- Releasing on Netflix in late June
- Will be the main show's last installment
- Trailers revealed in early and late May
- Numerous cast members set to return from season 2
- Story synopsis unveiled
- Season 3 will need to wrap up plot threads from its predecessor
- Creator has spoken about continuing the franchise with spin-off projects
Squid Game season 3 is almost here. Surreal though that sounds, the hugely successful Netflix show's final installment will arrive on June 27, 2025 – i.e. just six months after its forbear ended.
With one of the best Netflix shows' final hurrah fast approaching, then, you'll want to know everything that's been revealed about it so far. In this guide, I've rounded up the biggest and latest news on Squid Game's third season, including its confirmed cast, story details, trailer, and the franchise's future.
Full spoilers follow for seasons 1 and 2. Possible spoilers are also on the way for Squid Game 3.
Squid Game season 3 release date
Prepare for the final game.Squid Game Season 3 premieres 27 June.#NextOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/wnEv6gpBKMJanuary 30, 2025
As I covered in this article's intro, Squid Game season 3 will make its Netflix debut on June 27, 2025. It'll be the shortest season of the lot, too, with just six episodes to stream. Thankfully, they'll all drop on launch day.
Squid Game season 3 trailer
Squid Game season 3's official trailer received its worldwide debut at Netflix Tudum 2025 in late May. Unsurprisingly, it didn't tell us too much about how the series will end, but there are enough tantalizing clips within that suggest it'll go out with a bang.
Indeed, whether it's the new games that the remaining contestants will be forced to not play but also survive, the melodrama between certain characters, and Player 456 seemingly been invited into the games' inner circle by Front-Man, season 3 could deliver a fittingly explosive and deadly end to the immensely popular survival drama.
Missed season 3's first teaser that revealed the hit Netflix show's most disturbing detail yet? watch it below:
Squid Game season 3 confirmed cast
Spoilers follow for Squid Game season 2.
Here's who you'll see in Squid Game season 3:
- Lee Jung-jae as Gi-hun
- Lee Byung-hun as Front Man
- Wi Ha-jun as Hwang Jun-ho
- Yim Si-wan as Myung-gi
- Kang Ha-neul as Dae-ho
- Park Sung-hoon as Hyun-ju
- Yang Dong-geun as Yong-sik
- Kang Ae-sim as Geum-ja
- Jo Yuri as Jun-hee
- Lee David as Min-su
- Roh Jae-won as Nam-gyu
- Park Gyu-young as No-eul
It's unlikely that any new characters will be introduced in Squid Game's third and final season. The series has got enough on its hands with wrapping up the individual and collective stories of those who've appeared in seasons 1 and/or 2, so there shouldn't be room to add in extra people.
Of course, there's the possibility that flashback sequences could be included, which would allow deceased characters to temporarily return from the dead. Right now, though, it's impossible to say if any of them will.
Squid Game season 3: what is the plot?
Full spoilers follow for Squid Game seasons 1 and 2.
Here's the official story synopsis for Squid Game season 3: "Picking up from season 2’s devastating cliffhanger, season 3 thrusts Gi-hun (Player 456) back into the brutal heart of the games, determined to dismantle them once and for all.
"Still haunted by the betrayal and loss of his closest ally Jung-bae (Player 390), Gi-hun faces new perils – including the Front Man, who shockingly infiltrated their rebellion disguised as Player 001."
Unsurprisingly, this season will pick up in the immediate aftermath of its forebear. With Front Man successfully quashing Gi-hun's rebellion from within, it seems all hope is lost for those who want the latest games to end. But, as creator Hwang Dong-hyuk told Netflix Tudum, hope somehow springs eternal for its protagonist.
"The new season will focus on what Gi-hun can and will do after all his efforts fail," Hwang teased. "He's in utter despair after losing everything and watching all his efforts go in vain. The story then takes an interesting turn, questioning whether Gi-hun can overcome his shame and rise again to prove that values of humanity – like conscience and kindness – can exist in the arena."
Away from that, Squid Game 3 will have plenty of loose ends to tie up before its story ends. We need to find out if the pregnant Jun-hee will not only make it out alive, but do so with her unborn baby (or, if she gives birth during the games, her newborn). Will she do so with former flame Myung-gi, who's been trying to make peace with her since season 2 began, too?
Other characters may or may not get a happy ending as well. Will Dae-ho overcome his cowardice and step up the save the day in a potential blaze of glory? Will mother-son duo Yong-sik and Geum-ja escape? Can Hyun-ju be accepted by the outside world if they survive? Is No-eul going to be the group's ace in the pack? And will Jun-ho ever make it back to the island where the games are held and shut them down for good?!
Everyone say hi to Chul-su 👋 Squid Game 3 coming 2025. pic.twitter.com/hCgNexjJbCJanuary 1, 2025
If many of the above are to live to fight another day, they'll need to make it through the next batch of deadly games.
If you stuck it out through season 2's final end credits, you'll have seen the teaser featuring the giant robot from Red Light, Green Light – Young-hee – and her robot boyfriend, aka Chul-su, who'll surely star as a new life-taking robot in an entirely new game.
As for what those new games could be, Hwang told Entertainment Weekly: "I wanted to introduce games that could really show the lowest bottom of human beings, because the series itself is reaching its climax. I wanted very intense games to bring out the bottom parts of human nature.
"In season 1, we had lots of games like 'Tug of War' that really utilized height and the fear that this height gives, but in the case of season 2, we didn't have that element," he added. "That's why in season 3, I decided to introduce games that could really infuse fear in people with sheer height". Acrophobes, beware!
Will there be a fourth season of Squid Game?
No. If you've skipped the rest of this guide, you'll have missed my consistent messaging that Squid Game season 3 will be the mainline show's final entry.
That doesn't mean the franchise is dead in the water post-June 2025, though. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Hwang said of potential spin-off ideas: "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? 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."
In 2022, Deadline also reported that Hwang was also developing a satirical series based on Squid Game's creation. At time, it was rumored to be called The Best Show on the Planet, but there's been little else on the development front since then. Maybe we'll learn more once season 3 is out of the way.
If you're craving more from Squid Game, the franchise has already expanded with Squid Game: The Challenge, a real-world (but less deadly!) adaptation of the show whose first season debuted in November 2023. A sophomore season was greenlit not long after but a release date is yet to be announced. In short: the future looks bright for Squid Game, regardless of the main series' upcoming ending.
For more Netflix-based coverage, read our guides on Stranger Things season 5, 3 Body Problem season 2, Wednesday season 2, and Bridgerton season 4.
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