".[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cnn_interview-70) The names of the characters – [Seong Gi-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Gi-hun "Seong Gi-hun"), [Cho Sang-woo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Sang-woo_\(character\) "Cho Sang-woo (character)"), and Oh Il-nam – were all based on Hwang's childhood friends, as well as the character name Hwang Jun-ho, who was also a childhood friend in real life with an older brother named Hwang In-ho.[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_interview-48) The two main characters Gi-hun and Sang-woo were based on Hwang's own personal experiences and represented "two sides" of himself; Gi-hun shared the same aspects of being raised by an economically disadvantaged single mother in the [Ssangmun district](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssangmun-dong "Ssangmun-dong") of Seoul, while Sang-woo reflected on Hwang having attended [Seoul National University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_National_University "Seoul National University") with high expectations from his family and neighborhood.[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_interview-48)[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cnn_interview-70) Further, Gi-hun's background was inspired by the organizers of the [SsangYong Motor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SsangYong_Motor "SsangYong Motor") labor strike of 2009 against mass layoffs.[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-71)
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Shapes punched into *[dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona")*, a Korean sugar candy treat, based on the shapes used in the second game of the show. Within the show, players had to extract the inner shapes intact.
Hwang based the narrative on [Korean games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_games_of_Korea "Traditional games of Korea") of his childhood to show the irony of a childhood game where competition was not important becoming an extreme competition with people's lives at stake.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47) Additionally, as his initial script was intended for film, he opted to use children's games with simple rules that were easy to explain in contrast to other survival-type films using games with complex rules.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-yahoo_oct1021-55) The central game he selected, the [squid game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_\(game\) "Squid (game)"), was a popular Korean children's game from the 1970s and 1980s.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-dev:Netflix-54)[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-72) Hwang recalled the squid game as "the most physically aggressive childhood game I played in neighborhood alleys as a kid, which is why I also loved it the most", and because of this "it's the most symbolic game that reflects today's competitive society, so I picked it out as the show's title".[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-nbcnews_games-73) The colors of the *[ddakji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddakji "Ddakji")* in the initial game, which are blue and red, were inspired from the Japanese urban legend [Red Paper, Blue Paper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Paper,_Blue_Paper "Red Paper, Blue Paper").[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-74)[\[g\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-75) The game [Red Light, Green Light](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Light,_Green_Light "Red Light, Green Light") was selected because of its potential to make a lot of losers in one go. Regarding the selection, Hwang said, "The game was selected because the scene filled with so many people randomly moving and stopping could be viewed as a ridiculous but a sad group dance."[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47) Hwang joked that the [dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona") candy game they chose may influence sales of dalgona, similar to how sales of Korean *[gats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gat_\(hat\) "Gat (hat)")* (traditional hats) bloomed after the broadcast of Netflix's series *[Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_\(South_Korean_TV_series\) "Kingdom (South Korean TV series)")*.[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-76) Licking the candy to free the shape was something that Hwang said that he had done as a child and brought it into the script.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-nbcnews_games-73) Hwang had considered other Korean children's games such as *[Gonggi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonggi "Gonggi")*, *[Dong, Dong, Dongdaemun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong,_Dong,_Dongdaemun "Dong, Dong, Dongdaemun")*, and *[Why did you come to my house?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hana_Ichi_Monme "Hana Ichi Monme")* (우리 집에 왜 왔니?, a Korean variant of the Hana Ichi Monme).[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47)
Hwang wrote all of the series himself, taking nearly six months to write the first two episodes alone, after which he turned to friends to get input on moving forward.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety-49) Hwang also addressed the challenges of preparing for the show which was physically and mentally exhausting, saying that he had forgone dental health while making Season 1 and had to have six teeth pulled by his dentist after production was complete.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-chochang-46)[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vulture_interview-57) As such, Hwang was initially unsure about a sequel after completing these episodes,[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety-49) though he wrote the ending to keep a potential hook for a sequel in mind.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9) Hwang had considered an alternate ending where Gi-hun would have boarded the plane after concluding his call with the game organizers to see his daughter, but Hwang said of that ending, "Is that the right way for us to really propose the question or the message that we wanted to convey through the series?"[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-77)
#### Seasons 2 and 3
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Due to the stress of writing and producing the first series of nine episodes himself, Hwang initially had no immediate plans to write a second season to *Squid Game*. He did not have well-developed plans for a follow-up story and said that if he were to write one, he would likely need a staff of writers and directors to help him.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety-49) With the immense popularity of the show, Hwang later opined about the possibility of a second season, telling [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN"), "There's nothing confirmed at the moment, but so many people are enthusiastic that I'm really contemplating it."[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cnn_interview-70) Hwang said in an interview with *[The Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times "The Times")* that a second season may focus more on the story of the Front Man as well as incorporating more about the police. Hwang said, "I think the issue with police officers is not just an issue in Korea. I see it on the global news that the police force can be very late in acting on things—there are more victims or a situation gets worse because of them not acting fast enough. This was an issue that I wanted to raise."[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-78) He added he also wanted to explore the relationship between the cryptic Front Man and his policeman brother Hwang Jun-ho, as well as the background of the recruiter character (portrayed by [Gong Yoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Yoo "Gong Yoo")).[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-79)
Hwang originally envisioned the second and third seasons as one, but split them up because he had too many episodes for one season.[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-80) According to Hwang, after the end of the second season, Gi-hun would be a changed man "at a very critical crossroads".[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-81) The season will also reveal how Hwang In-ho became the Front Man.[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-82) Cheol-su, Young-hee's giant robot doll boyfriend, was introduced at the end of the second season and appeared in the third season alongside a new game.[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-83)
### Casting
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#### Season 1
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Director Hwang requested that actors [Gong Yoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Yoo "Gong Yoo") (left) and [Lee Byung-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-hun "Lee Byung-hun") (right), with whom he had previously worked, appear as [the Recruiter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Recruiter_\(Squid_Game\) "The Recruiter (Squid Game)") and the Front Man, respectively, in *Squid Game*.
Hwang said he chose to cast [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") as Gi-hun as to "destroy his charismatic image portrayed in his previous roles".[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-84) [HoYeon Jung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HoYeon_Jung "HoYeon Jung") was requested by her new management company to send a video to audition for the series while she was finishing a shoot in Mexico and preparing for New York Fashion Week. Although this was her first audition as an actor and her expectations were low, Hwang said, "The moment I saw her audition tape from New York, I immediately thought to myself, 'this is the girl we want.' My first impression of her was that she is wild and free like an untamed horse".[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-zapzee-85)[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-86)[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-87) On casting [Anupam Tripathi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anupam_Tripathi "Anupam Tripathi") as Ali Abdul, Hwang said, "It was hard to find good foreign actors in Korea." He chose Anupam Tripathi because of his emotional acting capabilities and fluency in Korean.[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:3-88) Both [Gong Yoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Yoo "Gong Yoo") and [Lee Byung Hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung_Hun "Lee Byung Hun") had worked with Hwang during his previous films, *[Silenced](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silenced_\(film\) "Silenced (film)")* and *[The Fortress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortress_\(2017_film\) "The Fortress (2017 film)")* respectively, and Hwang had asked both to appear in small roles within *Squid Game*.[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-zapzee-85)\[*[unreliable source?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources "Wikipedia:Reliable sources")*\] The VIPs were selected from non-Korean actors living in Asia; in the case of [Geoffrey Giuliano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Giuliano "Geoffrey Giuliano"), who played the VIP that interacted with Jun-ho, his prior role from *[Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula_\(film\) "Peninsula (film)")* led to his casting for *Squid Game*.[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_news-89)
Casting for the series was confirmed on June 17, 2020.[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-90)
#### Season 2
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In April 2022, Hwang confirmed that the characters of Gi-hun and the Front Man will return for the second season.[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-91)[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-verge_s2_confirmed-65) Hwang said that he would like to bring back some of the dead characters, such as Ji-yeong, and expressed regret that he had killed off several beloved characters since he did not have any plans for a second season at that time.[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-92)
During Netflix's [Tudum: A Global Fan Event](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudum "Tudum") in June 2023, Lee Jung-jae was confirmed to reprise his role alongside Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo and Wi Ha-joon. On June 29, Netflix released more info on the new season's cast, which includes [Kang Ha-neul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Ha-neul "Kang Ha-neul"), [Park Sung-hoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Sung-hoon_\(actor\) "Park Sung-hoon (actor)"), [Yim Si-wan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yim_Si-wan "Yim Si-wan"), [Yang Dong-geun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Dong-geun "Yang Dong-geun"), [Park Gyu-young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Gyu-young "Park Gyu-young"), [Lee Jin-wook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jin-wook "Lee Jin-wook"), [Won Ji-an](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Ji-an "Won Ji-an"), [Jo Yu-ri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Yu-ri "Jo Yu-ri"), Kang Ae-shim, [Lee David](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_David "Lee David"), and Roh Jae-won.[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-93)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-polygon_s2_cast-25) Controversy arose when it was revealed that [T.O.P](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.O.P "T.O.P"), a former member of the band [BigBang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BigBang_\(South_Korean_band\) "BigBang (South Korean band)") with a drug-related conviction during military service in 2016, was cast in the second season.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-94)
### Costume, set design, and filming
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#### Season 1
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Production and filming of the series ran from June to October 2020, including a mandatory month-long break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-95) City scenes were filmed in [Daejeon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daejeon "Daejeon"),[\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-96) while the island set pieces were filmed on Seongapdo located in [Ongjin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ongjin_County,_Incheon "Ongjin County, Incheon").[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-97)
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The shapes of *[ojingo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_\(game\) "Squid (game)")* played heavily in the graphic design of the show.
As Netflix was targeting the work for a global audience, the visuals were emphasized and some of the rules of the children's games were simplified to avoid potential issues with the language barrier.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-wsj-50) The colorful sets and costumes were designed to look like a fantasy world. The players and soldiers each wear a distinctive color, to reduce the sense of individuality and emphasize the difference between the two groups.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47) The green tracksuits worn by the players were inspired by 1970s athletic wear, known as *trainingbok* (트레이닝복).[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-doll-98) The maze-like corridors and stairs drew inspiration from the 4-dimensional stair drawings of [M. C. Escher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher "M. C. Escher") including *[Relativity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_\(M._C._Escher\) "Relativity (M. C. Escher)")*. Production designer Chae Kyoung-sun said these seemingly infinite stairways represented "a form of bondage for the contestants".[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-arch_digest-99) The complex network of tunnels between the arena, the dorm, and the administrative office was inspired by ant colonies.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47)
Chae was also inspired by the [Saemaul Undong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saemaul_Undong "Saemaul Undong") political initiative of the 1970s aimed to modernize rural South Korean villages.[\[93\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-nytimes_tracksuit-100) The mint green and pink color theme throughout the show were a common theme from South Korean schools in the 1970s and 1980s. Green-suited characters develop associations of fear with pink through its use in guard outfits and the stairway room.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101)[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-arch_digest-99)
The players' dormitory was envisioned with the concept of "people who are abandoned on the road" according to Chae; this was also used in the tug-of-war game.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The room was designed using white tiles and the curved opening like a vehicular tunnel. The bed and stairs initially were laid out to look like warehouse shelves, but as the episodes progressed and these furnishing used as makeshift defenses, they took the appearance of broken ladders and stairs, implying the way these players were trapped with no way out, according to Chae.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The dinner scene that took place in the eighth episode was inspired by the art installation *[The Dinner Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dinner_Party "The Dinner Party")* by [Judy Chicago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Chicago "Judy Chicago").[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-arch_digest-99) Walls of many of the areas where the games took place were painted in skies inspired by *[The Empire of Light](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empire_of_Light "The Empire of Light")* series by [René Magritte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte "René Magritte").[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-arch_digest-99)
The crew spent the most time crafting the set for the Marbles game, creating a mix of realism and fakeness as to mirror the life and death nature of the games themselves.[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-collider_bts-102) Chae stated that this set was designed as a combination of small theatrical stages, each stage representing parts of Player 001's memories.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The VIP room was one of the last pieces to be designed, and Chae said that they decided on an animal-based theme for both the costumes and room for this; "The VIPs are the kind of people who take other people's lives for entertainment and treat them like game pieces on a chessboard, so I wanted to create a powerful and instinctive look for the room."[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101)
Most sets were a combination of practical sets and [chroma key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key "Chroma key") backgrounds. For example, in the Glass Stepping Stones scenes, the set, designed as if in a circus tent for the players performing for the VIPs, was only 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) off the ground, using chroma key screens to simulate the height in post-production. In filming, this was far enough from the ground to make the actors nervous, which contributed to the scene.[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-collider_bts-102)[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The tug-of-war set was actually set more than 10 metres (33 ft) off the ground, which further created anxiety for some of the actors with fears of heights.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101)
The robot doll in the first episode, "Red Light, Green Light", was inspired by Young-hee, a character who appeared on the covers of South Korean textbooks *Chul-soo and Young-hee* in the 1970s and 1980s,[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-arch_digest-99) and her hairstyle was inspired by Hwang's daughter's.[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-doll-98)[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The doll singsongs, in Korean, "Mugunghwa flower has blossomed", referring to the *[Hibiscus syriacus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_syriacus "Hibiscus syriacus")*, the [national flower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_flower "National flower") of South Korea.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-nbcnews_games-73) The use of this familiar character was meant to juxtapose memories of childhood and unsettling fear in the players, according to Chae.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) Similarly, the set for the dalgona game, using giant pieces of playground equipment, were to evoke players' memories of their childhood, and was a common place where South Korean children would have played dalgona with friends.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The [dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona") used in "The Man with the Umbrella" were made by a street vendor from [Daehangno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daehangno "Daehangno").[\[96\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-103)
Throughout the series, the trio of circle, triangle, and square shapes appear frequently on the cards given to recruit players, on the guards' masks, and in the show's [title card](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_card "Title card") in most language adaptations. These are shapes associated with the playing field for the children's game of [Squid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_\(game\) "Squid (game)") (*ojingeo*). They are also used to represent the hierarchy of the guards within the complex. Following from the comparison with an [ant colony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_colony "Ant colony"), the guards with circles are considered the workers, triangles as the soldiers, and squares as the managers (see also: [Korean honorifics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_honorifics "Korean honorifics")).[\[97\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-104)\[*[better source needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Questionable_sources "Wikipedia:Verifiability")*\]
#### Seasons 2 and 3
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Principal photography for the second season was scheduled to start in July 2023 and was expected to last for "at least 10 months".[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-105) On July 10, staff members of the production faced a controversy involving allegations of mistreatment towards citizens during filming at [Incheon Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incheon_Airport "Incheon Airport"). The production company issued an official apology on the matter.[\[99\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-106) Filming was reportedly underway in August 2023.[\[100\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-107) Filming took place simultaneously with the third season and [wrapped](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrap_\(filmmaking\) "Wrap (filmmaking)") in June 2024.[\[101\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-108)
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In Season 2, players vote whether to continue or end the games and split the accumulated money, wearing designated "X" or "O" patches *(pictured)*[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-SRV-109)
The second season's new voting system, differing significantly from the first season, allows players to vote after every game whether to continue the competition or leave with a share of the accumulated prize money.[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-SRV-109)[\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-COV-110) In an interview with *[The Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter "The Hollywood Reporter")*, Hwang explained that the new red-and-blue voting system was designed to emphasize the idea of forced division and the pressure to take sides. The redesigned dormitory set includes large red and blue symbols and lines that physically split the room.[\[104\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-111)
### Music
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See also: [*Squid Game* (soundtrack)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_\(soundtrack\) "Squid Game (soundtrack)")
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[Jung Jae-il](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Jae-il "Jung Jae-il") composed the score for the series.
[Jung Jae-il](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Jae-il "Jung Jae-il"), who previously composed the soundtrack for [*Parasite*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)"), composed and directed *Squid Game*'s score.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-bbc_musicmag-112) To prevent it from becoming boring, he asked the help of composers Park Min-ju, and Kim Sung-soo, a music director for musicals who uses the stage name "23" as a composer.[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-donga_music-113)
Two classical music pieces are also used throughout the show as part of the players' routine: the third movement of [Joseph Haydn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn "Joseph Haydn")'s "[Trumpet Concerto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_Concerto_\(Haydn\) "Trumpet Concerto (Haydn)")" is used to wake the players, and [Johann Strauss II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Strauss_II "Johann Strauss II")'s "[The Blue Danube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Danube "The Blue Danube")" is used to indicate the start of a new game.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-bbc_musicmag-112) [Ludwig van Beethoven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven "Ludwig van Beethoven")'s "[Fifth Symphony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_\(Beethoven\) "Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)")" is also heard in the VIP lounge.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-bbc_musicmag-112) A cover of "[Fly Me to the Moon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon "Fly Me to the Moon")",[\[h\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-114) arranged by Jung and sung by South Korean artist Joo Won Shin, was used over the "Red Light, Green Light" game of the first episode; according to Joo, Hwang wanted a contrast between the brutal killing of the players and the "romantic and beautiful lyrics and melody" of the song, such that the scene "embodies the increasingly polarized capitalist society that we live in today in a very compressed and cynical way".[\[107\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-115)
For the song "Way Back Then" that accompanies children playing Squid Game, Jung wanted to use instruments that he practiced in elementary school, such as recorders and castanets.[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-donga_music-113) The rhythm of the song is based on a 3-3-7 clapping rhythm that is commonly used in South Korea to cheer someone on.[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-donga_music-113) The recorder, played by Jung himself, had a slight "beep", which was unintentional.[\[108\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-116) The song "Round VI" was played by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra.[\[109\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-melon-117) The soundtrack was released on September 17, 2021.[\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-118)
Jung returned to [score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_score "TV score") the second season, with the soundtrack album being released on December 27, 2024, through [Netflix Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Music "Netflix Music").[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-119) Jung confirmed his involvement in 2023, telling the [BBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC "BBC") the second season would retain some elements from the score to the first season but have a "more bizarre and unique sound".[\[112\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-120) The second season also features the aria "[Nessun dorma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nessun_dorma "Nessun dorma")" from [Giacomo Puccini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini "Giacomo Puccini")'s *[Turandot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turandot "Turandot")* and "[Time to Say Goodbye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_Say_Goodbye_\(Sarah_Brightman_and_Andrea_Bocelli_song\) "Time to Say Goodbye (Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli song)")" by [Sarah Brightman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Brightman "Sarah Brightman") and [Andrea Bocelli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bocelli "Andrea Bocelli").[\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-121)\[*[better source needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Questionable_sources "Wikipedia:Verifiability")*\]
## Release
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The first season of *Squid Game* was released on September 17, 2021, in more than 190 countries.[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-122) The second season was released on December 26, 2024.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-Season2Release-41) The third and final season was announced alongside the premiere of the second season,[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-123) and it was released on June 27, 2025.[\[116\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-124)
## Marketing
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[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Squid_Game_Giant_Swing_16.jpg)
A promotional event for *Squid Game* at Lan Khon Mueang, a [town square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_square "Town square") near [Wat Suthat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Suthat "Wat Suthat") and [Giant Swing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Swing "Giant Swing").
