Squid Game season 3: release date, trailer, plot, and more

It’s official: Squid Game season 3 will launch on June 27, 2025 – and its arrival will mark the end of the tremendously volatile and thought-provoking Netflix show.

It is, in fact, one of the best Netflix series available to watch on the best streaming service which broke Netflix records by bringing in 1.65 billion viewing hours for Squid Game season 1.

Squid Game invites 456 players to compete for a mouth-watering 4.56 million won prize. To win? Compete in childhood games. Sure, that sounds simple enough, until the players learn about the deadly consequences. Player 456, Gi-hun, won the huge prize pot in season 1, but he was also the only player to leave with their life. So, he returned to play again in Squid Game season 2 to exact revenge by teaming up with fellow players – though we know how that turned out…

Season 3 was always on the cards – way before season 2 even came out – and so the cast and crew shot back-to-back, hence the 2025 release date. We’re glad we don’t have to wait much longer to see how the events of the season 2 finale unfold, but a wait is a wait regardless.

So, while we ponder the next move, there’s plenty to know about Squid Game season 3 from release date, to expected cast, to plot synopsis news and rumors, and more.

Full spoilers for Squid Game seasons 1 and 2 to follow.

Squid Game season 3 release date

As mentioned, Squid Game season 3 will be released on Netflix worldwide on June 27. It’s unclear how many episodes it’ll comprise or if they’ll all arrive on launch day.

However, considering all episodes of the survival drama’s first two seasons dropped on release day, we suspect that’ll be the case for its final hurrah, too.

Squid Game season 3: has Netflix released a trailer?

Yes, a teaser was released on May 6, 2025 and it reveals the hit Netflix show’s most disturbing detail yet.

The marketing for this show has been great, in our opinion, and this teaser says so much without any dialogue. It teases some upcoming scenes, new games, and the aftermath of a failed rebellion.

Squid Game season 3: who can we expect to return for the cast?

Spoilers follow for Squid Game season 2.

Netflix has confirmed Squid Game season 3’s returning cast. Here they are:

• Lee Jung-jae as Gi-hun (Player 456)
• Lee Byung-hun as Front Man
• Wi Ha-jun as Hwang Jun-ho
• Yim Si-wan as Myung-gi (Player 333)
• Kang Ha-neul as Dae-ho (Player 388)
• Park Sung-hoon as Hyun-ju (Player 120)
• Yang Dong-geun as Yong-sik (Player 007)
• Kang Ae-sim as Geum-ja (Player 149)
• Jo Yuri as Jun-hee (Player 222)
• Lee David as Min-su (Player 125)
• Roh Jae-won as Nam-gyu (Player 124)
• Park Gyu-young as No-eul

Squid Game season 3: what is the plot?

Full spoilers follow for Squid Game seasons 1 and 2.

Squid Game Season 3 picks up in the aftermath of Season 2’s shocking cliffhanger. And although protagonist Gi-hun is at his lowest ever point, having just lost his friend and saw his uprising crushed, he’s not giving up.

Netflix has teased that “Gi-hun will be forced to make some important choices in the face of overwhelming despair as he and the surviving players are thrust into deadlier games that test everyone’s resolve. With each round, their choices lead to increasingly grave consequences.”

If you watched through the credits, you will have also seen the teaser (above) featuring the giant robot from Red Light, Green Light – Young-hee – and her robot boyfriend, introduced on Twitter/X as Chul-su. It adds: “Squid Game 3 coming 2025,” as if to suggest Chul-su will star as a new robot in an entirely new game. The bigger tease here though is that there’s more games to be played, which has been one of the biggest allures of Squid Game. It’s in the name, after all.

Will Squid Game return after season 3?

No, season 3 has been confirmed as Squid Game’s final season. But, creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has shared his future plans for a Squid Game franchise with The Hollywood Reporter: “One of the ideas I’m tossing around is what happened between season one and two. There’s a three-year gap. So, for example, what was the Front Man doing during those three years?” said Hwang. “What was the Recruiter doing? When I have some downtime, I like to just toss some ideas around and go wild with my imagination. So I guess we can be open to anything.”

And, back in 2022, Deadline reported that Dong-hyuk also had a satirical series based on the creation of Netflix’s Squid Game in early development. At time of writing, it was rumored to be called The Best Show on the Planet.

If you’re craving more from Squid Game, the franchise has already expanded with Squid Game: The Challenge, a real-world adaptation of the show, which debuted in November 2023 and was subsequently renewed for a second season. Casting of which is now closed, though a release date is still unknown.

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