- Squid Game season 3 — the third and final instalment — hits Netflix on June 27th, 2025.
- The news comes as a surprise given that the sophomore season, which only arrived last December, required a three-year wait.
- Beyond the release date, keep an eye out here for all crucial updates on Netflix’s Squid Game season 3.
It’s official, the third and final season of Squid Game season 3 will premiere this June — roughly six months after season 2 graced our streaming queues before leaving us on a thrilling cliffhanger.
The second season had initially been pitched as the high-concept Korean drama’s conclusion before series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk deemed it too much story for a single chapter.
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Instead, it was split into two instalments and shot back-to-back, which certainly explains the criticism surrounding the recent episodes being ill-paced and narratively anaemic. But the forthcoming swan song promises to close the bloody affair with a bang.
During an interview with Cinema Today, Jo Yu-ri — who portrays Jun-hee (Player 222) — teased that Squid Game season 3 will be a “truly unimaginably brutal and cruel story.”
“It seems like a lot of people have been predicting the contents of season 3, but it seems like not many of them have gotten it right as I thought… so please look forward to it.”
While the flagship series is on track to wrap things up, this won’t exactly be the end for the wider franchise. Last November, Deadline reported that David Fincher was eyeing an English-language Squid Game series for his next project.
The celebrated director of Seven, Fight Club, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Gone Girl fame has maintained a fruitful collaborative relationship with Netflix — dating all the way back to its first major original hit in House of Cards.
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Since then, he’s gifted both the streaming giant and the world with everything from cult favourite Mindhunter, Love, Death, & Robots, as well as Mank and The Killer starring Michael Fassbender; the latter two entries produced under his exclusivity deal with the streamer.
The narrative scope of David Fincher’s addition to the growing Squid Game universe is currently being kept under wraps. Though suffice it to say, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker is uniquely suited for this job given his proven mastery in adapting source material and penchant for bleak social commentary.
Once again, the Squid Game season 3 release date has been slated for June 27th, 2025 — check out Netflix’s official synopsis below:
“Picking up where the second season left off, Squid Game season 3 explores the choices Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) will make amidst overwhelming despair. As the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) plots his next move, the surviving players find their decisions leading to increasingly dire consequences with each round of the deadly games. This season promises to push the limits of suspense and drama, keeping viewers glued to the action.”