In the Philippines, a replica of the doll used in the first episode of the series was exhibited on [Ortigas Avenue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortigas_Avenue "Ortigas Avenue") in [Quezon City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quezon_City "Quezon City") in September 2021.[\[117\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-125)
A *Squid Game* doll was installed in [Olympic Park, Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Park,_Seoul "Olympic Park, Seoul") on October 25, 2021.[\[118\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-126) A replica of *Squid Game*'s set was exhibited at the [Itaewon station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itaewon_station "Itaewon station") in [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") since September 5, 2021.[\[119\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-127)\[*[unreliable source?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources "Wikipedia:Reliable sources")*\][\[120\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-128) However, the exhibit was prematurely closed due to COVID-19 concerns.[\[121\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-129)
A *Squid Game* [pop-up store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-up_store "Pop-up store") opened in [Paris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris "Paris") on October 2 and 3, 2021,[\[122\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-130) and a person could win a free one-month Netflix subscription if they managed to get the right shape from the [dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona") in one minute and 30 seconds.[\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-131)[\[124\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-132)
In the Netherlands, Netflix hosted its own Squid Game where people were able to play the game *Red Light, Green Light* in both [Maastricht](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht "Maastricht") and [Rotterdam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam "Rotterdam"). A replica of the doll was exhibited and staff were dressed as guards. Winners were awarded with Squid Game [memorabilia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorabilia "Memorabilia"). The event attracted hundreds of people.[\[125\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-133)[\[126\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-134)[\[127\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-135) Similar events featuring replicas of the doll occurred across the world, including [Sydney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney "Sydney")[\[128\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-136) and the United Kingdom.[\[129\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-137)
In October 2021, the *[Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Reporter "Hollywood Reporter")* interviewed Netflix Asia's executive Kim Minyoung, who said that the company was looking into a possible [video game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game "Video game") adaptation of the series.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_netflix_asia-56)
Netflix has licensed *Squid Game* for merchandising. A Young-hee vinyl figure was released in January 2022.[\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-138) [Funko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funko "Funko") released a set of *Squid Game* themed Funko Pop! figurines in May 2022.[\[131\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-139)
During Netflix Geeked Week in September 2024, a poster and a teaser for season 2 were released.[\[132\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-140)[\[133\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-141) On December 19, 2024, a [rave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave "Rave") party related to the season was held in London.[\[134\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-142) Famous streamer [Ibai Llanos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibai_Llanos "Ibai Llanos") organized his own version of Squid Game with KFC.[\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-143) Filipino journalist MJ Marfori attended the three-day event for the season and also interviewed Lee Jung-jae.[\[136\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-144) In Thailand, several events were hosted to promote *Squid Game*, including a recreation of the skipping rope game at Lan Khon Mueang, a [town square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_square "Town square") near [Wat Suthat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Suthat "Wat Suthat") and [Giant Swing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Swing "Giant Swing").[\[137\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-The_Nation-145)
[*Call of Duty*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_\(series\) "Call of Duty (series)") teamed up with *Squid Game* to create a special bundle, with [Tom Choi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Choi "Tom Choi") reprising his role as the masked voice of [the Front Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Man_\(Squid_Game\) "Front Man (Squid Game)").[\[138\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-146) A new operator comes in the form of a frontman from the show, with operators receiving skins for players and the guards. New game modes were added to *Call of Duty* that comes from the show.
## Reception
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### Critical reception
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| Season | [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes") | [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic") |
|---|---|---|
| [1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_1#Critical_response "Squid Game season 1") | 95% (77 reviews)[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-score:rotten-147) | 69 (13 reviews)[\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-S1MC-148) |
| [2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_2#Critical_response "Squid Game season 2") | 83% (94 reviews)[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-score2-149) | 62 (36 reviews)[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-S2MC-150) |
| [3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_3#Reception "Squid Game season 3") | 79% (78 reviews)[\[143\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-score3-151) | 67 (26 reviews)[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-S3MC-152) |
#### Season 1
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The first season received critical acclaim.[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-153) On [review aggregator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator "Review aggregator") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), 95% of 77 reviews are positive for the first season. The website's critics consensus reads: "*Squid Game*'s unflinching brutality is not for the faint of heart, but sharp social commentary and a surprisingly tender core will keep viewers glued to the screen – even if it's while watching between their fingers."[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-score:rotten-147) On [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic"), the first season has a weighted average score of 69 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-S1MC-148)
#### Season 2
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The second season received generally positive reviews from critics. On the [review aggregator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator "Review aggregator") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), 83% of 94 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "While Squid Game's return can't help but lose the element of surprise, some absolutely diabolical challenges and a knotty moral outlook keep this sophomore season thrilling."[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-score2-149) On [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic"), the second season has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100 based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-S2MC-150)
#### Season 3
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The third and final season received generally positive reviews from critics. On the [review aggregator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator "Review aggregator") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), 79% of 58 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "The games reach a grim crescendo in this climactic third season, repeating familiar beats but with a ruthlessness that drives creator Hwang Dong-hyuk's themes home."[\[143\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-score3-151) On [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic"), the third season has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-S3MC-152) However, some news outlets reported that audience reception to the third season was more mixed, showing roughly half-positive and half-negative user reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.[\[146\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-154) [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") commented that to justify a second or third season as a creative work, "there had to be something that surprised us," and criticized the show for repeating formulas it had only recently established. The review noted that while the protagonist Gi-hun's decisions provided tension, some supporting characters drawn from Western and war film archetypes felt one-dimensional and predictable. It further argued that while Hwang Dong-hyuk still staged action skillfully, his imagination seemed lacking.\[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")*\]
### Viewership
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The first season of the series became the first [Korean drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_drama "Korean drama") to top Netflix's top ten weekly most-watched TV show charts globally. It reached number one in 94 countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.[\[147\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-155) Netflix estimated that *Squid Game* had drawn over 111 million member households worldwide after 17 days of availability,[\[148\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-deadline_111M-156)[\[i\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-157) and over 142 million member households after 28 days, and becoming the [service's most-watched series at its launch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-watched_Netflix_original_programming "List of most-watched Netflix original programming").[\[149\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-158) After Netflix revamped its published metrics of viewership in November 2021 based on total hours watched of the series, *Squid Game* remained the most-watched show on the service, with over 1.65 billion hours within its first 28 days compared to *Bridgerton*'s 625 million hours.[\[150\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-159)
### Public response and impact
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[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosplay_of_Squid_Game_Guards_at_Sutera_Cosplay_Fest_2021.jpg)
People [cosplaying](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplaying "Cosplaying") as guards from the series
*Squid Game* is considered one of the latest examples of the [Korean Wave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Wave "Korean Wave"), the growing trend of popular South Korean media to gain international attention since the early 2010s, similar to popular [Korean pop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop "K-pop") acts like [BTS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS "BTS") and [Korean dramas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_drama "Korean drama") and films like *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")*. Such works had drawn more attention due to streaming services like Netflix and [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube "YouTube") making South Korean content, traditionally controlled by the country's national broadcasters, available across the globe. Further, according to Choe Sang-Hun of *The New York Times*, South Korean creators have a way of taking ideas from foreign works and applying their own cultural spin on it that draws in more audiences.[\[151\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-160)
## Accolades
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### Awards and nominations
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Main article: [List of awards and nominations received by *Squid Game*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Squid_Game "List of awards and nominations received by Squid Game")
The first season's four SAG Award nominations also made history in it becoming the first non-English series and first Korean series to be nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Individually, [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") became the first male actor from Asia and South Korea to receive an individual SAG Award nomination in television and [HoYeon Jung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HoYeon_Jung "HoYeon Jung") became the second actress of Asian as well as Korean descent to do the same.[\[152\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-THR-161) With both actors winning, the show made history in becoming the first non-English language television series to win at the SAG Awards. The show also received 14 nominations for the [Primetime Emmy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards "Primetime Emmy Awards"), including for Best Drama, making it the first non-English show to be nominated in this category.[\[153\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-162)
## Themes and analysis
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See also: [Squid Game season 1 § Themes and analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_1#Themes_and_analysis "Squid Game season 1")
Hwang wrote *Squid Game* based on his own personal experiences and observations of [capitalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism "Capitalism") and economic [class struggles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_conflict "Class conflict") within South Korea.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety-49) Hwang also considered that his script was targeted towards global issues regarding capitalism, stating, "I wanted to create something that would resonate not just for Korean people but globally. This was my dream." He added, "I do believe that the overall global economic order is unequal and that around 90% of the people believe that it's unfair. During the pandemic, poorer countries can't get their people vaccinated. They're contracting viruses on the streets and even dying. So I did try to convey a message about modern capitalism. As I said, it's not profound."[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9)
## Related works
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Hwang had also worked with Netflix to create a [mockumentary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary "Mockumentary") inspired by *Squid Game*'s success, titled *The Best Show on the Planet*. Hwang said the comedy was based on his own personal experience of being pushed into the spotlight due to the rapid and ongoing success of *Squid Game*.[\[154\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-163)
Netflix announced a [reality competition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_competition "Reality competition") series, *[Squid Game: The Challenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game:_The_Challenge "Squid Game: The Challenge")*, in June 2022 along with an open casting call. The ten-episode series saw 456 players competing for a US\$4.56 million cash prize, with challenges based on those in the show.[\[155\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-164) Production was a joint work of [Studio Lambert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Lambert "Studio Lambert") and The Garden. The filming started in early 2023 at Cardington Studios in Bedfordshire.[\[156\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-165) The first five episodes of the show were released internationally on November 22, 2023, while four more episodes were released on November 29,[\[157\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-166) with its finale released on December 6; a second season was announced.[\[158\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-167)
Netflix released *Squid Game: Unleashed* in December 2024, a video game that lets players compete as characters playing the children's games featured in the show. The game gave players rewards for watching each episode.[\[159\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:0-168)
*[Deadline Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood "Deadline Hollywood")* reported in October 2024 that an English-language spin-off of *Squid Game* for Netflix, produced by [David Fincher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher "David Fincher"), was in development.[\[160\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-169)[\[161\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-170) Preliminary reports indicate the show, to be called *Squid Game: America*, is set to start production in Los Angeles in February 2026.[\[162\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-171)
## See also
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- [Battle royal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royal "Battle royal") – Fight involving three or more combatants
## Notes
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1. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-prize_conv_10-0)** At the time of broadcast, ₩45.6 billion was approximately [US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar "United States dollar")38 million or [€](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro "Euro")33 million.
2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-12)** In an interview with *Vanity Fair*, Hwang revealed the original number of participants for the game in the original script was around 1000, but he later reduced the numbers due to budget issues. The amount of total prize money for the show was set similar to the largest amount of prize money ever given for [lotteries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery "Lottery") in South Korea. Gi-hun was allocated the last number, 456, to reflect his social status in the show.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vanity_fair-11)
3. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-19)** Hwang Dong-Hyuk said the number was actually a pun using the fact that "two-eighteen" in Korean is *i-sibpal* (이십팔), similar to the [Korean swear word](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_profanity "Korean profanity") *ssibal* (씨발, "fucker").[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vanity_fair-11)
4. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-38)** *lit.* The day [hibiscus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_syriacus "Hibiscus syriacus") bloomed. The English title references the game [Red Light, Green Light](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statues_\(game\) "Statues (game)"). The Korean title references the Korean version of the game.
5. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-40)** The title is a reference to the [1924 Korean novel with the same name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Lucky_Day "One Lucky Day") that tells the story of a rickshaw man initially being happy earning a lot of money from having a lot of customers on a rainy day, and thrilled to buy his wife some soup, only to find his wife dead in her house.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-39)
6. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-45)** Following the [bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_of_Lehman_Brothers "Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers") in September 2008 and as part of the [2008 financial crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_financial_crisis "2008 financial crisis"), banks in South Korea had tried to help provide external investments to stabilize foreign currency rates. As the crisis worsened into 2009, these stabilization attempts had failed, causing a reversing of money from the country, and forcing banks to drastically increase interest rates and seek high-risk short-term loans made to citizens to try to recover.[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-44)
7. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-75)** [Red Paper, Blue Paper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Paper,_Blue_Paper "Red Paper, Blue Paper") \[[ko](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%A8%EA%B0%84_%EC%A2%85%EC%9D%B4,_%ED%8C%8C%EB%9E%80_%EC%A2%85%EC%9D%B4 "ko:빨간 종이, 파란 종이")\], also known by its Japanese name *[Akai-Kami-Aoi-Kami](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B5%A4%E3%81%84%E7%B4%99%E3%80%81%E9%9D%92%E3%81%84%E7%B4%99 "ja:赤い紙、青い紙")*, is an urban legend that started from Japan that was later spread to South Korea. The legend is about a ghost that haunts the toilets and is known to ask the question, "Do you want blue toilet paper or red toilet paper?" Either option will result in the death of the person. Unlike the Korean versions, the ghost of the Japanese story has a name called "Aka Manto".
8. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-114)** Hwang revealed that the music figures used for the project were the ones in the gas station where he wrote the script, and that they were playing "Fly Me to the Moon", and this is why he used the music for the show.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vanity_fair-11)
9. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-157)** One "viewer" is defined by Netflix as a subscriber having viewed any portion of a work longer than two minutes.[\[148\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-deadline_111M-156)
## References
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무궁화 꽃이 피던 날
\[Red Light, Green Light\]. [*Squid Game*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_1 "Squid Game season 1"). Season 1. Episode 1 (in Korean). September 17, 2021. [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix").
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빵과 복권
\[Bread and Lottery\]. [*Squid Game*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_2 "Squid Game season 2"). Season 2. Episode 1 (in Korean). December 26, 2024. [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix").
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\[Lead actor Lee Jung-jae 1.4 billion → Supporting actors Top and Lee Seo-hwan 300 million.. The truth about the appearance fee for 'Ogame 2' \[Oh! Strong Issue\]\]. *[OSEN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osen_\(newspaper\) "Osen (newspaper)")* (in Korean). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250106083814/https://m.entertain.naver.com/now/article/109/0005222392) from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2024 – via [Naver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naver "Naver").
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14. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-lead_16-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-lead_16-1)
Moon Ji-yeon (March 11, 2020).
[\[공식\] 이정재X박해수, 넷플릭스 '오징어게임' 주연 캐스팅](https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003540531)
\[\[Official\] Lee Jung-jae X Park Hae-soo\] (in Korean). [Sports Chosun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Chosun "Sports Chosun"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211003121904/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003540531) from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via [Naver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naver "Naver").
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Jang Ah-reum (June 2, 2020).
