Squid Game season 3 doesn't have an official release date but Netflix has confirmed it will be out in 2025. Filming has already finished on the third season and show creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has confirmed in late 2024 they were working on post-production. This means we might be waiting a while into 2025 before new episodes are released.

The inaugural Season of Squid Game came out on Netflix on September 17, 2021, and has nine episodes. It was a massive hit at the time and became a cultural phenomenon globally. The series returned with Season 2 on December 26,

While Netflix has established that season 3 of Squid Game is coming in 2025 in multiple promos for its content in the coming year, they may have accidentally let the exact date slip.

Squid Game Season 2 has fewer episodes than Season 1, but the director intentionally ended the second season at a critical turning point. Despite Season 2's shorter length, the director's decision to conclude it with a pivotal event promises a compelling narrative for the upcoming third season on Netflix.

The Netflix series concludes later this year—so here are all the burning questions we still have after season two.

Between Squid Game's compelling characters and life-and-death stakes, it's impossible to look away. But even if you forgot to blink, here's another round of tiny but important clues you may have missed in Season 2.