Squid game is back and deadlier than ever. If you’ve reached the end of the final season of the gripping South Korean drama, you’re probably dying to know when Squid game Season 3 appears on Netflix.

Season 2 returns the first season’s champion, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who returns to the deadly competition years after winning the 45.6 billion won prize. This time, with the help of Detective Hwang Jun-ho, Player 459 is determined to take down Squid Game and dismantle the operation led by the enigmatic frontman, who takes an even more active role in this season’s deadly challenges.

After the action-packed finale of season two – full of riots, shocking deaths and countless twists – fans are already speculating how long they will have to wait for the final season to be released on Netflix. series Director, writer and executive producer Hwang Dong-hyuk announced last summer that the third season would be the series’ last.

“I am thrilled to write this letter to announce the date of Season 2 and share the news of Season 3, the final season,” he shared in a letter to fans. “The violent clash between (Gi-hun and Front Man) Two Worlds continues through the series finale with Season 3, coming next year.”

Here’s everything you need to know about (so far). Squid game Season 3, including expected release schedule, returning cast and more.

When is Squid game Is season 3 coming out?

Squid game is set to return for its third and final season in 2025, but the exact release date has not yet been announced. However, the show’s creator has hinted that an announcement is expected “soon” since the third season has already been filmed.

“At this point, anything I say will be a spoiler, so I want to be careful,” Hwang told Variety. “But what I can say is that after the launch of the second season, I think we will soon announce the start date for the third season. I probably expect it to be launched in the summer or fall of next year.”

If Season 3 premieres in the summer or fall, that schedule will be based on Emmy nomination schedules. According to Digital Trends, Netflix will likely submit Season 2 for the 2025 Awards and could try to submit Season 3 for the 2026 Emmys. This suggests the earliest Squid game Season 3 could arrive on Netflix on June 1, 2025 to qualify for the 2026 Emmys.

Warning: Spoilers ahead Squid game Season 2.

What will Squid game Season 3 Be About?

The third season of Squid game will continue the story after the violent uprising in the season two finale, which ultimately fails because the rebels have exhausted their ammunition and are significantly outnumbered. However, the most shocking moment in the finale was the heartbreaking death of Gi-hun’s best friend from Season 1, Park Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan).

Hwang revealed that Jung-bae’s death was deliberately planned as the perfect ending to the second season. “The audience will definitely be shocked and very sad to see Jung-bae go,” the creator told Tudum. “He is also the only person in the games that Gi-hun can trust and rely on completely.”

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The frontman, who disguised himself as Player 001 (aka Young-il) and formed a bond with Gi-hun and his group of allies, “faked” his character’s death and fell into character behind the signature black cape and the black mask returned. At the end of the second season, Gi-hun is still unaware of the betrayal. “I don’t think Gi-hun knows the truth yet” because his character “blames himself for everything that happened,” Jung-jae told Tudum.

At the end of Episode 7, an end credits scene confirms that the games will continue even after Gi-hun is captured. The mid-credits scene shows players entering the arena, which now features two giant puppets and a new variation of “Red Light, Green Light.” Hwang teased that season three will continue to highlight “the violent clash between (Gi-hun and Front Man’s) two worlds.”

Which characters will return? Squid game Season 3?

Season 2 of Squid game The brutal final episodes in particular saw the loss of several important characters. As for the characters that will return in Season 3, here’s a look at which ones have survived so far (some were already confirmed in the mid-credits scene).

• Gi-hun (player 456)
• Yong-sik (player 007)
• Geum-ja (player 149)
• Hyun-ju (player 120)
• Jun-hee (player 222)
• Myung-gi (player 333)
• Dae-ho (player 388)
• Jun-ho (the detective)
• In-ho (frontman, “Young-il”, player 001)

Stay tuned to know more about it Squid game Season 3.

Squid game is streaming on Netflix. Check out the official trailer below.