- Squid Game season 2 hits Netflix this week
- The show will consist of seven episodes
- Season 3 will be released in 2025
Squid Game season 2 is preparing to launch on Netflix, with director Hwang Dong-hyuk’s new series set to land on the streamer later this week.
Season 1 broke streaming records in 2021, becoming one of Netflix’s most popular shows ever. After debuting, it clocked up over 1.65 billion viewing hours within its first four weeks of release. After that, it become a worldwide hit.
Read more: Everything that happened in Squid Game season 1
Cut to 2024 and the show is back, with Dong-hyuk promising that Squid Game season 2 is bolder and scarier than ever. However, eager fans have been left wondering whether they can binge-watch the show’s return or whether they’ll have to wait to watch new episodes on a week-to-week basis.
Thankfully, we have all the information you need. Read on to find out how to return to the Squid Game this Christmas.
When will Squid Game season 2 be on Netflix?
Squid Game season 2 will hit Netflix worldwide on Thursday, 26 December 2024.
Read more: All we know about Squid Game season 3
The show will be released in its entirety at 12am Pacific Time on 26 December which translates to 8am GMT.
The show will only be available to stream via Netflix, the same outlet that hosted its award-winning first season.
How many episodes does Squid Game season 2 have?
Squid Game season 2 will consist of seven episodes all of which will be released at once. This will allow viewers to binge-watch the entire season over the Christmas and New Year break.
Dong-hyuk’s new season is shorter than Squid Game season 1 which featured nine episodes. However, we also know that the director shot Squid Game season 3 back-to-back with part 2.
This had an impact on the number of episodes featured in Squid Game season 2.
“I wrote seasons two and three at the same time, and we were in production for both simultaneously, and currently we are in the post-production process for season three,” Dong-hyuk told Deadline in early December.
“When I was writing the script for the two seasons, I felt like there was a big turning point or an inflection point, and that was the end of episode seven, so I thought that it would do it justice to have a separate season after that.
“That’s why I had first seven episodes as season two and then the rest of season three.”
When is Squid Game season 3 released?
Squid Game season 3 doesn’t currently have a release date. That said, we know it will arrive on Netflix at some point in 2025.
We don’t know how many episodes it will include or how long they will be – but we do know that it will end the Squid Game story. So far, the little information we do have on Squid Game season 3 was shared via its creator in July 2024.
“Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who vowed revenge at the end of season one, returns and joins the game again,” explained Dong-hyuk in a letter confirming the show’s third outing. “Will he succeed in getting his revenge? Front Man doesn’t seem to be an easy opponent this time either.
“The fierce clash between their two worlds will continue into the series finale in season three, which will be brought to you next year.”