[\[단독\] 위하준, 넷플릭스 오리지널 '오징어 게임' 합류...이정재와 호흡](https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0004672486)
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| *[The X-Files](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files "The X-Files")* (1996) *[NYPD Blue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYPD_Blue "NYPD Blue")* (1997) *[Oz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_\(TV_series\) "Oz (TV series)")* (1998) *[The West Wing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_Wing "The West Wing")* (1999) *[The West Wing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_West_Wing "The West Wing")* (2000) *[24](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_\(TV_series\) "24 (TV series)")* (2001) *[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI:_Crime_Scene_Investigation "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation")* (2002) *[The Shield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shield "The Shield")* (2003) *[Nip/Tuck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nip/Tuck "Nip/Tuck")* (2004) *[House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_\(TV_series\) "House (TV series)")* (2005) *[House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_\(TV_series\) "House (TV series)")* (2006) *[Dexter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_\(TV_series\) "Dexter (TV series)")* (2007) *[Dexter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_\(TV_series\) "Dexter (TV series)")* (2008) *[Breaking Bad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad "Breaking Bad")* (2009) *[Breaking Bad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad "Breaking Bad")* (2010) *[Justified](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justified_\(TV_series\) "Justified (TV series)")* (2011) *[Homeland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_\(TV_series\) "Homeland (TV series)")* (2012) *[Breaking Bad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad "Breaking Bad")* (2013) *[The Knick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knick "The Knick")* (2014) *[Better Call Saul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Call_Saul "Better Call Saul")* (2015) *[The Crown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crown_\(TV_series\) "The Crown (TV series)")* (2016) *[Vikings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings_\(2013_TV_series\) "Vikings (2013 TV series)")* (2017) *[Homecoming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homecoming_\(TV_series\) "Homecoming (TV series)")* (2018) *[Succession](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_\(TV_series\) "Succession (TV series)")* (2019) *[Better Call Saul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Call_Saul "Better Call Saul")* (2020) *[Squid Game]()* (2021) *[Billions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billions_\(TV_series\) "Billions (TV series)")* (2022) *[The Last of Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_\(TV_series\) "The Last of Us (TV series)")* (2023) *[Slow Horses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Horses "Slow Horses")* (2024) *[Pluribus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluribus_\(TV_series\) "Pluribus (TV series)")* (2025) |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:ScreenActorsGuildAward_StuntEnsembleTelevision "Template:ScreenActorsGuildAward StuntEnsembleTelevision") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:ScreenActorsGuildAward_StuntEnsembleTelevision "Template talk:ScreenActorsGuildAward StuntEnsembleTelevision") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:ScreenActorsGuildAward_StuntEnsembleTelevision "Special:EditPage/Template:ScreenActorsGuildAward StuntEnsembleTelevision")[Actor Award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_Award_for_Outstanding_Action_Performance_by_a_Stunt_Ensemble_in_a_Television_Series "Actor Award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series") |
| *[24](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_\(TV_series\) "24 (TV series)")* ([season 6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_season_6 "24 season 6")) (2007) *[Heroes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_\(American_TV_series\) "Heroes (American TV series)")* ([season 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_season_3 "Heroes season 3"), Part 1) (2008) *[24](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_\(TV_series\) "24 (TV series)")* ([season 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_season_7 "24 season 7")) (2009) *[True Blood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood "True Blood")* ([season 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Blood_season_3 "True Blood season 3")) (2010) *[Game of Thrones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones "Game of Thrones")* ([season 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_1 "Game of Thrones season 1")) (2011) *[Game of Thrones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones "Game of Thrones")* ([season 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_2 "Game of Thrones season 2")) (2012) *[Game of Thrones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones "Game of Thrones")* ([season 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_3 "Game of Thrones season 3")) (2013) *[Game of Thrones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones "Game of Thrones")* ([season 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_4 "Game of Thrones season 4")) (2014) *[Game of Thrones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones "Game of Thrones")* ([season 5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_5 "Game of Thrones season 5")) (2015) *[Game of Thrones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones "Game of Thrones")* ([season 6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_6 "Game of Thrones season 6")) (2016) *[Game of Thrones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones "Game of Thrones")* ([season 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_7 "Game of Thrones season 7")) (2017) *[GLOW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLOW_\(TV_series\) "GLOW (TV series)")* (season 2) (2018) *[Game of Thrones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones "Game of Thrones")* ([season 8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_season_8 "Game of Thrones season 8")) (2019) *[The Mandalorian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian "The Mandalorian")* ([season 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian_season_2 "The Mandalorian season 2")) (2020) *[Squid Game]()* ([season 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_1 "Squid Game season 1")) (2021) *[Stranger Things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things "Stranger Things")* ([season 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things_season_4 "Stranger Things season 4")) (2022) *[The Last of Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_\(TV_series\) "The Last of Us (TV series)")* ([season 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_season_1 "The Last of Us season 1")) (2023) *[Shōgun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgun_\(2024_TV_series\) "Shōgun (2024 TV series)")* (season 1) (2024) *[The Last of Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_\(TV_series\) "The Last of Us (TV series)")* ([season 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_season_2 "The Last of Us season 2")) (2025) |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Netflix_original_ended_series_\(2019%E2%80%93present\) "Template:Netflix original ended series (2019–present)") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Netflix_original_ended_series_\(2019%E2%80%93present\) "Template talk:Netflix original ended series (2019–present)") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Netflix_original_ended_series_\(2019%E2%80%93present\) "Special:EditPage/Template:Netflix original ended series (2019–present)")[Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix") [original ended series and miniseries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ended_Netflix_original_programming "List of ended Netflix original programming") (2019–present) |
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| First released 2019 |
| *[After Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Life_\(TV_series\) "After Life (TV series)")* (2019–2022) *[Another Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Life_\(2019_TV_series\) "Another Life (2019 TV series)")* (2019–2021) *[Archibald's Next Big Thing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald%27s_Next_Big_Thing "Archibald's Next Big Thing")* (2019–2020) *[Always a Witch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_a_Witch "Always a Witch")* (2019-2020) *[Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_Club:_The_Sketch_Show "Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show")* (2019) *[Beastars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastars "Beastars")* (2019-2026) *[Black Earth Rising](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Earth_Rising "Black Earth Rising")* (2019) *[Bolívar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%ADvar_\(TV_series\) "Bolívar (TV series)")* (2019) *[Bonding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonding_\(TV_series\) "Bonding (TV series)")* (2019–2021) *[Cannon Busters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_Busters "Cannon Busters")* (2019) *[Carmen Sandiego](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Sandiego_\(TV_series\) "Carmen Sandiego (TV series)")* (2019–2021) *[Chambers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_\(TV_series\) "Chambers (TV series)")* (2019) *[Charlie's Colorforms City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%27s_Colorforms_City "Charlie's Colorforms City")* (2019) *[Chip and Potato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_and_Potato "Chip and Potato")* (2019–2022) *[The Confession Killer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confession_Killer "The Confession Killer")* (2019) *[Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_a_Killer:_The_Ted_Bundy_Tapes "Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes")* (2019) *[Criminal: UK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal:_UK "Criminal: UK")* (2019–2020) *[The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal:_Age_of_Resistance "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance")* (2019) *[Dating Around](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_Around "Dating Around")* (2019–2020) *[Daybreak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daybreak_\(2019_TV_series\) "Daybreak (2019 TV series)")* (2019) *[Dead to Me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_to_Me_\(TV_series\) "Dead to Me (TV series)")* (2019–2022) *[Delhi Crime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Crime "Delhi Crime")* (2019–2022) *[Dino Girl Gauko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Girl_Gauko "Dino Girl Gauko")* (2019–2020) *[The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann")* (2019) *[Don't F\*\*k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_F**k_with_Cats:_Hunting_an_Internet_Killer "Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer")* (2019) *[DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamWorks_Dragons:_Rescue_Riders "DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders")* (2019–2020) *[Examination of Conscience](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Examination_of_Conscience_\(miniseries\) "Examination of Conscience (miniseries)")* (2019) *[The Family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_\(miniseries\) "The Family (miniseries)")* (2019) *[Family Reunion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Reunion_\(TV_series\) "Family Reunion (TV series)")* (2019–2022) *[Fast & Furious Spy Racers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_%26_Furious_Spy_Racers "Fast & Furious Spy Racers")* (2019–2021) *[Flinch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinch_\(game_show\) "Flinch (game show)")* (2019) *[The Gift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_\(Turkish_TV_series\) "The Gift (Turkish TV series)")* (2019–2021) *[Green Eggs and Ham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Eggs_and_Ham_\(TV_series\) "Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)")* (2019–2022) *[Green Frontier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Frontier "Green Frontier")* (2019) *[Hache](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hache_\(TV_series\) "Hache (TV series)")* (2019–2021) *[Hello Ninja](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Ninja "Hello Ninja")* (2019–2021) *[High Seas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Seas_\(TV_series\) "High Seas (TV series)")* (2019–2020) *[Historical Roasts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Roasts "Historical Roasts")* (2019) *[The I-Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_I-Land "The I-Land")* (2019) *[The Inbestigators](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inbestigators "The Inbestigators")* (2019) *[Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Bill%27s_Brain:_Decoding_Bill_Gates "Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates")* (2019) *[Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_\(South_Korean_TV_series\) "Kingdom (South Korean TV series)")* (2019–2020) *[Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Zodiac:_Saint_Seiya "Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya")* (2019–2020) *[The Last Kids on Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Kids_on_Earth_\(TV_series\) "The Last Kids on Earth (TV series)")* (2019–2021) *[Leila](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_\(TV_series\) "Leila (TV series)")* (2019) *[Living with Yourself](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_with_Yourself "Living with Yourself")* (2019) *[Love Alarm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Alarm "Love Alarm")* (2019–2021) *[The Mafia Dolls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mafia_Dolls "The Mafia Dolls")* (2019) *[Malibu Rescue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malibu_Rescue "Malibu Rescue")* (2019) *[Marianne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_\(TV_series\) "Marianne (TV series)")* (2019) *[Maradona in Mexico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maradona_in_Mexico "Maradona in Mexico")* (2019) *[Merry Happy Whatever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Happy_Whatever "Merry Happy Whatever")* (2019) *[The Mind, Explained](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mind,_Explained "The Mind, Explained")* (2019) *[Monarca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarca "Monarca")* (2019) *[The Movies That Made Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Movies_That_Made_Us "The Movies That Made Us")* (2019–2021) *[Mr. Iglesias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Iglesias "Mr. Iglesias")* (2019–2020) *[My First First Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_First_First_Love "My First First Love")* (2019) *[The Naked Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Director "The Naked Director")* (2019-2021) *[No Good Nick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Good_Nick "No Good Nick")* (2019) *[Nobody's Looking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody%27s_Looking "Nobody's Looking")* (2019) *[Nowhere Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_Man_\(Taiwanese_TV_series\) "Nowhere Man (Taiwanese TV series)")* (2019) *[The Neighbor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Neighbor_\(TV_series\) "The Neighbor (TV series)")* (2019–2021) *[The Order](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Order_\(TV_series\) "The Order (TV series)")* (2019) *[Osmosis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmosis_\(TV_series\) "Osmosis (TV series)")* (2019) *[Our Planet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Planet "Our Planet")* (2019) *[Persona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_\(TV_series\) "Persona (TV series)")* (2019) *[Prank Encounters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prank_Encounters "Prank Encounters")* (2019–2021) *[Quicksand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksand_\(TV_series\) "Quicksand (TV series)")* (2019) *[Raising Dion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Dion "Raising Dion")* (2019–2022) *[Rhythm + Flow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_%2B_Flow "Rhythm + Flow")* (2019) *[Rilakkuma and Kaoru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rilakkuma_and_Kaoru "Rilakkuma and Kaoru")* (2019) *[The Road to Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_to_Love_\(TV_series\) "The Road to Love (TV series)")* (2019) *[Russian Doll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Doll_\(TV_series\) "Russian Doll (TV series)")* (2019–2022) *[Seis Manos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seis_Manos "Seis Manos")* (2019) *[Sex Education](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Education_\(TV_series\) "Sex Education (TV series)")* (2019–2023) *[Skylines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylines_\(TV_series\) "Skylines (TV series)")* (2019) *[The Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_\(TV_series\) "The Society (TV series)")* (2019) *[Soundtrack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack_\(TV_series\) "Soundtrack (TV series)")* (2019) *[Special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_\(TV_series\) "Special (TV series)")* (2019–2021) *[The Spy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spy_\(miniseries\) "The Spy (miniseries)")* (2019) *[Tales of the City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_City_\(2019_miniseries\) "Tales of the City (2019 miniseries)")* (2019) *[Team Kaylie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Kaylie "Team Kaylie")* (2019–2020) *[Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace_House:_Tokyo_2019%E2%80%932020 "Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020")* (2019–2020) *[Tidying Up with Marie Kondo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidying_Up_with_Marie_Kondo "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo")* (2019) *[Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_Park_Boys:_The_Animated_Series "Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series")* (2019–2020) *[Trinkets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinkets_\(TV_series\) "Trinkets (TV series)")* (2019–2020) *[Tuca & Bertie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuca_%26_Bertie "Tuca & Bertie")* (2019) *[Turn Up Charlie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_Up_Charlie "Turn Up Charlie")* (2019) *[Twelve Forever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Forever "Twelve Forever")* (2019) *[The Umbrella Academy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Umbrella_Academy_\(TV_series\) "The Umbrella Academy (TV series)")* (2019–2024) *[Unbelievable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbelievable_\(miniseries\) "Unbelievable (miniseries)")* (2019) *[V Wars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_Wars "V Wars")* (2019) *[What/If](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What/If "What/If")* (2019) *[When They See Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_They_See_Us "When They See Us")* (2019) *[Who Killed Little Gregory?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_Little_Gregory%3F "Who Killed Little Gregory?")* (2019) *[YooHoo to the Rescue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YooHoo_to_the_Rescue "YooHoo to the Rescue")* (2019–2020) |
| First released 2020 |
| *[100 Humans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Humans "100 Humans")* (2020) *[A Perfect Crime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Perfect_Crime_\(TV_series\) "A Perfect Crime (TV series)")* (2020) *[AJ and the Queen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJ_and_the_Queen "AJ and the Queen")* (2020) *[Alice in Borderland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Borderland_\(TV_series\) "Alice in Borderland (TV series)")* (2020–2025) *[Away](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Away_\(TV_series\) "Away (TV series)")* (2020) *[The Baby-Sitters Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baby-Sitters_Club_\(2020_TV_series\) "The Baby-Sitters Club (2020 TV series)")* (2020–2021) *[The Big Flower Fight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Flower_Fight "The Big Flower Fight")* (2020) *[The Big Show Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Show_Show "The Big Show Show")* (2020) *[Blood of Zeus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_of_Zeus "Blood of Zeus")* (2020–2025) *[BlackAF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackAF "BlackAF")* (2020) *[Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_It_All:_The_History_of_Rock_in_Latin_America "Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America")* (2020) *[The Business of Drugs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Business_of_Drugs "The Business of Drugs")* (2020) *[Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmel:_Who_Killed_Maria_Marta%3F "Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta?")* (2020) *[Challenger: The Final Flight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger:_The_Final_Flight "Challenger: The Final Flight")* (2020) *[Cheer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheer_\(TV_series\) "Cheer (TV series)")* (2020–2022) *[Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Bon_Bon:_Monkey_with_a_Tool_Belt "Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt")* (2020) *[The Circle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circle_\(American_TV_series\) "The Circle (American TV series)")* (2020–2024) *[Cooked with Cannabis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooked_with_Cannabis "Cooked with Cannabis")* (2020) *[Control Z](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Z "Control Z")* (2020) *[Coronavirus, Explained](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus,_Explained "Coronavirus, Explained")* (2020) *[Cursed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursed_\(2020_TV_series\) "Cursed (2020 TV series)")* (2020) *[Dash & Lily](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash_%26_Lily "Dash & Lily")* (2020) *[Dracula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_\(2020_TV_series\) "Dracula (2020 TV series)")* (2020) *[Dragon's Dogma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Dogma_\(TV_series\) "Dragon's Dogma (TV series)")* (2020) *[Down to Earth with Zac Efron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_to_Earth_with_Zac_Efron "Down to Earth with Zac Efron")* (2020–2022) *[The Duchess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duchess_\(TV_series\) "The Duchess (TV series)")* (2020) *[The Eddy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eddy "The Eddy")* (2020) *[Emily's Wonder Lab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%27s_Wonder_Lab "Emily's Wonder Lab")* (2020) *[The English Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_English_Game "The English Game")* (2020) *[Ethos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethos_\(TV_series\) "Ethos (TV series)")* (2020) *[The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expanding_Universe_of_Ashley_Garcia "The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia")* (2020) *[Extracurricular](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracurricular_\(TV_series\) "Extracurricular (TV series)")* (2020) *[Fear City: New York vs The Mafia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_City:_New_York_vs_The_Mafia "Fear City: New York vs The Mafia")* (2020) *[Gentefied](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentefied "Gentefied")* (2020–2021) *[Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_SAC_2045 "Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045")* (2020–2022) *[Giri/Haji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giri/Haji "Giri/Haji")* (2020) *[Glitch Techs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_Techs "Glitch Techs")* (2020) *[Go! Go! Cory Carson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_Go!