Squid Game season 3: Everything we know about the Netflix show's final season

Squid Game season 3 is just a month away, so we won't have long to wait to find out what happens at the end of Netflix's most popular show ever.

The latest update is a brand new trailer, which sets up even more devastating twists for Gi-hun and the other players.

Below, we've rounded up everything there is to know about Squid Game season 3, so you can get up to date on one of Netflix's best shows. Considering season 2 was a huge success for the streamer, we're expecting big things from the third (and final) season, too.

Below, we've rounded up all the information on the cast, plot details, that new trailer, and much more, so you'll be up to speed at a glance. We're keeping this page updated with the latest news as well, so keep checking back as we get closer to June. But, be warned, the following goes into major spoilers for season 2, so make sure you're up to date before you jump in.

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Squid Game season 3 release date

Squid Game season 3 will be released on June 27, 2025. That's the same as the accidentally leaked date that surfaced earlier in the year.

Surprisingly, this is just a few months after season 2 was released, so there's not long to wait for the return of Netflix's most popular show.

Squid Game season 3 trailer

Squid Game: Season 3 | Official Teaser | Netflix - YouTube

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The first Squid Game season 3 trailer is here, and it shows Gi-hun delivered back to the games in a coffin. That's certainly ominous enough, but things only get worse from there, with players split into teams for what looks to be a game set in a maze, and then – most disturbingly of all – a baby wailing at the end after a shot of Jun-hee crying. Uh oh...

Interestingly enough, it also seems to confirm that Player 246 survived with help from Guard 011.

Squid Game season 3 will also be part of Netflix's Tudum event this May 31, so we can likely expect a final, full trailer then ahead of the June 27 release date.

Squid Game season 3 plot speculation *SPOILERS*

Thanks to the first trailer, we know a team game will take place next. At the Next on Netflix event in early 2025, GamesRadar+ was treated to a behind-closed-doors look at this very game.

In the footage we were shown, contestants turn the dial on a prize machine that contains red and blue balls. Intriguingly – and potentially upsettingly – some of the show's core allies receive opposing colors. While Jun-hee (Player 222) draws a red ball, Myung-gi (Player 333) draws blue. Mother and son Jang Geum-ja (Player 149) and Park Yong-sik (Player 007) also draw opposite colours, while Dae-ho (Player 388) draws blue, as does Hyun-ju. Then, Player 456 enters the room, and the others fall silent. Gi-hun draws his own ball – red.

In the trailer, both teams are in what looks to be a maze. It also seems Hyun-ju is facing off against someone with her fists raised.

Elsewhere in the trailer, the VIPs return, and it looks like Jun-ho finally finds his way to the island, as he can be seen bursting into a white marble room with a gun drawn.

As for the rest of the games, we know that one will involve the dolls Young-hee and Chul-su, thanks to the Squid Game season 2 post-credits scene. Judging by the drawings on the dormitory walls, the remaining two games would seem to involve monkey bars and a chess-style board game – but since the maze game doesn't seem to involve either, the drawings might have another meaning this season.

We also have a new synopsis for the season, courtesy of Netflix: "A failed rebellion, the death of a friend, and a secret betrayal. Picking up in the aftermath of season 2's bloody cliffhanger, the third and final season of Netflix's most popular series finds Gi-hun, AKA Player 456, at his lowest point yet.

"But the Squid Game stops for no one, so 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. Meanwhile, In-ho resumes his role as Front Man to welcome the mysterious VIPs, and his brother Jun-ho continues his search for the elusive island, unaware there's a traitor in their midst. Will Gi-hun make the right decisions, or will Front Man finally break his spirit?"

In an interview with Variety, Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk talked about what's next for Gi-hun, saying: "As for the storyline of the third season, Gi-hun having lost everything, including his best friend, and all of his attempts going to failure, it’s now, what is he going to be like? What state is Gi-hun going to be in? And what will he choose to do? Will he continue on with the mission? Is he going to give up or persist? And so you’re going to meet our character Gi-hun at a very critical crossroads as we begin the third season. Gi-hun will not be the man he was in season 2."

One thing feels certain though – the shocking deaths are not over.

Speaking about the show's ending, creator Dong-hyuk shared that he changed his mind over the ending. "Usually when I get to writing a script, I do it where I think of the ending first, and then I try to make the journey, or the path to reach that ending the most entertaining way possible," he said to GamesRadar+ and other media at a roundtable. "But this time around, it was actually different. I started out writing the story thinking of a particular ending, but along the way, I realised that this is not where the story should be headed, so I changed the ending mid-process."

Squid Game season 3 cast speculation

As is expected with Squid Game, there were a lot of deaths in season 2. This means the cast list for season 3 is much smaller than the second outing:

• Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun
• Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho
• Lee Byung-hun as Hwang In-ho/the Front Man
• Park Sung-hoon as Hyun-ju
• Kang Ha-neul as Dae-ho
• Jo Yu-ri as Kim Jun-hee
• Park Gyu-young as No-eul
• Chae Kook-hee as Seon-nyeo
• Lee David as Min-su
• Kang Ae-sim as Jang Geum-ja
• Yang Dong-geun as Park Yong-sik
• Im Si-wan as Lee Myung-gi
• Oh Dal-su as the Captain
• Roh Jae-won as Nam-gyu

Is Squid Game season 3 the final season?

Yes, Squid Game season 3 will be the final season of the Netflix show. Speaking about this decision, creator Dong-hyuk told GamesRadar+ and other media why this is. "When you look at Squid Game at the end of the day, it's really all about Gi-hun's journey. The way he returned and gave up wanting to go see his daughter, returned from the flight and goes back into the game, wanting to put an end to it.

"So, the storylines for seasons 2 and 3 are going to be about his journey and the viewers wanting to know, 'Will he succeed, will he fail?' And at the end of his journey, what would Gi-hun look like? So, at the end of the day, it's really a story told by Gi-hun, and it's a story of Gi-hun and also what changes he goes through as a character through these series of events. So I always thought that it had to be, it had to come to a closure with Gi-hun's story by season 3. I thought that it would be meaningless to tell a story further than that."

Squid Game season 2 is available to stream on Netflix now. For more, check out our Squid Game season 2 review and our Squid Game season 2 ending explained. We've also got guides to the best Netflix movies and the best Netflix horror movies to stream right now.