This Christmas, Netflix has a special gift for fans of Squid Game.
It’s been almost three years since the Korean survival thriller debuted on Netflix and became one of the service’s most successful shows. After a long period of uncertainty, it was finally confirmed that the second season of Squid Game will be released in December 2024.
The dystopian show follows a group of citizens desperate to win a huge cash prize. They undergo a series of grueling challenges, pitting them against each other in twisted versions of children’s games. If they lose, they face deadly consequences.
If you want to know when the show is coming back, who’s coming back and what we expect it to be about, we’ve got everything you need to know.
When is Squid Game season 2 coming out?
The second season of Squid Game debuts on Netflix Thursday December 26, 2024.
Squid Game season 2 cast – who returns?
Netflix confirmed during the Tudum event that the following cast members will return:
- Lee Jung Jae as Seong Gi-hun
- Wi Ha-jun as Hwang Jun-ho
- Gong Yoo as a Recruiter
- Lee Byung-hun as frontman
Joining them will be the following new additions, all of which have unnamed roles so far:
- Yim Si Wan
- Kang Ha-neul
- Park Sung Hoon
- Yang Dong Geun
- Park Gyu-jong
- Lee Jin-uk
- Yang Dong Geun
- Kang Ae sim
- Lee David
- Choi Seung Hyun
- Roh Jae Won
- Jo Yu-ri
- Won Ji-an
Is there a trailer for Squid Game season 2?
Watch the latest trailer from Geeked Week, which sees Seong Gi-hun back in the role of player:
Here’s the first teaser for season 2, with Seong Gi-hun promising revenge on the game makers:
You can also check out the official cast announcement here:
The Game begins in the third teaser for the series:
What will be the plot of Squid Game season 2?
Here’s the official synopsis for the show’s second season:
Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 remains determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to their cruel sport. Gi-hun uses this fortune to fund his search and starts with the most obvious place: looking for the man in a sharp suit who plays ddakji in the subway. But when his efforts finally pay off, the path to taking down the organization proves more deadly than he imagined: to end the game, he must start it again.
Season 1 ended with Seong Gi-hun making a quick decision to re-enter the game after meeting the recruiter again (after a quick stop at the hairdresser to get a flashy new haircut).
Part of what makes the show such a success is the terrible games, so we expect more gruesome and elaborate sets for the second series. The latest teaser shows a running race, with competitors falling to their deaths.
Fans of the series should also check out the reality competition spin-off Squid Game: The Challenge season 2.
Will Squid Game return for season 3?
In 2023, creator Hwang Dong-hyuk told Variety that there was a “50-50” chance the show’s second season would be its last – now we know Netflix already greenlit season 3.
The latest teaser reveals that the third and final installment of Squid Game will be released in 2025.
How to watch Squid Game
As you may have guessed, Squid Game is a Netflix Original, so it’s only available here.
Subscriptions start from $6.99/£4.99 per month for ad-free viewing, and $9.99/£6.99 for ad-free viewing. You can sign up for Netflix and check out our guide to all the plans here.