_Cory_Carson "Go! Go! Cory Carson")* (2020–2021) *[The Goop Lab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goop_Lab "The Goop Lab")* (2020) *[Grand Army](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_\(TV_series\) "Grand Army (TV series)")* (2020) *[The Haunting of Bly Manor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_of_Bly_Manor "The Haunting of Bly Manor")* (2020) *[High Score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Score_\(TV_series\) "High Score (TV series)")* (2020) *[History 101](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_101_\(TV_series\) "History 101 (TV series)")* (2020) *[Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_\(miniseries\) "Hollywood (miniseries)")* (2020) *[Hoops](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoops_\(TV_series\) "Hoops (TV series)")* (2020) *[How to Fix a Drug Scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Fix_a_Drug_Scandal "How to Fix a Drug Scandal")* (2020) *[I Am Not Okay with This](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_Okay_with_This "I Am Not Okay with This")* (2020) *[The Idhun Chronicles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idhun_Chronicles "The Idhun Chronicles")* (2020–2021) *[Immigration Nation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Nation "Immigration Nation")* (2020) *[The Innocence Files](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocence_Files "The Innocence Files")* (2020) *[The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iliza_Shlesinger_Sketch_Show "The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show")* (2020) *[Japan Sinks: 2020](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Sinks:_2020 "Japan Sinks: 2020")* (2020) *[Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein:_Filthy_Rich "Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich")* (2020) *[Julie and the Phantoms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_and_the_Phantoms "Julie and the Phantoms")* (2020) *[Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World_Camp_Cretaceous "Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous")* (2020–2022) *[Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Inside:_The_Mind_of_Aaron_Hernandez "Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez")* (2020) *[Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipo_and_the_Age_of_Wonderbeasts "Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts")* (2020) *[The Liberator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Liberator_\(miniseries\) "The Liberator (miniseries)")* (2020) *[Locke & Key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locke_%26_Key_\(TV_series\) "Locke & Key (TV series)")* (2020–2022) *[Love 101](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_101_\(TV_series\) "Love 101 (TV series)")* (2020–2021) *[Messiah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_\(American_TV_series\) "Messiah (American TV series)")* (2020) *[Mighty Express](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Express "Mighty Express")* (2020–2022) *[The Midnight Gospel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Gospel "The Midnight Gospel")* (2020) *[My Holo Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Holo_Love "My Holo Love")* (2020) *[Mystery Lab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Lab "Mystery Lab")* (2020) *[October Faction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Faction_\(TV_series\) "October Faction (TV series)")* (2020) *[Over Christmas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_Christmas "Over Christmas")* (2020) *[Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemic:_How_to_Prevent_an_Outbreak "Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak")* (2020) *[Pokémon Journeys: The Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Journeys:_The_Series "Pokémon Journeys: The Series")* (2020–2021) *[The Pharmacist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pharmacist_\(TV_series\) "The Pharmacist (TV series)")* (2020) *[Queen Sono](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Sono "Queen Sono")* (2020) *[The Queen's Gambit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Gambit_\(miniseries\) "The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)")* (2020) *[Ragnarok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok_\(TV_series\) "Ragnarok (TV series)")* (2020–2023) *[Ratched](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratched_\(TV_series\) "Ratched (TV series)")* (2020) *[The Ripper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ripper_\(TV_series\) "The Ripper (TV series)")* (2020) *[Room 2806: The Accusation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_2806:_The_Accusation "Room 2806: The Accusation")* (2020) *[SanPa: Sins of the Savior](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SanPa:_Sins_of_the_Savior "SanPa: Sins of the Savior")* (2020) *[The School Nurse Files](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_Nurse_Files "The School Nurse Files")* (2020) *[Selena: The Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena:_The_Series "Selena: The Series")* (2020–2021) *[Self Made](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_Made_\(miniseries\) "Self Made (miniseries)")* (2020) *[Sex, Explained](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex,_Explained "Sex, Explained")* (2020) *[Sneakerheads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakerheads_\(TV_series\) "Sneakerheads (TV series)")* (2020) *[Someone Has to Die](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_Has_to_Die "Someone Has to Die")* (2020) *[Space Force](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Force_\(TV_series\) "Space Force (TV series)")* (2020–2022) *[Spinning Out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_Out "Spinning Out")* (2020) *[The Stranger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_\(British_TV_series\) "The Stranger (British TV series)")* (2020) *[Sweet Home](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Home_\(TV_series\) "Sweet Home (TV series)")* (2020–2024) *[Teenage Bounty Hunters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Bounty_Hunters "Teenage Bounty Hunters")* (2020) *[Tiger King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_King "Tiger King")* (2020) *[Tiny Pretty Things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Pretty_Things "Tiny Pretty Things")* (2020) *[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy "Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy")* (2020–2021) *[Trash Truck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_Truck_\(TV_series\) "Trash Truck (TV series)")* (2020–2021) *[Trial 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_4 "Trial 4")* (2020) *[Trial by Media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_Media_\(TV_series\) "Trial by Media (TV series)")* (2020) *[The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trials_of_Gabriel_Fernandez "The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez")* (2020) *[The Unremarkable Juanquini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unremarkable_Juanquini "The Unremarkable Juanquini")* (2020-2021) *[Unorthodox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unorthodox_\(miniseries\) "Unorthodox (miniseries)")* (2020) *[Valeria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeria_\(2020_TV_series\) "Valeria (2020 TV series)")* (2020–2025) *[Warrior Nun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior_Nun_\(TV_series\) "Warrior Nun (TV series)")* (2020–2022) *[White Lines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lines_\(TV_series\) "White Lines (TV series)")* (2020) *[Whose Vote Counts, Explained](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whose_Vote_Counts,_Explained "Whose Vote Counts, Explained")* (2020) *[Wizards: Tales of Arcadia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizards:_Tales_of_Arcadia "Wizards: Tales of Arcadia")* (2020) *[The Woods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woods_\(miniseries\) "The Woods (miniseries)")* (2020) |
| First released 2021 |
| *[A Tale Dark & Grimm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tale_Dark_%26_Grimm "A Tale Dark & Grimm")* (2021) *[Amend: The Fight for America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amend:_The_Fight_for_America "Amend: The Fight for America")* (2021) *[An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Astrological_Guide_for_Broken_Hearts "An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts")* (2021–2022) *[Arcane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcane_\(TV_series\) "Arcane (TV series)")* (2021–2024) *[Behind Her Eyes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_Her_Eyes_\(TV_series\) "Behind Her Eyes (TV series)")* (2021) *[Bling Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bling_Empire "Bling Empire")* (2021–2022) *[Blue Period](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Period_\(manga\) "Blue Period (manga)")* (2021) *[Brand New Cherry Flavor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Cherry_Flavor "Brand New Cherry Flavor")* (2021) *[Centaurworld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurworld "Centaurworld")* (2021) *[The Chair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chair_\(2021_TV_series\) "The Chair (2021 TV series)")* (2021) *[Chicago Party Aunt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Party_Aunt "Chicago Party Aunt")* (2021–2022) *[City of Ghosts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Ghosts_\(TV_series\) "City of Ghosts (TV series)")* (2021) *[Clickbait](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait_\(miniseries\) "Clickbait (miniseries)")* (2021) *[The Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Club_\(Turkish_TV_series\) "The Club (Turkish TV series)")* (2021–2022) *[Colin in Black & White](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_in_Black_%26_White "Colin in Black & White")* (2021) *[Cooking with Paris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_with_Paris "Cooking with Paris")* (2021) *[Country Comfort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Comfort_\(TV_series\) "Country Comfort (TV series)")* (2021) *[Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown:_Inspiration4_Mission_to_Space "Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space")* (2021) *[Cowboy Bebop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop_\(2021_TV_series\) "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)")* (2021) *[The Crew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crew_\(2021_TV_series\) "The Crew (2021 TV series)")* (2021) *[Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_Scene:_The_Times_Square_Killer "Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer")* (2021) *[Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_Scene:_The_Vanishing_at_the_Cecil_Hotel "Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel")* (2021) *[D.P.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.P._\(TV_series\) "D.P. (TV series)")* (2021–2023) *[Dad Stop Embarrassing Me\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dad_Stop_Embarrassing_Me! "Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!")* (2021) *[Dive Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dive_Club "Dive Club")* (2021) *[Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elize_Matsunaga:_Once_Upon_a_Crime "Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime")* (2021) *[Fate: The Winx Saga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate:_The_Winx_Saga "Fate: The Winx Saga")* (2021–2022) *[Fatma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatma_\(TV_series\) "Fatma (TV series)")* (2021) *[Firefly Lane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_Lane "Firefly Lane")* (2021–2023) *[Generation 56K](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_56K "Generation 56K")* (2021) *[Go, Dog. Go\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go,_Dog._Go!_\(TV_series\) "Go, Dog. Go! (TV series)")* (2021–2023) *[Halston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halston_\(miniseries\) "Halston (miniseries)")* (2021) *[Hellbound](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbound_\(TV_series\) "Hellbound (TV series)")* (2021–2024) *[Hit & Run](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_%26_Run_\(TV_series\) "Hit & Run (TV series)")* (2021) *[The Houseboat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Houseboat "The Houseboat")* (2021) *[I Heart Arlo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Heart_Arlo "I Heart Arlo")* (2021) *[Inside Job](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Job_\(2021_TV_series\) "Inside Job (2021 TV series)")* (2021–2022) *[Insiders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insiders_\(Spanish_TV_series\) "Insiders (Spanish TV series)")* (2021–2022) *[Invisible City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_City_\(TV_series\) "Invisible City (TV series)")* (2021–2023) *[The Irregulars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irregulars "The Irregulars")* (2021) *[Johnny Test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Test_\(2021_TV_series\) "Johnny Test (2021 TV series)")* (2021–2022) *[Jupiter's Legacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter%27s_Legacy_\(TV_series\) "Jupiter's Legacy (TV series)")* (2021) *[Karma's World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma%27s_World "Karma's World")* (2021–2022) *[Katla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katla_\(TV_series\) "Katla (TV series)")* (2021) *[Kid Cosmic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Cosmic "Kid Cosmic")* (2021–2022) *[King of Boys: The Return of the King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Boys:_The_Return_of_the_King "King of Boys: The Return of the King")* (2021) *[Luna Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Park_\(miniseries\) "Luna Park (miniseries)")* (2021) *[Maid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maid_\(miniseries\) "Maid (miniseries)")* (2021) *[Maya and the Three](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_and_the_Three "Maya and the Three")* (2021) *[Midnight Mass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Mass_\(miniseries\) "Midnight Mass (miniseries)")* (2021) *[Money, Explained](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money,_Explained "Money, Explained")* (2021) *[Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters_Inside:_The_24_Faces_of_Billy_Milligan "Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan")* (2021) *[Move to Heaven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Move_to_Heaven "Move to Heaven")* (2021) *[Murder Among the Mormons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_Among_the_Mormons "Murder Among the Mormons")* (2021) *[My Love: Six Stories of True Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love:_Six_Stories_of_True_Love "My Love: Six Stories of True Love")* (2021) *[My Name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_\(TV_series\) "My Name (TV series)")* (2021) *[Naomi Osaka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Osaka_\(TV_series\) "Naomi Osaka (TV series)")* (2021) *[Nevenka: Breaking the Silence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevenka:_Breaking_the_Silence "Nevenka: Breaking the Silence")* (2021) *[Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Stalker:_The_Hunt_for_a_Serial_Killer "Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer")* (2021) *[Octonauts: Above & Beyond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octonauts:_Above_%26_Beyond "Octonauts: Above & Beyond")* (2021–2024) *[On the Verge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Verge_\(TV_series\) "On the Verge (TV series)")* (2021) *[The One](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One_\(TV_series\) "The One (TV series)")* (2021) *[Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Master_Journeys:_The_Series "Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series")* (2021–2022) *[Pretty Smart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Smart_\(TV_series\) "Pretty Smart (TV series)")* (2021) *[Q-Force](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Force "Q-Force")* (2021) *[Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil:_Infinite_Darkness "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness")* (2021) *[Ridley Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Jones "Ridley Jones")* (2021–2023) *[Scaredy Cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaredy_Cats "Scaredy Cats")* (2021) *[Sex/Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex/Life "Sex/Life")* (2021–2023) *[Shadow and Bone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_and_Bone_\(TV_series\) "Shadow and Bone (TV series)")* (2021–2023) *[The Silent Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silent_Sea_\(TV_series\) "The Silent Sea (TV series)")* (2021) *[Sky Rojo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Rojo "Sky Rojo")* (2021–2023) *[So Not Worth It](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Not_Worth_It "So Not Worth It")* (2021) *[The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sons_of_Sam:_A_Descent_Into_Darkness "The Sons of Sam: A Descent Into Darkness")* (2021) *[Sophie: A Murder in West Cork](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie:_A_Murder_in_West_Cork "Sophie: A Murder in West Cork")* (2021) *[Squid Game]()* (2021–2025) *[Stay Close](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay_Close "Stay Close")* (2021) *[Sweet Tooth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Tooth_\(TV_series\) "Sweet Tooth (TV series)")* (2021–2024) *[Tattoo Redo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo_Redo "Tattoo Redo")* (2021) *[Tribes of Europa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribes_of_Europa "Tribes of Europa")* (2021) *[This Is a Robbery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_a_Robbery "This Is a Robbery")* (2021) *[True Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Story_\(miniseries\) "True Story (miniseries)")* (2021) *[The Upshaws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Upshaws "The Upshaws")* (2021–2026) *[Worn Stories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worn_Stories "Worn Stories")* (2021) *[Zero Chill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Chill "Zero Chill")* (2021) |
| First released 2022 |
| *[1899](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_\(TV_series\) "1899 (TV series)")* (2022) *[Action Pack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Pack_\(TV_series\) "Action Pack (TV series)")* (2022) *[Anatomy of a Scandal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_of_a_Scandal "Anatomy of a Scandal")* (2022) *[The Andy Warhol Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Warhol_Diaries_\(TV_series\) "The Andy Warhol Diaries (TV series)")* (2022) *[Archive 81](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_81 "Archive 81")* (2022) *[The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bastard_Son_%26_The_Devil_Himself "The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself")* (2022) *[Blockbuster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_\(TV_series\) "Blockbuster (TV series)")* (2022) *[Blood Sisters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Sisters_\(TV_series\) "Blood Sisters (TV series)")* (2022) *[Boo, Bitch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo,_Bitch "Boo, Bitch")* (2022) *[The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boss_Baby:_Back_in_the_Crib "The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib")* (2022–2023) *[Buying Beverly Hills](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buying_Beverly_Hills "Buying Beverly Hills")* (2022–2024) *[Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_Scene:_The_Texas_Killing_Fields "Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields")* (2022) *[Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_a_Killer:_The_Jeffrey_Dahmer_Tapes "Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes")* (2022) *[Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_a_Killer:_The_John_Wayne_Gacy_Tapes "Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes")* (2022) *[Cyberpunk: Edgerunners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk:_Edgerunners "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners")* (2022) *[Dead End: Paranormal Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_End:_Paranormal_Park "Dead End: Paranormal Park")* (2022) *[Devil in Ohio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_in_Ohio "Devil in Ohio")* (2022) *[Devotion, a Story of Love and Desire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devotion,_a_Story_of_Love_and_Desire "Devotion, a Story of Love and Desire")* (2022) *[Echoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echoes_\(miniseries\) "Echoes (miniseries)")* (2022) *[The Fabulous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulous "The Fabulous")* (2022) *[Family Secrets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Secrets_\(Polish_TV_series\) "Family Secrets (Polish TV series)")* (2022) *[Farzar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farzar "Farzar")* (2022) *[First Kill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Kill_\(TV_series\) "First Kill (TV series)")* (2022) *[First Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Love_\(2022_TV_series\) "First Love (2022 TV series)")* (2022) *[From Scratch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Scratch_\(TV_series\) "From Scratch (TV series)")* (2022) *[The G Word](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_G_Word "The G Word")* (2022) *[Glitch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_\(South_Korean_TV_series\) "Glitch (South Korean TV series)")* (2022) *[Glitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitter_\(Polish_TV_series\) "Glitter (Polish TV series)")* (2022) *[The Glory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glory_\(TV_series\) "The Glory (TV series)")* (2022–2023) *[The Guardians of Justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardians_of_Justice "The Guardians of Justice")* (2022) *[Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro%27s_Cabinet_of_Curiosities "Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities")* (2022) *[Hard Cell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Cell "Hard Cell")* (2022) *[Harry & Meghan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_%26_Meghan "Harry & Meghan")* (2022) *[Heartbreak High](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreak_High_\(2022_TV_series\) "Heartbreak High (2022 TV series)")* (2022–2026) *[Hold Tight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_Tight_\(miniseries\) "Hold Tight (miniseries)")* (2022) *[Human Resources](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Resources_\(TV_series\) "Human Resources (TV series)")* (2022–2023) *[Hype House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_House_\(TV_series\) "Hype House (TV series)")* (2022) *[Inventing Anna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventing_Anna "Inventing Anna")* (2022) *[The Imperfects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imperfects "The Imperfects")* (2022) *[Irreverent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreverent "Irreverent")* (2022) *[Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile:_A_British_Horror_Story "Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story")* (2022) *[Juvenile Justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_Justice_\(TV_series\) "Juvenile Justice (TV series)")* (2022) *[Keep Breathing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Breathing_\(TV_series\) "Keep Breathing (TV series)")* (2022) *[Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Panda:_The_Dragon_Knight "Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight")* (2022–2023) *[Live to Lead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_to_Lead "Live to Lead")* (2022) *[Lost Ollie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Ollie "Lost Ollie")* (2022) *[Love Is Blind: Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Blind:_Japan "Love Is Blind: Japan")* (2022) *[Man vs. Bee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_vs._Bee "Man vs. Bee")* (2022) *[The Midnight Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Club "The Midnight Club")* (2022) *[A Model Family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Model_Family "A Model Family")* (2022) *[Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Heist:_Korea_%E2%80%93_Joint_Economic_Area "Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area")* (2022) *[My Little Pony: Make Your Mark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Make_Your_Mark "My Little Pony: Make Your Mark")* (2022–2023) *[Narco-Saints](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-Saints "Narco-Saints")* (2022) *[Oddballs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddballs_\(TV_series\) "Oddballs (TV series)")* (2022–2023) *[Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time..._Happily_Never_After "Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After")* (2022) *[Oni: Thunder God's Tale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni:_Thunder_God%27s_Tale "Oni: Thunder God's Tale")* (2022) *[Our Great National Parks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Great_National_Parks "Our Great National Parks")* (2022) *[Our Universe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Universe_\(American_TV_series\) "Our Universe (American TV series)")* (2022) *[Partner Track](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partner_Track "Partner Track")* (2022) *[The Pentaverate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentaverate "The Pentaverate")* (2022) *[Pepsi, Where's My Jet?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi,_Where%27s_My_Jet%3F "Pepsi, Where's My Jet?")* (2022) *[Pieces of Her](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieces_of_Her_\(TV_series\) "Pieces of Her (TV series)")* (2022) *[The Playlist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playlist_\(TV_series\) "The Playlist (TV series)")* (2022) *[Queen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_\(2022_miniseries\) "Queen (2022 miniseries)")* (2022) *[Rebelde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebelde_\(2022_TV_series\) "Rebelde (2022 TV series)")* (2022) *[The Recruit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Recruit_\(American_TV_series\) "The Recruit (American TV series)")* (2022–2025) *[Remarriage & Desires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remarriage_%26_Desires "Remarriage & Desires")* (2022) *[Resident Evil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_\(TV_series\) "Resident Evil (TV series)")* (2022) *[The Sandman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_\(TV_series\) "The Sandman (TV series)")* (2022–2025) *[Savage Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Beauty_\(TV_series\) "Savage Beauty (TV series)")* (2022) *[Savage Rhythm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Rhythm "Savage Rhythm")* (2022) *[Somebody](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_\(TV_series\) "Somebody (TV series)")* (2022) *[Sonic Prime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Prime "Sonic Prime")* (2022–2024) *[The Sound of Magic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Magic "The Sound of Magic")* (2022) *[Take 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_1_\(TV_series\) "Take 1 (TV series)")* (2022) *[Thai Cave Rescue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Cave_Rescue "Thai Cave Rescue")* (2022) *[Treason](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason_\(TV_series\) "Treason (TV series)")* (2022) *[Vikings: Valhalla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings:_Valhalla "Vikings: Valhalla")* (2022–2024) *[Welcome to Eden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Eden "Welcome to Eden")* (2022–2023) *[Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_Make_Believe:_Death,_Lies_and_the_Internet "Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet")* (2022) *[Wild Abandon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Abandon "Wild Abandon")* (2022) *[The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_the_House_Across_the_Street_from_the_Girl_in_the_Window "The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window")* (2022) *[The Witcher: Blood Origin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher:_Blood_Origin "The Witcher: Blood Origin")* (2022) |
