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Squid Game: Season 2

7 episodes Premiered Dec 26, 2024 Updated Sep 21, 2026

Squid Game Season 2 continues the overarching saga across seven episodes. The series depicts a secret contest where cash-strapped players 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 massive monetary prize. Hundreds of players accept a strange invitation to compete in these deadly rounds, continuing the high-stakes narrati

Previously on Squid Game

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • The series depicts a secret contest involving 456 cash-strapped players in deep financial hardship.
  • Participants risk their lives to play a series of children's games that result in death if eliminated.
  • Players compete for the chance to win a massive cash prize of 45.6 billion won.
  • Only one participant can win the deadly competition.

Season overview

Squid Game Season 2 continues the overarching saga across seven episodes. The series depicts a secret contest where cash-strapped players 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 massive monetary prize. Hundreds of players accept a strange invitation to compete in these deadly rounds, continuing the high-stakes narrative established in the first season. As players enter the competition, they face new games and challenges while fighting to survive and outlast their competitors to claim the ultimate reward. The season explores the continuation of this brutal tournament, testing human endurance and desperation through a sequence of lethal trials where only one can ultimately win.

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Season 2 Episodes

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Bread and Lottery

Dec 26, 2024

A vengeful Gi-hun makes a U-turn at the airport. Later, in his hideout, he intensifies his search for the elusive recruiter who is seeking new players.

S2·E2 Core

Halloween Party

Dec 26, 2024

Gi-hun finally gets hold of an invitation, marked for Halloween day. In a tense moment facing Jun-ho, they reveal their truths to each other.

S2·E3 Core

001

Dec 26, 2024

New players gather for a chance to win 45.6 billion won. After an intense first round, the survivors' fates hang in the balance — down to one final vote.

S2·E4 Core

Six Legs

Dec 26, 2024

The players prepare for the next game: a six-legged pentathlon, where each team member must clear a mini-game to survive — or face collective elimination.

S2·E5 Core

One More Game

Dec 26, 2024

Kang No-eul earns enemies for her unruly actions. Nerves fray to the breaking point as the remaining players vote on whether to move to the next round.

S2·E6 Mytharc

O  X

Dec 26, 2024

Jun-ho and his team prepare to infiltrate a suspicious island. As monetary stakes and tensions rise, players split into two opposing factions.

S2·E7 Mytharc

Friend or Foe

Dec 26, 2024

The remaining players strategize on how to survive the night. Gi-hun proposes a risky plan — but he will need trustworthy allies to carry it out.