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Season 3 – Squid Game

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Jun 2025

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Hundreds of cash-strapped contestants accept an invitation to compete in children's games for a tempting prize, but the stakes are deadly.

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The games reach a grim crescendo in this climactic third season, repeating familiar beats but with a ruthlessness that drives creator Hwang Dong-hyuk's themes home.

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Leila Latif

Empire Magazine

Jul 9

4/5

Its poptastic visuals, perfectly pitched performances and cruel twists are a wild ride worth staying seated for.

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Nadira Goffe

Slate

Jul 3

Did Squid Game stick the landing? The answer: Well, kinda.

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Tim Glanfield

The Times (UK)

Jul 2

4/5

But for all this chaos and apparent disregard for life, this final run manages to find light in the shadows.

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William Schwartz

Book & Film Globe

Nov 5

Less an argument against capitalism and more an argument against specific terrible rich people being allowed to put on overly elaborate bumfights.

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Barbara Ellen

Observer (UK)

Oct 8

Heavy-handed messaging and the laborious nihilism weighs down this final series. Once again, you’re reminded that Squid Game was originally envisaged as a one-off.

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Pierce Conran

South China Morning Post

Sep 11

With season 3, Hwang probes his darkest depths yet. Souls are crushed as one despicable scenario after another unfolds, bleaker and meaner than the last, each trampling over the dying embers of morality and decency.

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Andres V

@IntenseReviews 19h

Season 3 in my opinion was great emotional moments some surprising deaths some unnecessary deaths and a pretty understanding realistic ending but one of my complaints are VIP’s voices suck and the American spinoff ending some people are gonna think there’s gonna be a season 4 due to that ending in my opinion but if they just removed those and actually gave the VIPs good voices this reading would have most likely been much higher but still emotional in Season 2 didn’t really have many emotional moments, but this had some moments I was close to tearing up but the ending actually made me shed a tear overall season 8.5/10 incredible ending just removable and fix a little details and this would’ve been perfect overall S1 10/10 S2 7.5/10 S3 8.5/10 full show 9/10 goodbye squid game

Tam W

@RetroTam Dec 20

Squid Game season 3 is okay, and absolutely worth a watch if you enjoyed the first season but it's no where near as good with a lot of old tropes recycled in it. I personally found a lot of it predictable, and not as exciting and i didn't feel as the characters were as interesting. The ending was pretty good though and a good way to bring the season to an end

Deen W.

@cstudiosreviews Dec 20

I rate this 4 and 1/2 stars as some moments dragged on a little, but it’s still a satisfying ending.

Phillip W

@Fcasualty Dec 16

Season 3 is wildly underrated by the audience*. It very much holds well with the prior two seasons. *I assume that may relate to its culmination that is more perturbing/artful than unrealistic run-of-the-mill / Hollywood 'all works out perfectly' coddling.

Goose R.

@rodrigug Dec 14

The pandemic hit comes back for a final season. This season seemed slow, water down and too much dialog! So much philosophical discussion between the contenders, too much. Ends on un gratifying ending 🍿🍿🍿/5 on Netflix

jay r

@redfield1123 Dec 14

Squid games Season 3 is another example of why you should quit while your ahead. The first season was original and you didn't know where the story was going to go. Season 3 ,however, you new exactly what was going to happen. Having a vote after each game was tedious to watch, the games were drawn out, and the show was trying way to hard to have a shock factor.

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Lee Jung-jae

Seong Gi-hun

Wi Ha-joon

Hwang Joon-ho

Lee Byung-hun

Front Man

Im Si-wan

Lee Myeong-gi

Kang Ha-neul

Kang Dae-ho

Park Gyu-young

Kang No-eul

Episode 1

Aired Jun 27, 2025

Keys and Knives

No-eul infiltrates a dangerous operation with a risky plan; a new game is announced, hide-and-seek, where one group holds a key and the other a knife.

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Episode 2

Aired Jun 27, 2025

The Starry Night

The games resume and Gi-hun fixates on confronting Kang Dae-ho; Kim Jun-hee faces a sudden crisis that pushes her willpower to its limits.

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Episode 3

Aired Jun 27, 2025

It's Not Your Fault

Jun-ho's team gets close to finding the island; Jang Geum-ja makes a desperate plea to Gi-hun to help Jun-hee; the VIPs discuss a cruel proposal.

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Episode 4

Aired Jun 27, 2025

222

Even as Gi-hun supports Jun-hee amid rising tensions, she must make a pivotal decision; before the final game, the Front Man gives Gi-hun an ultimatum.

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Episode 5

Aired Jun 27, 2025

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No-eul tries to gain the upper hand in negotiations, but her plans backfire; Gi-hun faces a moral crossroads, testing his limits.

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Episode 6

Aired Jun 27, 2025

Humans Are...

As Jun-ho races to reach the island, tensions peak in the final round; the last players face a situation in the closing minutes of the game.

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