| First released 2023 |
| *[African Queens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Queens_\(TV_series\) "African Queens (TV series)")* (2023) *[Agent Elvis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Elvis "Agent Elvis")* (2023) *[All the Light We Cannot See](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Light_We_Cannot_See_\(miniseries\) "All the Light We Cannot See (miniseries)")* (2023) *[Barbie: A Touch of Magic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie:_A_Touch_of_Magic "Barbie: A Touch of Magic")* (2023–2024) *[Black Knight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Knight_\(South_Korean_TV_series\) "Black Knight (South Korean TV series)")* (2023) *[Bodies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodies_\(2023_TV_series\) "Bodies (2023 TV series)")* (2023) *[Break Point](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_Point_\(2023_TV_series\) "Break Point (2023 TV series)")* (2023–2024) *Captain Fall* (2023) *[Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Laserhawk:_A_Blood_Dragon_Remix "Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix")* (2023) *[Carol & the End of the World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_%26_the_End_of_the_World "Carol & the End of the World")* (2023) *[Castlevania: Nocturne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania:_Nocturne "Castlevania: Nocturne")* (2023–2025) *[Celebrity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_\(South_Korean_TV_series\) "Celebrity (South Korean TV series)")* (2023) *[Daily Dose of Sunshine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Dose_of_Sunshine "Daily Dose of Sunshine")* (2023) *[Dew Drop Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dew_Drop_Diaries "Dew Drop Diaries")* (2023) *[Doona\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doona! "Doona!")* (2023) *[Eva Lasting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Lasting "Eva Lasting")* (2023-2026) *[The Fall of the House of Usher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher_\(miniseries\) "The Fall of the House of Usher (miniseries)")* (2023) *[Florida Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Man_\(TV_series\) "Florida Man (TV series)")* (2023) *[Freeridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeridge "Freeridge")* (2023) *[FUBAR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUBAR_\(TV_series\) "FUBAR (TV series)")* (2023–2025) *[Glamorous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamorous_\(TV_series\) "Glamorous (TV series)")* (2023) *[Gyeongsang Creature](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gyeongsang_Creature&action=edit&redlink=1 "Gyeongsang Creature (page does not exist)")* (2023–2024) *[Heart of Invictus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Invictus "Heart of Invictus")* (2023) *[Kaleidoscope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope_\(American_TV_series\) "Kaleidoscope (American TV series)")* (2023) *[Lighthouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_\(talk_show\) "Lighthouse (talk show)")* (2023) *[Lockwood & Co.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockwood_%26_Co._\(TV_series\) "Lockwood & Co. (TV series)")* (2023) *[Love to Hate You](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_to_Hate_You_\(TV_series\) "Love to Hate You (TV series)")* (2023) *[The Lying Life of Adults](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lying_Life_of_Adults_\(TV_series\) "The Lying Life of Adults (TV series)")* (2023) *[Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoff:_The_Monster_of_Wall_Street "Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street")* (2023) *[The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Makanai:_Cooking_for_the_Maiko_House "The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House")* (2023) *[Mask Girl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_Girl "Mask Girl")* (2023) *[MH370: The Plane That Disappeared](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MH370:_The_Plane_That_Disappeared "MH370: The Plane That Disappeared")* (2023) *[Mulligan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulligan_\(TV_series\) "Mulligan (TV series)")* (2023–2024) *[Obliterated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obliterated "Obliterated")* (2023) *[Painkiller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painkiller_\(TV_series\) "Painkiller (TV series)")* (2023) *[Pluto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_\(Japanese_TV_series\) "Pluto (Japanese TV series)")* (2023) *[Princess Power](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Power "Princess Power")* (2023–2024) *[Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Charlotte:_A_Bridgerton_Story "Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story")* (2023) *[Queenmaker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenmaker "Queenmaker")* (2023) *[Scott Pilgrim Takes Off](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pilgrim_Takes_Off "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off")* (2023) *[Song of the Bandits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_the_Bandits "Song of the Bandits")* (2023) *[Supa Team 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supa_Team_4 "Supa Team 4")* (2023) *[That '90s Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_%2790s_Show "That '90s Show")* (2023–2024) *[A Time Called You](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_Called_You "A Time Called You")* (2023) *[Unstable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unstable_\(TV_series\) "Unstable (TV series)")* (2023–2024) *[Waco: American Apocalypse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco:_American_Apocalypse "Waco: American Apocalypse")* (2023) *[Wellmania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellmania "Wellmania")* (2023) |
| First released 2024 |
| *[The 8 Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_8_Show "The 8 Show")* (2024) *[Adoration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_\(TV_series\) "Adoration (TV series)")* (2024) *[Baby Reindeer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Reindeer "Baby Reindeer")* (2024) *[The Bequeathed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bequeathed "The Bequeathed")* (2024) *[Blood Legacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Legacy_\(TV_series\) "Blood Legacy (TV series)")* (2024) *[Boy Swallows Universe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Swallows_Universe_\(TV_series\) "Boy Swallows Universe (TV series)")* (2024) *[The Brothers Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Sun "The Brothers Sun")* (2024) *[Chicken Nugget](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Nugget_\(TV_series\) "Chicken Nugget (TV series)")* (2024) *[Dead Boy Detectives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Boy_Detectives_\(TV_series\) "Dead Boy Detectives (TV series)")* (2024) *[The Decameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron_\(TV_series\) "The Decameron (TV series)")* (2024) *[Deceitful Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deceitful_Love "Deceitful Love")* (2024) *[Deliver Me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliver_Me_\(Swedish_TV_series\) "Deliver Me (Swedish TV series)")* (2024) *[Eric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_\(TV_series\) "Eric (TV series)")* (2024) *[Fiasco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_\(TV_series\) "Fiasco (TV series)")* (2024) *[The Frog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frog_\(South_Korean_TV_series\) "The Frog (South Korean TV series)")* (2024) *[Go Ahead, Brother](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Ahead,_Brother "Go Ahead, Brother")* (2024) *[Goodbye Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Earth "Goodbye Earth")* (2024) *[Griselda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griselda_\(miniseries\) "Griselda (miniseries)")* (2024) *[The Helicopter Heist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Helicopter_Heist_\(miniseries\) "The Helicopter Heist (miniseries)")* (2024) *[Hierarchy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_\(TV_series\) "Hierarchy (TV series)")* (2024) *[Hot Wheels Let's Race](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels_Let%27s_Race "Hot Wheels Let's Race")* (2024–2025) *[Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jentry_Chau_vs._The_Underworld "Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld")* (2024) *[Jurassic World: Chaos Theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World:_Chaos_Theory "Jurassic World: Chaos Theory")* (2024–2025) *[Kaos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaos_\(TV_series\) "Kaos (TV series)")* (2024) *[A Killer Paradox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Killer_Paradox "A Killer Paradox")* (2024) *[La Palma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Palma_\(miniseries\) "La Palma (miniseries)")* (2024) *[The Life You Wanted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_You_Wanted "The Life You Wanted")* (2024) *[A Man in Full](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_in_Full_\(miniseries\) "A Man in Full (miniseries)")* (2024) *[Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters_\(manga\) "Monsters (manga)")* (2024) *[Mr. Plankton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Plankton "Mr. Plankton")* (2024) *[No Good Deed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Good_Deed_\(TV_series\) "No Good Deed (TV series)")* (2024) *[One Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_\(TV_series\) "One Day (TV series)")* (2024) *[Parasyte: The Grey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasyte:_The_Grey "Parasyte: The Grey")* (2024) *[The Perfect Couple](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perfect_Couple_\(TV_series\) "The Perfect Couple (TV series)")* (2024) *[Polo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_\(docuseries\) "Polo (docuseries)")* (2024) *[Ripley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripley_\(TV_series\) "Ripley (TV series)")* (2024) *[Sprint](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_\(TV_series\) "Sprint (TV series)")* (2024) *[Supersex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersex "Supersex")* (2024) *[Terminator Zero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_Zero "Terminator Zero")* (2024) *[Territory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_\(TV_series\) "Territory (TV series)")* (2024) *[Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider:_The_Legend_of_Lara_Croft "Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft")* (2024–2025) *[The Trunk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trunk_\(TV_series\) "The Trunk (TV series)")* (2024) *[The Vince Staples Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vince_Staples_Show "The Vince Staples Show")* (2024–2025) *[The Whirlwind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whirlwind_\(TV_series\) "The Whirlwind (TV series)")* (2024) *[Wonderoos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderoos "Wonderoos")* (2024) *[You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_What_You_Eat:_A_Twin_Experiment "You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment")* (2024) |
| First released 2025 |
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| Readable Markdown | This article is about the Netflix television series. For the Netflix reality competition show, see [Squid Game: The Challenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game:_The_Challenge "Squid Game: The Challenge"). For the Korean children's game, see [Squid (game)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_\(game\) "Squid (game)").
| *Squid Game* | |
|---|---|
| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Squid_Game_2021_vector_logo.svg "The official Korean logo of Squid Game") | |
| [Hangul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul "Hangul") | 오징어 게임 |
| [RR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean "Revised Romanization of Korean") | *Ojingeo geim* |
| [MR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer "McCune–Reischauer") | *Ojingŏ keim* |
| Genre | [Dystopian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopian_and_dystopian_fiction "Utopian and dystopian fiction") [Survival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_film "Survival film")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-genre-1) [Thriller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_\(genre\)#Television "Thriller (genre)")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-genre-1) [Drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_drama "Korean drama")[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-2) |
| Created by | [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk") |
| Written by | Hwang Dong-hyuk |
| Directed by | Hwang Dong-hyuk |
| Starring | [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") [Lee Byung-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-hun "Lee Byung-hun") [Wi Ha-joon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi_Ha-joon "Wi Ha-joon") |
| Music by | [Jung Jae-il](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Jae-il "Jung Jae-il") |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Kim Ji-yeon[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits-3) Hwang Dong-hyuk[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits-3) |
| Producers | Han Heung-seok[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits-3) Kim Ji-eun (season 2)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits2-4) |
| Cinematography | Lee Hyung-deok (season 1)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits-3) Kim Ji-yong (season 2)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-credits2-4) |
| Editor | [Nam Na-yeong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_Na-yeong "Nam Na-yeong")[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-5) |
| Camera setup | [Multi-camera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-camera "Multi-camera") |
| Running time | 33–76 minutes |
| Production company | Siren Pictures Inc.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-6) |
| Budget | US\$21.4 million (season 1\) ₩100 billion (US\$68.9 million) (seasons 2–3)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-7) |
| Original release | |
| Network | [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix") |
| Release | September 17, 2021 – June 27, 2025 |
| Related | |
| *[Squid Game: The Challenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game:_The_Challenge "Squid Game: The Challenge")* | |
***Squid Game*** ([Korean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language "Korean language"): 오징어 게임; [RR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean "Revised Romanization of Korean"): *Ojingeo geim*) is a South Korean [dystopian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopian_and_dystopian_fiction "Utopian and dystopian fiction") [survival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_film "Survival film") [thriller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_\(genre\)#Television "Thriller (genre)") [drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_drama "Korean drama") television series created, written, and directed by [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk") for [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix"). The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of children's games that result in death if eliminated, for the chance to win a [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")45\.6 [billion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1,000,000,000 "1,000,000,000") ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")39\.86 million) prize. The series' title draws from *[ojingeo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_\(game\) "Squid (game)")* ("squid"), a Korean children's game. [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae"), who portrays series protagonist [Seong Gi-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Gi-hun "Seong Gi-hun"), leads an [ensemble cast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast "Ensemble cast").
Hwang conceived *Squid Game* based on his own economic struggles, as well as the [class disparity in South Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_inequality_in_South_Korea "Economic inequality in South Korea") and [capitalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism "Capitalism").[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:5-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9) Although he wrote the story in 2009, Hwang could not find a production company to fund the idea until Netflix took an interest around 2019 as part of a drive to expand its foreign programming offerings.
The [first season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_1 "Squid Game season 1") of *Squid Game* was released worldwide on September 17, 2021, to critical acclaim and international attention. It became [Netflix's most-watched series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-watched_Netflix_original_programming "List of most-watched Netflix original programming") and received [numerous accolades](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Squid_Game "List of awards and nominations received by Squid Game"), including six [Primetime Emmy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards "Primetime Emmy Awards") and one [Golden Globe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe "Golden Globe"). The [second season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_2 "Squid Game season 2") was released on December 26, 2024, followed by the [third and final season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_3 "Squid Game season 3") on June 27, 2025. The final two seasons were filmed [back-to-back](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-to-back_film_production "Back-to-back film production") and were met with generally positive reviews from critics, though they were considered inferior to the first season. *Squid Game* has become one of Netflix's [flagship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_\(broadcasting\) "Flagship (broadcasting)") series.
In South Korea, [Seong Gi-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Gi-hun "Seong Gi-hun"), a divorced father and indebted [gambling addict](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_addict "Gambling addict") who lives with his elderly mother, is invited to play a series of children's games for a chance at a large cash prize. Accepting the offer, he is taken to an unknown location where he finds himself among 455 other players who are all in deep financial trouble. The players are made to wear green [tracksuits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracksuit "Tracksuit") and are kept under watch at all times by masked guards in pink jumpsuits, with the games overseen by the [Front Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Man_\(Squid_Game\) "Front Man (Squid Game)"), who wears a black mask and black uniform. The players soon discover that losing a game results in their deaths, with each death contributing [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")100 million ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")87,400) to the potential [₩](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korean_won "South Korean won")45\.6 billion ([US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD "USD")39\.86 million) grand prize.[\[a\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-prize_conv-10)[\[b\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-12) Gi-hun allies with other players, including his childhood friend [Cho Sang-woo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Sang-woo_\(character\) "Cho Sang-woo (character)") and [North Korean defector](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_defectors "North Korean defectors") [Kang Sae-byeok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Sae-byeok "Kang Sae-byeok"), to try to survive the games' physical and psychological twists, while detective [Hwang Jun-ho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Hwang_Jun-ho "List of Squid Game characters") infiltrates the games as one of the guards to find his missing brother.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-13)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-14)
In the [second season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_2 "Squid Game season 2"), Gi-hun, who had vowed revenge three years after winning the game, participates in it again to take revenge on the Front Man and end the game for good, and is joined by police detective Jun-ho, the Front Man's brother. After assuming full control of the game following the creator Il-nam's death, the Front Man attempts to make Gi-hun see that there is no way he can end the games due to the true nature of people.[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) Gi-hun will start to play the next Squid Game. Gi-hun allies with other players, including his best friend [Park Jung-bae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Park_Jung-bae "List of Squid Game characters") and a pregnant girl [Kim Jun-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Kim_Jun-hee "List of Squid Game characters"), to try to survive the games' physical and psychological twists, while detective [Hwang Jun-ho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Hwang_Jun-ho "List of Squid Game characters") and [Choi Woo-seok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Choi_Woo-seok "List of Squid Game characters") must find the Island while [Kang No-eul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Squid_Game_characters#Kang_No-eul "List of Squid Game characters") begin to work as a Squid Game Guard.
In the [third and final season](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_3 "Squid Game season 3"), Gi-hun and the players fight for survival in ever-deadlier games, which have dire consequences. In-ho welcomes the [VIPs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIPs_\(Squid_Game\) "VIPs (Squid Game)") while his brother Jun-ho continues the search for the island, unaware of a traitor in their midst.
## Cast and characters
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### Introduced in season 1
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- [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") as [Seong Gi-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Gi-hun "Seong Gi-hun") (성기훈, [\[sʌŋɡihun\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean") [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%EC%84%B1%EA%B8%B0%ED%9B%88.ogg "File:성기훈.ogg"))[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-lead-16) (456), a divorced chauffeur and gambling addict. He lives with his mother and struggles to support his daughter financially. He participates in the game to settle his many debts, and to prove himself financially stable enough to have custody of his daughter, who is to leave for the United States with her mother and stepfather. After winning the games, he sets out to end the games and the Front Man.
- [Lee Byung-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-hun "Lee Byung-hun") as [Hwang In-ho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Man_\(Squid_Game\) "Front Man (Squid Game)") (황인호, [\[hwaŋdʑinho\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean") [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:02Pronounce_Hwang_In-ho.ogg "File:02Pronounce Hwang In-ho.ogg")) (001), the Front Man, the game overseer and the winner of the game in the 2015 edition, who after his participation does not believe that there are truly good people. He disguises himself as Player 001 under the guise of Oh Young-il for the majority of season 2 before donning the Front Man alias once again.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-17)
- [Wi Ha-joon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi_Ha-joon "Wi Ha-joon") as Hwang Jun-ho (황준호, [\[hwaŋdʑunho\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean") [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Korean_text_to_speech_pronouncing_Hwang_Jun-ho_from_Squid_Game.ogg "File:Korean text to speech pronouncing Hwang Jun-ho from Squid Game.ogg")),[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-18) a police detective who sneaks into the game disguised as a guard, to find his missing brother and discovers that his brother is the Front Man, the organizer of the Games himself.
- [Park Hae-soo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Hae-soo "Park Hae-soo") as [Cho Sang-woo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Sang-woo_\(Squid_Game\) "Cho Sang-woo (Squid Game)") (조상우; [\[tɕosaŋu\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean")[\[c\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-19))[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-lead-16) (218), the former head of an investment team at a securities company. He was a junior classmate to Gi-hun, and studied at [Seoul National University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_National_University "Seoul National University"). He joins the game to escape the police, who want him for stealing money from his clients and racking up massive debts from bad investments. (season 1; guest, season 2)
- [Jung Ho-yeon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Ho-yeon "Jung Ho-yeon") as [Kang Sae-byeok](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Sae-byeok "Kang Sae-byeok") (강새벽, Korean pronunciation: [\[kaŋsɛbjʌk̚\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean"))[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-20) (067), a [North Korean defector](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_defectors "North Korean defectors") from [North Hamgyong Province](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hamgyong_Province "North Hamgyong Province"), North Korea.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-21) She enters the game to pay for a broker who can rescue her parents across the border, and to buy a house for her reunited family. (season 1; guest, season 2 and 3)
- [O Yeong-su](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Yeong-su "O Yeong-su") as Oh Il-nam (오일남, Korean pronunciation: [\[oiɭɭam\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean"))[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-lead-addon-22) (001), an elderly man with a brain tumor who prefers playing the game as opposed to waiting to die in the outside world and who is later revealed to be the game's creator. (season 1)
- [Heo Sung-tae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heo_Sung-tae "Heo Sung-tae") as Jang Deok-su (장덕수, Korean pronunciation: [\[tɕaŋdʌks͈u\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean"))[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-23) (101), a gangster who enters the game to settle his massive gambling debts, including money he stole from his boss and underlings. (season 1)
- [Anupam Tripathi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anupam_Tripathi "Anupam Tripathi") as [Ali Abdul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abdul "Ali Abdul") (알리 압둘)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-lead-addon-22) (199), a [migrant worker from Pakistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistanis_in_South_Korea "Pakistanis in South Korea"), who enters the game to provide for his young family after his employer [withholds his wages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_theft "Wage theft") for months. (season 1)
- [Kim Joo-ryoung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Joo-ryoung "Kim Joo-ryoung") as [Han Mi-nyeo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Mi-nyeo "Han Mi-nyeo") (한미녀; [\[hanminjʌ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean"))[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-24) (212), a loud and manipulative woman. Her reasons for entering the game are unexplained. (season 1)
- [Lee Yoo-mi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Yoo-mi "Lee Yoo-mi") as [Ji-yeong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji-yeong_\(Squid_Game\) "Ji-yeong (Squid Game)") (지영; [\[tɕi.jʌŋ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean "Help:IPA/Korean")) (240), a young woman who befriends Sae-byeok and previously served prison time for killing her abusive father (season 1)
- [Lee Seo-hwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Seo-hwan "Lee Seo-hwan") as Park Jung-bae (박정배) (390),[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) a very good friend of Gi-hun who runs a bar and later enters the Squid Game. (season 2; guest, season 1)
### Introduced in season 2
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- [Yim Si-wan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yim_Si-wan "Yim Si-wan") as Lee Myung-gi (이명기)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-polygon_s2_cast-25)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (333), a former [YouTuber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTuber "YouTuber") who lost money as a result of a [crypto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency "Cryptocurrency") scam he was involved with. He is Jun-hee's ex-boyfriend.
- [Kang Ha-neul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Ha-neul "Kang Ha-neul") as Kang Dae-ho (강대호)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-polygon_s2_cast-25)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (388), a former [social service personnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_service_personnel "Social service personnel") who claims to have previously served in the Marines.
- [Park Sung-hoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Sung-hoon "Park Sung-hoon") as [Cho Hyun-ju](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Hyun-ju "Cho Hyun-ju") (조현주)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-polygon_s2_cast-25)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (120), a [transgender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender "Transgender") woman and former [special forces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Army_Special_Warfare_Command "Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command") soldier who is short on money for her [gender-affirming surgery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-affirming_surgery "Gender-affirming surgery").
- [Lee Jin-wook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jin-wook "Lee Jin-wook") as Park Gyeong-seok (박경석)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (246), an amusement park artist who joins the game to get money to treat his daughter's [blood cancer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_cancer "Blood cancer").
- [Yang Dong-geun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Dong-geun "Yang Dong-geun") as Park Yong-sik (박용식)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-polygon_s2_cast-25)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (007), a repentant gambler and the son of Geum-ja.
- [Jo Yu-ri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Yu-ri "Jo Yu-ri") as Kim Jun-hee (김준희)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (222), Myung-gi's pregnant ex-girlfriend who lost her money buying Myung-gi's crypto and is looking for a way to make a living.
- [Kang Ae-shim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Ae-shim "Kang Ae-shim") as Jang Geum-ja (장금자)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (149), Yong-sik's mother who enters the game to help pay off her son's debts.
- [Park Gyu-young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Gyu-young "Park Gyu-young") as Kang No-eul (강노을) (Guard 011),[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) a former soldier and [North Korean defector](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_defectors "North Korean defectors") who works for the game as a guard, tasked with defending the game and killing eliminated players, to find her daughter who remains in North Korea.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-27)
- [Chae Kook-hee](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chae_Kook-hee&action=edit&redlink=1 "Chae Kook-hee (page does not exist)") \[[ko](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B1%84%EA%B5%AD%ED%9D%AC "ko:채국희")\] as Seon-nyeo (선녀) (044), a loudmouthed, neurotic and abrasive [shaman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_\(shaman\) "Mu (shaman)").[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-28)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15)
- [Lee David](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_David "Lee David") as Park Min-su (박민수) (125), a silent and timid man who has trouble speaking his mind.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15)
- [Choi Seung-hyun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.O.P "T.O.P") as [Choi Su-bong / "Thanos"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos_\(Squid_Game\) "Thanos (Squid Game)") (최수봉) (230), an arrogant, cocky rapper and [ecstasy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA "MDMA") addict who targets Myung-gi throughout the course of the game because he was the victim of one of his crypto scams.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (season 2, guest season 3)
- [Roh Jae-won](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roh_Jae-won "Roh Jae-won") as Nam-gyu (남규) (124), a club promoter and another victim of Myung-gi's crypto scam. He acts as Thanos' right-hand man and joins him in tormenting other players, especially Myung-gi and Min-su.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15)
- [Won Ji-an](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Ji-an "Won Ji-an") as Se-mi (세미) (380), a tomboyish young woman who befriends Min-su[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (season 2, guest season 3)
- [Song Young-chang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Young-chang "Song Young-chang") as Im Jeong-dae (임정대) (100), a senior who enters the games to pay off massive debts he has[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-29)
- [Kim Si-eun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Si-eun_\(actress,_born_1999\) "Kim Si-eun (actress, born 1999)") as Kim Young-mi (김영미) (095), a young woman who befriends Hyun-ju[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-asianatimes_kim-30)[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-nme_kim-31)[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-32)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-meet_the_cast-15) (season 2)
- [Jeon Seok-ho](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeon_Seok-ho "Jeon Seok-ho") as Choi Woo-seok, a [loan shark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan_shark "Loan shark") who Gi-hun previously owed money to[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-33)
- [Oh Dal-su](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Dal-su "Oh Dal-su") as Sea Captain Park, a sailor who assists Jun-ho and later Gi-hun's loan sharks in attempting to find the location of the games and take down the superiors.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-mdl_ods-34)[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-naver-35)
### Introduced in season 3
\[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Squid_Game&action=edit§ion=5 "Edit section: Introduced in season 3")\]
- David Sayers as VIP Richard[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-VIPs-36)
- Jane Wong as VIP Jennifer[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-VIPs-36)
- Bryan Bucco as VIP John[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-VIPs-36)
- Jordan Lambertoni as VIP Jack[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-VIPs-36)
- Kevin Yorn as VIP Kevin[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-VIPs-36)
- Unknown as Kim Jun-hee's Baby (222)
- [Cate Blanchett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate_Blanchett "Cate Blanchett") as the American Recruiter
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20140114_Hwang_Dong-hyuk.jpg)
Series creator and director [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk")
Around 2008, [Hwang Dong-hyuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Dong-hyuk "Hwang Dong-hyuk") tried unsuccessfully to get investment for a different movie script that he had written, and he, his mother, and his grandmother had to take out loans to stay afloat, but still struggled amid the [debt crisis within the country](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_inequality_in_South_Korea "Economic inequality in South Korea").[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9)[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-43)[\[f\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-45) He spent his free time in a *[manhwabang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhwabang "Manhwabang")* (South Korean comic cafe) reading Japanese survival [manga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga "Manga") such as *[Battle Royale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale_\(manga\) "Battle Royale (manga)")*, *[Liar Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_Game "Liar Game")* and *[Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiji_\(manga\) "Kaiji (manga)")*.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-chochang-46)[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:5-8)[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_interview-48) Hwang compared the characters' situation in these works to his own current situation and considered the idea of being able to join such a survival game to win money to get him out of debt, leading him to write a film script on that concept throughout 2009.[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_interview-48) Hwang stated, "I wanted to write a story that was an allegory or fable about modern capitalist society, something that depicts an extreme competition, somewhat like the extreme competition of life. But I wanted it to use the kind of characters we've all met in real life."[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety-49) Hwang feared the storyline was "too difficult to understand and bizarre" at the time.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-chochang-46) Hwang tried to sell his story to various South Korean production groups and actors, but had been told it was too grotesque and unrealistic.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-wsj-50) Hwang put this script aside and over the next ten years successfully completed three other films. including the [crime drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_drama "Crime drama") film *[Silenced](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silenced_\(film\) "Silenced (film)")* (2011) and the [historical drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_drama "Historical drama") film *[The Fortress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortress_\(2017_film\) "The Fortress (2017 film)")* (2017).[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_interview-48)
In the 2010s, [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix") had seen a large growth in viewership outside of North America, and started investing in productions in other regions, including South Korea.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-fortune-51) In 2018, [Ted Sarandos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Sarandos "Ted Sarandos"), co-CEO of Netflix, stated that they were looking for more successes from overseas productions: "The exciting thing for me would be if the next *[Stranger Things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things "Stranger Things")* came from outside America. Right now, historically, nothing of that scale has ever come from anywhere but Hollywood."[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vulture-52) Netflix had opened up a division in Asia in 2018, and while they were still operating out of temporary leased office space in Seoul, Hwang brought his script to their attention. Kim Minyoung, one of Netflix's content officers for the Asian regions, recognized Hwang's talent from *The Fortress* and his other films, and upon seeing his script for *Squid Game*, knew they needed it for the service. Kim said "\[W\]e were looking for shows that were different from what's traditionally 'made it,' and Squid Game was exactly it".[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-fortune_kim-53) In September 2019 Netflix formally announced that they would produce Hwang's work as an original series.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-wsj-50)[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-dev:Netflix-54) Netflix's Bela Bajaria, head of global television operations, said of their interest in Hwang's work that "we knew it was going to be big in Korea because it had a well-regarded director with a bold vision", and that "K-Dramas also travel well across Asia".[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-fortune-51) Regarding his return to the project, Hwang commented, "It's a sad story. But the reason why I returned to the project is because the world 10 years from then has transformed to a place where these unbelievable survival stories are so fitting, and I found that this is the time when people will call these stories intriguing and realistic."[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-chochang-46) Hwang further believed that the [COVID-19 pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic "COVID-19 pandemic") impacted the economic disparity between classes in South Korea, and said that "All of these points made the story very realistic for people compared to a decade ago".[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-wsj-50)
With the Netflix order, the film concept was expanded out to a nine-episode series. Kim stated that there was "so much more than what was written in the 120-minute format. So we worked together to turn it into a series."[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-fortune_kim-53) Hwang said he was able to expand the script so that it "could focus on the relationships between people \[and\] the stories that each of the people had".[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-yahoo_oct1021-55) Initially, Netflix had named the series *Round Six*, rather than *Squid Game* as Hwang had suggested; according to Netflix's vice president for content in Asia Kim Minyoung, while they knew that the name "squid game" would be familiar to Korean viewers from the children's game, it "wouldn't resonate because not many people would get it", and opted to use *Round Six* (stylized as *Round 6*) as it self-described the nature of the competition. It has been titled as such in Brazil (possibly while also avoiding any political connotation to do with [Lula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva "Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva")). As production continued, Hwang pushed on the service to use *Squid Game* instead; its cryptic name and unique visuals helped to draw in curious viewers, according to Kim.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-dev:Netflix-54)[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_netflix_asia-56) At the time that Hwang wrote the series, his goal was to have the series reach the most-watched show in Netflix in the United States for at least one day.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9) Hwang had initially written the series as eight episodes, which was comparable to other Netflix shows, but found that the material for the last episode was longer than he planned, so it was split into two.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vulture_interview-57)
In late October 2021, Hwang stated he was in discussions with Netflix regarding a second season.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9) He further stated in December 2021 that he was also discussing a third season with Netflix.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-58) Hwang wanted to produce another film first, as well as secure a contract with Netflix to release additional films he may create alongside further *Squid Game* seasons, so as to avoid becoming known only for *Squid Game*.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9) Hwang confirmed that he had begun conceptualization work on a second season during a press event in November 2021, with plans to bring back [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") to reprise his role of Gi-hun.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-59) Netflix stated in response to Hwang's comments that they had not yet officially greenlit a second season, but were in discussions with Hwang towards one.[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-60) During an earnings call in January 2022, Netflix's Sarandos said when asked about a second season "Absolutely...the *Squid Game* universe has just begun."[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-61)[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-62)[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-63) Hwang said in April 2022 that he presently was working on *Killing Old People Club*, an adaption of a work called "Pape Satan Aleppe: Chronicles of a Liquid Society" by [Umberto Eco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco "Umberto Eco") (미친 세상을 이해하는 척하는 방법; "The way to pretend to understand the crazy world"), and anticipated that the second season of *Squid Game* would be completed and broadcast by 2024.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-64) Netflix confirmed that the second season was greenlit in June 2022.[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-verge_s2_confirmed-65)[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-66) It was released on December 26, 2024.[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-67)
On the day the second season was released, Hwang confirmed that the series would return for a third and final season in 2025.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-68) The season was released on June 27, 2025.[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-69)
Hwang described the work as "a story about losers".[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cnn_interview-70) The names of the characters – [Seong Gi-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seong_Gi-hun "Seong Gi-hun"), [Cho Sang-woo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Sang-woo_\(character\) "Cho Sang-woo (character)"), and Oh Il-nam – were all based on Hwang's childhood friends, as well as the character name Hwang Jun-ho, who was also a childhood friend in real life with an older brother named Hwang In-ho.[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_interview-48) The two main characters Gi-hun and Sang-woo were based on Hwang's own personal experiences and represented "two sides" of himself; Gi-hun shared the same aspects of being raised by an economically disadvantaged single mother in the [Ssangmun district](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssangmun-dong "Ssangmun-dong") of Seoul, while Sang-woo reflected on Hwang having attended [Seoul National University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_National_University "Seoul National University") with high expectations from his family and neighborhood.[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_interview-48)[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cnn_interview-70) Further, Gi-hun's background was inspired by the organizers of the [SsangYong Motor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SsangYong_Motor "SsangYong Motor") labor strike of 2009 against mass layoffs.[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-71)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Squid_Game_dalgona_cookies,_Santiago_de_Compostela,_Spain,_Tripleca%C3%B1a,_2021-10-21.jpg)
Shapes punched into *[dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona")*, a Korean sugar candy treat, based on the shapes used in the second game of the show. Within the show, players had to extract the inner shapes intact.
Hwang based the narrative on [Korean games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_games_of_Korea "Traditional games of Korea") of his childhood to show the irony of a childhood game where competition was not important becoming an extreme competition with people's lives at stake.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47) Additionally, as his initial script was intended for film, he opted to use children's games with simple rules that were easy to explain in contrast to other survival-type films using games with complex rules.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-yahoo_oct1021-55) The central game he selected, the [squid game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_\(game\) "Squid (game)"), was a popular Korean children's game from the 1970s and 1980s.[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-dev:Netflix-54)[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-72) Hwang recalled the squid game as "the most physically aggressive childhood game I played in neighborhood alleys as a kid, which is why I also loved it the most", and because of this "it's the most symbolic game that reflects today's competitive society, so I picked it out as the show's title".[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-nbcnews_games-73) The colors of the *[ddakji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ddakji "Ddakji")* in the initial game, which are blue and red, were inspired from the Japanese urban legend [Red Paper, Blue Paper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Paper,_Blue_Paper "Red Paper, Blue Paper").[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-74)[\[g\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-75) The game [Red Light, Green Light](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Light,_Green_Light "Red Light, Green Light") was selected because of its potential to make a lot of losers in one go. Regarding the selection, Hwang said, "The game was selected because the scene filled with so many people randomly moving and stopping could be viewed as a ridiculous but a sad group dance."[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47) Hwang joked that the [dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona") candy game they chose may influence sales of dalgona, similar to how sales of Korean *[gats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gat_\(hat\) "Gat (hat)")* (traditional hats) bloomed after the broadcast of Netflix's series *[Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_\(South_Korean_TV_series\) "Kingdom (South Korean TV series)")*.[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-76) Licking the candy to free the shape was something that Hwang said that he had done as a child and brought it into the script.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-nbcnews_games-73) Hwang had considered other Korean children's games such as *[Gonggi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonggi "Gonggi")*, *[Dong, Dong, Dongdaemun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong,_Dong,_Dongdaemun "Dong, Dong, Dongdaemun")*, and *[Why did you come to my house?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hana_Ichi_Monme "Hana Ichi Monme")* (우리 집에 왜 왔니?, a Korean variant of the Hana Ichi Monme).[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47)
Hwang wrote all of the series himself, taking nearly six months to write the first two episodes alone, after which he turned to friends to get input on moving forward.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety-49) Hwang also addressed the challenges of preparing for the show which was physically and mentally exhausting, saying that he had forgone dental health while making Season 1 and had to have six teeth pulled by his dentist after production was complete.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-chochang-46)[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vulture_interview-57) As such, Hwang was initially unsure about a sequel after completing these episodes,[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety-49) though he wrote the ending to keep a potential hook for a sequel in mind.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9) Hwang had considered an alternate ending where Gi-hun would have boarded the plane after concluding his call with the game organizers to see his daughter, but Hwang said of that ending, "Is that the right way for us to really propose the question or the message that we wanted to convey through the series?"[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-77)
Due to the stress of writing and producing the first series of nine episodes himself, Hwang initially had no immediate plans to write a second season to *Squid Game*. He did not have well-developed plans for a follow-up story and said that if he were to write one, he would likely need a staff of writers and directors to help him.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety-49) With the immense popularity of the show, Hwang later opined about the possibility of a second season, telling [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN"), "There's nothing confirmed at the moment, but so many people are enthusiastic that I'm really contemplating it."[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cnn_interview-70) Hwang said in an interview with *[The Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times "The Times")* that a second season may focus more on the story of the Front Man as well as incorporating more about the police. Hwang said, "I think the issue with police officers is not just an issue in Korea. I see it on the global news that the police force can be very late in acting on things—there are more victims or a situation gets worse because of them not acting fast enough. This was an issue that I wanted to raise."[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-78) He added he also wanted to explore the relationship between the cryptic Front Man and his policeman brother Hwang Jun-ho, as well as the background of the recruiter character (portrayed by [Gong Yoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Yoo "Gong Yoo")).[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-79)
Hwang originally envisioned the second and third seasons as one, but split them up because he had too many episodes for one season.[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-80) According to Hwang, after the end of the second season, Gi-hun would be a changed man "at a very critical crossroads".[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-81) The season will also reveal how Hwang In-ho became the Front Man.[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-82) Cheol-su, Young-hee's giant robot doll boyfriend, was introduced at the end of the second season and appeared in the third season alongside a new game.[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-83)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gong-yoo_in_2016.jpg)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20190501%E2%80%94Lee_Byung-hun_%EC%9D%B4%EB%B3%91%ED%97%8C,_55th_Baeksang_Arts_Awards.jpg)
Director Hwang requested that actors [Gong Yoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Yoo "Gong Yoo") (left) and [Lee Byung-hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung-hun "Lee Byung-hun") (right), with whom he had previously worked, appear as [the Recruiter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Recruiter_\(Squid_Game\) "The Recruiter (Squid Game)") and the Front Man, respectively, in *Squid Game*.
Hwang said he chose to cast [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") as Gi-hun as to "destroy his charismatic image portrayed in his previous roles".[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-84) [HoYeon Jung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HoYeon_Jung "HoYeon Jung") was requested by her new management company to send a video to audition for the series while she was finishing a shoot in Mexico and preparing for New York Fashion Week. Although this was her first audition as an actor and her expectations were low, Hwang said, "The moment I saw her audition tape from New York, I immediately thought to myself, 'this is the girl we want.' My first impression of her was that she is wild and free like an untamed horse".[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-zapzee-85)[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-86)[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-87) On casting [Anupam Tripathi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anupam_Tripathi "Anupam Tripathi") as Ali Abdul, Hwang said, "It was hard to find good foreign actors in Korea." He chose Anupam Tripathi because of his emotional acting capabilities and fluency in Korean.[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:3-88) Both [Gong Yoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Yoo "Gong Yoo") and [Lee Byung Hun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Byung_Hun "Lee Byung Hun") had worked with Hwang during his previous films, *[Silenced](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silenced_\(film\) "Silenced (film)")* and *[The Fortress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortress_\(2017_film\) "The Fortress (2017 film)")* respectively, and Hwang had asked both to appear in small roles within *Squid Game*.[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-zapzee-85)\[*[unreliable source?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources "Wikipedia:Reliable sources")*\] The VIPs were selected from non-Korean actors living in Asia; in the case of [Geoffrey Giuliano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Giuliano "Geoffrey Giuliano"), who played the VIP that interacted with Jun-ho, his prior role from *[Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula_\(film\) "Peninsula (film)")* led to his casting for *Squid Game*.[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_news-89)
Casting for the series was confirmed on June 17, 2020.[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-90)
In April 2022, Hwang confirmed that the characters of Gi-hun and the Front Man will return for the second season.[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-91)[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-verge_s2_confirmed-65) Hwang said that he would like to bring back some of the dead characters, such as Ji-yeong, and expressed regret that he had killed off several beloved characters since he did not have any plans for a second season at that time.[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-92)
During Netflix's [Tudum: A Global Fan Event](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudum "Tudum") in June 2023, Lee Jung-jae was confirmed to reprise his role alongside Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo and Wi Ha-joon. On June 29, Netflix released more info on the new season's cast, which includes [Kang Ha-neul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_Ha-neul "Kang Ha-neul"), [Park Sung-hoon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Sung-hoon_\(actor\) "Park Sung-hoon (actor)"), [Yim Si-wan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yim_Si-wan "Yim Si-wan"), [Yang Dong-geun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Dong-geun "Yang Dong-geun"), [Park Gyu-young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Gyu-young "Park Gyu-young"), [Lee Jin-wook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jin-wook "Lee Jin-wook"), [Won Ji-an](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Ji-an "Won Ji-an"), [Jo Yu-ri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Yu-ri "Jo Yu-ri"), Kang Ae-shim, [Lee David](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_David "Lee David"), and Roh Jae-won.[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-93)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:4-26)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-polygon_s2_cast-25) Controversy arose when it was revealed that [T.O.P](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.O.P "T.O.P"), a former member of the band [BigBang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BigBang_\(South_Korean_band\) "BigBang (South Korean band)") with a drug-related conviction during military service in 2016, was cast in the second season.[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-94)
### Costume, set design, and filming
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Production and filming of the series ran from June to October 2020, including a mandatory month-long break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-95) City scenes were filmed in [Daejeon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daejeon "Daejeon"),[\[89\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-96) while the island set pieces were filmed on Seongapdo located in [Ongjin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ongjin_County,_Incheon "Ongjin County, Incheon").[\[90\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-97)
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The shapes of *[ojingo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_\(game\) "Squid (game)")* played heavily in the graphic design of the show.
As Netflix was targeting the work for a global audience, the visuals were emphasized and some of the rules of the children's games were simplified to avoid potential issues with the language barrier.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-wsj-50) The colorful sets and costumes were designed to look like a fantasy world. The players and soldiers each wear a distinctive color, to reduce the sense of individuality and emphasize the difference between the two groups.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47) The green tracksuits worn by the players were inspired by 1970s athletic wear, known as *trainingbok* (트레이닝복).[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-doll-98) The maze-like corridors and stairs drew inspiration from the 4-dimensional stair drawings of [M. C. Escher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher "M. C. Escher") including *[Relativity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_\(M._C._Escher\) "Relativity (M. C. Escher)")*. Production designer Chae Kyoung-sun said these seemingly infinite stairways represented "a form of bondage for the contestants".[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-arch_digest-99) The complex network of tunnels between the arena, the dorm, and the administrative office was inspired by ant colonies.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-cine-47)
Chae was also inspired by the [Saemaul Undong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saemaul_Undong "Saemaul Undong") political initiative of the 1970s aimed to modernize rural South Korean villages.[\[93\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-nytimes_tracksuit-100) The mint green and pink color theme throughout the show were a common theme from South Korean schools in the 1970s and 1980s. Green-suited characters develop associations of fear with pink through its use in guard outfits and the stairway room.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101)[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-arch_digest-99)
The players' dormitory was envisioned with the concept of "people who are abandoned on the road" according to Chae; this was also used in the tug-of-war game.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The room was designed using white tiles and the curved opening like a vehicular tunnel. The bed and stairs initially were laid out to look like warehouse shelves, but as the episodes progressed and these furnishing used as makeshift defenses, they took the appearance of broken ladders and stairs, implying the way these players were trapped with no way out, according to Chae.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The dinner scene that took place in the eighth episode was inspired by the art installation *[The Dinner Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dinner_Party "The Dinner Party")* by [Judy Chicago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Chicago "Judy Chicago").[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-arch_digest-99) Walls of many of the areas where the games took place were painted in skies inspired by *[The Empire of Light](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empire_of_Light "The Empire of Light")* series by [René Magritte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte "René Magritte").[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-arch_digest-99)
The crew spent the most time crafting the set for the Marbles game, creating a mix of realism and fakeness as to mirror the life and death nature of the games themselves.[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-collider_bts-102) Chae stated that this set was designed as a combination of small theatrical stages, each stage representing parts of Player 001's memories.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The VIP room was one of the last pieces to be designed, and Chae said that they decided on an animal-based theme for both the costumes and room for this; "The VIPs are the kind of people who take other people's lives for entertainment and treat them like game pieces on a chessboard, so I wanted to create a powerful and instinctive look for the room."[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101)
Most sets were a combination of practical sets and [chroma key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key "Chroma key") backgrounds. For example, in the Glass Stepping Stones scenes, the set, designed as if in a circus tent for the players performing for the VIPs, was only 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) off the ground, using chroma key screens to simulate the height in post-production. In filming, this was far enough from the ground to make the actors nervous, which contributed to the scene.[\[95\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-collider_bts-102)[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The tug-of-war set was actually set more than 10 metres (33 ft) off the ground, which further created anxiety for some of the actors with fears of heights.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101)
The robot doll in the first episode, "Red Light, Green Light", was inspired by Young-hee, a character who appeared on the covers of South Korean textbooks *Chul-soo and Young-hee* in the 1970s and 1980s,[\[92\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-arch_digest-99) and her hairstyle was inspired by Hwang's daughter's.[\[91\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-doll-98)[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The doll singsongs, in Korean, "Mugunghwa flower has blossomed", referring to the *[Hibiscus syriacus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_syriacus "Hibiscus syriacus")*, the [national flower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_flower "National flower") of South Korea.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-nbcnews_games-73) The use of this familiar character was meant to juxtapose memories of childhood and unsettling fear in the players, according to Chae.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) Similarly, the set for the dalgona game, using giant pieces of playground equipment, were to evoke players' memories of their childhood, and was a common place where South Korean children would have played dalgona with friends.[\[94\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety_production-101) The [dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona") used in "The Man with the Umbrella" were made by a street vendor from [Daehangno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daehangno "Daehangno").[\[96\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-103)
Throughout the series, the trio of circle, triangle, and square shapes appear frequently on the cards given to recruit players, on the guards' masks, and in the show's [title card](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_card "Title card") in most language adaptations. These are shapes associated with the playing field for the children's game of [Squid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_\(game\) "Squid (game)") (*ojingeo*). They are also used to represent the hierarchy of the guards within the complex. Following from the comparison with an [ant colony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_colony "Ant colony"), the guards with circles are considered the workers, triangles as the soldiers, and squares as the managers (see also: [Korean honorifics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_honorifics "Korean honorifics")).[\[97\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-104)\[*[better source needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Questionable_sources "Wikipedia:Verifiability")*\]
Principal photography for the second season was scheduled to start in July 2023 and was expected to last for "at least 10 months".[\[98\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-105) On July 10, staff members of the production faced a controversy involving allegations of mistreatment towards citizens during filming at [Incheon Airport](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incheon_Airport "Incheon Airport"). The production company issued an official apology on the matter.[\[99\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-106) Filming was reportedly underway in August 2023.[\[100\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-107) Filming took place simultaneously with the third season and [wrapped](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrap_\(filmmaking\) "Wrap (filmmaking)") in June 2024.[\[101\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-108)
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In Season 2, players vote whether to continue or end the games and split the accumulated money, wearing designated "X" or "O" patches *(pictured)*[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-SRV-109)
The second season's new voting system, differing significantly from the first season, allows players to vote after every game whether to continue the competition or leave with a share of the accumulated prize money.[\[102\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-SRV-109)[\[103\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-COV-110) In an interview with *[The Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter "The Hollywood Reporter")*, Hwang explained that the new red-and-blue voting system was designed to emphasize the idea of forced division and the pressure to take sides. The redesigned dormitory set includes large red and blue symbols and lines that physically split the room.[\[104\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-111)
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[Jung Jae-il](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Jae-il "Jung Jae-il") composed the score for the series.
[Jung Jae-il](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Jae-il "Jung Jae-il"), who previously composed the soundtrack for [*Parasite*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)"), composed and directed *Squid Game*'s score.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-bbc_musicmag-112) To prevent it from becoming boring, he asked the help of composers Park Min-ju, and Kim Sung-soo, a music director for musicals who uses the stage name "23" as a composer.[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-donga_music-113)
Two classical music pieces are also used throughout the show as part of the players' routine: the third movement of [Joseph Haydn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn "Joseph Haydn")'s "[Trumpet Concerto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_Concerto_\(Haydn\) "Trumpet Concerto (Haydn)")" is used to wake the players, and [Johann Strauss II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Strauss_II "Johann Strauss II")'s "[The Blue Danube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Danube "The Blue Danube")" is used to indicate the start of a new game.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-bbc_musicmag-112) [Ludwig van Beethoven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven "Ludwig van Beethoven")'s "[Fifth Symphony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_\(Beethoven\) "Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)")" is also heard in the VIP lounge.[\[105\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-bbc_musicmag-112) A cover of "[Fly Me to the Moon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon "Fly Me to the Moon")",[\[h\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-114) arranged by Jung and sung by South Korean artist Joo Won Shin, was used over the "Red Light, Green Light" game of the first episode; according to Joo, Hwang wanted a contrast between the brutal killing of the players and the "romantic and beautiful lyrics and melody" of the song, such that the scene "embodies the increasingly polarized capitalist society that we live in today in a very compressed and cynical way".[\[107\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-115)
For the song "Way Back Then" that accompanies children playing Squid Game, Jung wanted to use instruments that he practiced in elementary school, such as recorders and castanets.[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-donga_music-113) The rhythm of the song is based on a 3-3-7 clapping rhythm that is commonly used in South Korea to cheer someone on.[\[106\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-donga_music-113) The recorder, played by Jung himself, had a slight "beep", which was unintentional.[\[108\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-116) The song "Round VI" was played by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra.[\[109\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-melon-117) The soundtrack was released on September 17, 2021.[\[110\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-118)
Jung returned to [score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_score "TV score") the second season, with the soundtrack album being released on December 27, 2024, through [Netflix Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix_Music "Netflix Music").[\[111\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-119) Jung confirmed his involvement in 2023, telling the [BBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC "BBC") the second season would retain some elements from the score to the first season but have a "more bizarre and unique sound".[\[112\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-120) The second season also features the aria "[Nessun dorma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nessun_dorma "Nessun dorma")" from [Giacomo Puccini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini "Giacomo Puccini")'s *[Turandot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turandot "Turandot")* and "[Time to Say Goodbye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_Say_Goodbye_\(Sarah_Brightman_and_Andrea_Bocelli_song\) "Time to Say Goodbye (Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli song)")" by [Sarah Brightman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Brightman "Sarah Brightman") and [Andrea Bocelli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bocelli "Andrea Bocelli").[\[113\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-121)\[*[better source needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Questionable_sources "Wikipedia:Verifiability")*\]
The first season of *Squid Game* was released on September 17, 2021, in more than 190 countries.[\[114\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-122) The second season was released on December 26, 2024.[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-Season2Release-41) The third and final season was announced alongside the premiere of the second season,[\[115\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-123) and it was released on June 27, 2025.[\[116\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-124)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Squid_Game_Giant_Swing_16.jpg)
A promotional event for *Squid Game* at Lan Khon Mueang, a [town square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_square "Town square") near [Wat Suthat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Suthat "Wat Suthat") and [Giant Swing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Swing "Giant Swing").
In the Philippines, a replica of the doll used in the first episode of the series was exhibited on [Ortigas Avenue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortigas_Avenue "Ortigas Avenue") in [Quezon City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quezon_City "Quezon City") in September 2021.[\[117\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-125)
A *Squid Game* doll was installed in [Olympic Park, Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Park,_Seoul "Olympic Park, Seoul") on October 25, 2021.[\[118\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-126) A replica of *Squid Game*'s set was exhibited at the [Itaewon station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itaewon_station "Itaewon station") in [Seoul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul "Seoul") since September 5, 2021.[\[119\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-127)\[*[unreliable source?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources "Wikipedia:Reliable sources")*\][\[120\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-128) However, the exhibit was prematurely closed due to COVID-19 concerns.[\[121\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-129)
A *Squid Game* [pop-up store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-up_store "Pop-up store") opened in [Paris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris "Paris") on October 2 and 3, 2021,[\[122\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-130) and a person could win a free one-month Netflix subscription if they managed to get the right shape from the [dalgona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalgona "Dalgona") in one minute and 30 seconds.[\[123\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-131)[\[124\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-132)
In the Netherlands, Netflix hosted its own Squid Game where people were able to play the game *Red Light, Green Light* in both [Maastricht](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht "Maastricht") and [Rotterdam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam "Rotterdam"). A replica of the doll was exhibited and staff were dressed as guards. Winners were awarded with Squid Game [memorabilia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorabilia "Memorabilia"). The event attracted hundreds of people.[\[125\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-133)[\[126\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-134)[\[127\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-135) Similar events featuring replicas of the doll occurred across the world, including [Sydney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney "Sydney")[\[128\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-136) and the United Kingdom.[\[129\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-137)
In October 2021, the *[Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Reporter "Hollywood Reporter")* interviewed Netflix Asia's executive Kim Minyoung, who said that the company was looking into a possible [video game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game "Video game") adaptation of the series.[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-thr_netflix_asia-56)
Netflix has licensed *Squid Game* for merchandising. A Young-hee vinyl figure was released in January 2022.[\[130\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-138) [Funko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funko "Funko") released a set of *Squid Game* themed Funko Pop! figurines in May 2022.[\[131\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-139)
During Netflix Geeked Week in September 2024, a poster and a teaser for season 2 were released.[\[132\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-140)[\[133\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-141) On December 19, 2024, a [rave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave "Rave") party related to the season was held in London.[\[134\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-142) Famous streamer [Ibai Llanos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibai_Llanos "Ibai Llanos") organized his own version of Squid Game with KFC.[\[135\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-143) Filipino journalist MJ Marfori attended the three-day event for the season and also interviewed Lee Jung-jae.[\[136\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-144) In Thailand, several events were hosted to promote *Squid Game*, including a recreation of the skipping rope game at Lan Khon Mueang, a [town square](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_square "Town square") near [Wat Suthat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Suthat "Wat Suthat") and [Giant Swing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Swing "Giant Swing").[\[137\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-The_Nation-145)
[*Call of Duty*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_\(series\) "Call of Duty (series)") teamed up with *Squid Game* to create a special bundle, with [Tom Choi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Choi "Tom Choi") reprising his role as the masked voice of [the Front Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Man_\(Squid_Game\) "Front Man (Squid Game)").[\[138\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-146) A new operator comes in the form of a frontman from the show, with operators receiving skins for players and the guards. New game modes were added to *Call of Duty* that comes from the show.
The first season received critical acclaim.[\[145\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-153) On [review aggregator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator "Review aggregator") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), 95% of 77 reviews are positive for the first season. The website's critics consensus reads: "*Squid Game*'s unflinching brutality is not for the faint of heart, but sharp social commentary and a surprisingly tender core will keep viewers glued to the screen – even if it's while watching between their fingers."[\[139\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-score:rotten-147) On [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic"), the first season has a weighted average score of 69 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[\[140\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-S1MC-148)
The second season received generally positive reviews from critics. On the [review aggregator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator "Review aggregator") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), 83% of 94 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "While Squid Game's return can't help but lose the element of surprise, some absolutely diabolical challenges and a knotty moral outlook keep this sophomore season thrilling."[\[141\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-score2-149) On [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic"), the second season has a weighted average score of 62 out of 100 based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[\[142\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-S2MC-150)
The third and final season received generally positive reviews from critics. On the [review aggregator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator "Review aggregator") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), 79% of 58 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "The games reach a grim crescendo in this climactic third season, repeating familiar beats but with a ruthlessness that drives creator Hwang Dong-hyuk's themes home."[\[143\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-score3-151) On [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic"), the third season has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[\[144\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-S3MC-152) However, some news outlets reported that audience reception to the third season was more mixed, showing roughly half-positive and half-negative user reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.[\[146\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-154) [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") commented that to justify a second or third season as a creative work, "there had to be something that surprised us," and criticized the show for repeating formulas it had only recently established. The review noted that while the protagonist Gi-hun's decisions provided tension, some supporting characters drawn from Western and war film archetypes felt one-dimensional and predictable. It further argued that while Hwang Dong-hyuk still staged action skillfully, his imagination seemed lacking.\[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")*\]
The first season of the series became the first [Korean drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_drama "Korean drama") to top Netflix's top ten weekly most-watched TV show charts globally. It reached number one in 94 countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.[\[147\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-155) Netflix estimated that *Squid Game* had drawn over 111 million member households worldwide after 17 days of availability,[\[148\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-deadline_111M-156)[\[i\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-157) and over 142 million member households after 28 days, and becoming the [service's most-watched series at its launch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-watched_Netflix_original_programming "List of most-watched Netflix original programming").[\[149\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-158) After Netflix revamped its published metrics of viewership in November 2021 based on total hours watched of the series, *Squid Game* remained the most-watched show on the service, with over 1.65 billion hours within its first 28 days compared to *Bridgerton*'s 625 million hours.[\[150\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-159)
### Public response and impact
\[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Squid_Game&action=edit§ion=32 "Edit section: Public response and impact")\]
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cosplay_of_Squid_Game_Guards_at_Sutera_Cosplay_Fest_2021.jpg)
People [cosplaying](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplaying "Cosplaying") as guards from the series
*Squid Game* is considered one of the latest examples of the [Korean Wave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Wave "Korean Wave"), the growing trend of popular South Korean media to gain international attention since the early 2010s, similar to popular [Korean pop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop "K-pop") acts like [BTS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS "BTS") and [Korean dramas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_drama "Korean drama") and films like *[Parasite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_\(2019_film\) "Parasite (2019 film)")*. Such works had drawn more attention due to streaming services like Netflix and [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube "YouTube") making South Korean content, traditionally controlled by the country's national broadcasters, available across the globe. Further, according to Choe Sang-Hun of *The New York Times*, South Korean creators have a way of taking ideas from foreign works and applying their own cultural spin on it that draws in more audiences.[\[151\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-160)
### Awards and nominations
\[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Squid_Game&action=edit§ion=34 "Edit section: Awards and nominations")\]
The first season's four SAG Award nominations also made history in it becoming the first non-English series and first Korean series to be nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Individually, [Lee Jung-jae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jung-jae "Lee Jung-jae") became the first male actor from Asia and South Korea to receive an individual SAG Award nomination in television and [HoYeon Jung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HoYeon_Jung "HoYeon Jung") became the second actress of Asian as well as Korean descent to do the same.[\[152\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-THR-161) With both actors winning, the show made history in becoming the first non-English language television series to win at the SAG Awards. The show also received 14 nominations for the [Primetime Emmy Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards "Primetime Emmy Awards"), including for Best Drama, making it the first non-English show to be nominated in this category.[\[153\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-162)
## Themes and analysis
\[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Squid_Game&action=edit§ion=35 "Edit section: Themes and analysis")\]
Hwang wrote *Squid Game* based on his own personal experiences and observations of [capitalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism "Capitalism") and economic [class struggles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_conflict "Class conflict") within South Korea.[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-variety-49) Hwang also considered that his script was targeted towards global issues regarding capitalism, stating, "I wanted to create something that would resonate not just for Korean people but globally. This was my dream." He added, "I do believe that the overall global economic order is unequal and that around 90% of the people believe that it's unfair. During the pandemic, poorer countries can't get their people vaccinated. They're contracting viruses on the streets and even dying. So I did try to convey a message about modern capitalism. As I said, it's not profound."[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-guardian_hwang_20211026-9)
Hwang had also worked with Netflix to create a [mockumentary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary "Mockumentary") inspired by *Squid Game*'s success, titled *The Best Show on the Planet*. Hwang said the comedy was based on his own personal experience of being pushed into the spotlight due to the rapid and ongoing success of *Squid Game*.[\[154\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-163)
Netflix announced a [reality competition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_competition "Reality competition") series, *[Squid Game: The Challenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game:_The_Challenge "Squid Game: The Challenge")*, in June 2022 along with an open casting call. The ten-episode series saw 456 players competing for a US\$4.56 million cash prize, with challenges based on those in the show.[\[155\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-164) Production was a joint work of [Studio Lambert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Lambert "Studio Lambert") and The Garden. The filming started in early 2023 at Cardington Studios in Bedfordshire.[\[156\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-165) The first five episodes of the show were released internationally on November 22, 2023, while four more episodes were released on November 29,[\[157\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-166) with its finale released on December 6; a second season was announced.[\[158\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-167)
Netflix released *Squid Game: Unleashed* in December 2024, a video game that lets players compete as characters playing the children's games featured in the show. The game gave players rewards for watching each episode.[\[159\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-:0-168)
*[Deadline Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood "Deadline Hollywood")* reported in October 2024 that an English-language spin-off of *Squid Game* for Netflix, produced by [David Fincher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher "David Fincher"), was in development.[\[160\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-169)[\[161\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-170) Preliminary reports indicate the show, to be called *Squid Game: America*, is set to start production in Los Angeles in February 2026.[\[162\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-171)
- [Battle royal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_royal "Battle royal") – Fight involving three or more combatants
1. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-prize_conv_10-0)** At the time of broadcast, ₩45.6 billion was approximately [US\$](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar "United States dollar")38 million or [€](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro "Euro")33 million.
2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-12)** In an interview with *Vanity Fair*, Hwang revealed the original number of participants for the game in the original script was around 1000, but he later reduced the numbers due to budget issues. The amount of total prize money for the show was set similar to the largest amount of prize money ever given for [lotteries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery "Lottery") in South Korea. Gi-hun was allocated the last number, 456, to reflect his social status in the show.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vanity_fair-11)
3. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-19)** Hwang Dong-Hyuk said the number was actually a pun using the fact that "two-eighteen" in Korean is *i-sibpal* (이십팔), similar to the [Korean swear word](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_profanity "Korean profanity") *ssibal* (씨발, "fucker").[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vanity_fair-11)
4. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-38)** *lit.* The day [hibiscus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_syriacus "Hibiscus syriacus") bloomed. The English title references the game [Red Light, Green Light](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statues_\(game\) "Statues (game)"). The Korean title references the Korean version of the game.
5. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-40)** The title is a reference to the [1924 Korean novel with the same name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Lucky_Day "One Lucky Day") that tells the story of a rickshaw man initially being happy earning a lot of money from having a lot of customers on a rainy day, and thrilled to buy his wife some soup, only to find his wife dead in her house.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-39)
6. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-45)** Following the [bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_of_Lehman_Brothers "Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers") in September 2008 and as part of the [2008 financial crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_financial_crisis "2008 financial crisis"), banks in South Korea had tried to help provide external investments to stabilize foreign currency rates. As the crisis worsened into 2009, these stabilization attempts had failed, causing a reversing of money from the country, and forcing banks to drastically increase interest rates and seek high-risk short-term loans made to citizens to try to recover.[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-44)
7. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-75)** [Red Paper, Blue Paper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Paper,_Blue_Paper "Red Paper, Blue Paper") \[[ko](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%A8%EA%B0%84_%EC%A2%85%EC%9D%B4,_%ED%8C%8C%EB%9E%80_%EC%A2%85%EC%9D%B4 "ko:빨간 종이, 파란 종이")\], also known by its Japanese name *[Akai-Kami-Aoi-Kami](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B5%A4%E3%81%84%E7%B4%99%E3%80%81%E9%9D%92%E3%81%84%E7%B4%99 "ja:赤い紙、青い紙")*, is an urban legend that started from Japan that was later spread to South Korea. The legend is about a ghost that haunts the toilets and is known to ask the question, "Do you want blue toilet paper or red toilet paper?" Either option will result in the death of the person. Unlike the Korean versions, the ghost of the Japanese story has a name called "Aka Manto".
8. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-114)** Hwang revealed that the music figures used for the project were the ones in the gas station where he wrote the script, and that they were playing "Fly Me to the Moon", and this is why he used the music for the show.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-vanity_fair-11)
9. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-157)** One "viewer" is defined by Netflix as a subscriber having viewed any portion of a work longer than two minutes.[\[148\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_note-deadline_111M-156)
1. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-genre_1-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-genre_1-1)
Lehnen, Christine (October 6, 2021). ["'Squid Game': more than a traditional survival thriller"](https://www.dw.com/en/what-distinguishes-squid-game-from-other-survival-thrillers/a-59422159). *[Deutsche Welle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Welle "Deutsche Welle")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240621022531/https://www.dw.com/en/what-distinguishes-squid-game-from-other-survival-thrillers/a-59422159) from the original on June 21, 2024. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-2)**
Caruso, Skylar (October 1, 2021). ["'Squid Game' : Everything You Need to Know About Netflix's New Korean Drama"](https://people.com/tv/squid-game-everything-you-need-to-know/). *[People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_\(magazine\) "People (magazine)")*. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
3. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-credits_3-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-credits_3-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-credits_3-2) [***d***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-credits_3-3)
무궁화 꽃이 피던 날
\[Red Light, Green Light\]. [*Squid Game*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_1 "Squid Game season 1"). Season 1. Episode 1 (in Korean). September 17, 2021. [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix").
4. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-credits2_4-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-credits2_4-1)
빵과 복권
\[Bread and Lottery\]. [*Squid Game*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game_season_2 "Squid Game season 2"). Season 2. Episode 1 (in Korean). December 26, 2024. [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix").
5. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-5)**
["Catching up with Emmy-nominated "Squid Game" Editor Nam Na-young"](https://www.filmmakeru.com/blog/squid-game-editor-Nam-Na-Young). *Filmmaker U*. August 19, 2022. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220826163238/https://www.filmmakeru.com/blog/squid-game-editor-Nam-Na-Young) from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
6. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-6)**
Lee, Julie (August 10, 2021). ["Squid Game invites you to deadly childhood games on September 17"](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/squid-game-invites-you-to-deadly-childhood-games-on-september-17). *Netflix Media Center*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210811094811/https://about.netflix.com/en/news/squid-game-invites-you-to-deadly-childhood-games-on-september-17) from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
7. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-7)**
Ha, Soo-jung (January 6, 2024).
[주연 이정재 14억→조연 탑·이서환 3억..'오겜2' 출연료 진실 \[Oh!쎈 이슈\]](https://m.entertain.naver.com/now/article/109/0005222392)
\[Lead actor Lee Jung-jae 1.4 billion → Supporting actors Top and Lee Seo-hwan 300 million.. The truth about the appearance fee for 'Ogame 2' \[Oh! Strong Issue\]\]. *[OSEN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osen_\(newspaper\) "Osen (newspaper)")* (in Korean). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250106083814/https://m.entertain.naver.com/now/article/109/0005222392) from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2024 – via [Naver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naver "Naver").
8. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-:5_8-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-:5_8-1)
Frater, Patrick (September 24, 2021). ["'Squid Game' Director Hwang Dong-hyuk on Netflix's Hit Korean Series and Prospects for a Sequel (EXCLUSIVE)"](https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211008/https://variety.com/2021/global/asia/squid-game-director-hwang-dong-hyuk-korean-series-global-success-1235073355/). *[Variety.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety.com "Variety.com")*. Archived from [the original](https://variety.com/2021/global/asia/squid-game-director-hwang-dong-hyuk-korean-series-global-success-1235073355/) on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
9. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-guardian_hwang_20211026_9-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-guardian_hwang_20211026_9-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-guardian_hwang_20211026_9-2) [***d***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-guardian_hwang_20211026_9-3) [***e***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-guardian_hwang_20211026_9-4) [***f***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-guardian_hwang_20211026_9-5) [***g***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-guardian_hwang_20211026_9-6)
Jefferies, Stuart (October 26, 2021). ["Squid Game's creator: 'I'm not that rich. It's not like Netflix paid me a bonus'"](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/26/squid-games-creator-rich-netflix-bonus-hwang-dong-hyuk). *[The Guardian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian "The Guardian")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211026052343/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/26/squid-games-creator-rich-netflix-bonus-hwang-dong-hyuk) from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
10. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-vanity_fair_11-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-vanity_fair_11-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-vanity_fair_11-2)
[Vanity Fair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair_\(magazine\) "Vanity Fair (magazine)") (December 17, 2021). [*Squid Game Director & Cast Break Down The Red Light/Green Light Scene*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51smxeWPaW4). [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube "YouTube"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211222015343/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51smxeWPaW4) from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
11. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-13)**
["Squid Game – (Korean Drama, 2020, 오징어게임)"](https://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_Squid_Game.php). *[HanCinema](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HanCinema "HanCinema")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210811183251/https://www.hancinema.net/korean_drama_Squid_Game.php) from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
12. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-14)**
["Korean series 'Squid Game' gives deadly twist to children's games"](https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/15/21/kiddie-games-turn-deadly-in-korean-series-squid-game). *ABS-CBN News*. September 15, 2021. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210915130336/https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/15/21/kiddie-games-turn-deadly-in-korean-series-squid-game) from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
13. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-2) [***d***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-3) [***e***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-4) [***f***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-5) [***g***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-6) [***h***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-7) [***i***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-8) [***j***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-9) [***k***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-10) [***l***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-11) [***m***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-12) [***n***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-13) [***o***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-14) [***p***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-meet_the_cast_15-15)
[*Squid Game: Season 2 \| Meet the Cast \| Netflix*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReM6Msbts3w). Netflix. December 4, 2024. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241205181821/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReM6Msbts3w=) from the original on December 5, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2024 – via YouTube.
14. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-lead_16-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-lead_16-1)
Moon Ji-yeon (March 11, 2020).
[\[공식\] 이정재X박해수, 넷플릭스 '오징어게임' 주연 캐스팅](https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003540531)
\[\[Official\] Lee Jung-jae X Park Hae-soo\] (in Korean). [Sports Chosun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Chosun "Sports Chosun"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211003121904/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003540531) from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via [Naver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naver "Naver").
15. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-17)**
["Squid Game's Cast Features a Mix of Korean Film Powerhouses and Up and Comers"](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a37706324/squid-game-cast-netflix/). Esquire. September 23, 2021. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210924003350/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a37706324/squid-game-cast-netflix/) from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
16. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_Game#cite_ref-18)**
Jang Ah-reum (June 2, 2020).
[\[단독\] 위하준, 넷플릭스 오리지널 '오징어 게임' 합류...이정재와 호흡](https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0004672486)
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