Squid Game season 2 excels in some ways and not in others, fattened up with what feels like filler content, which is not great for a season only seven episodes long.

While there’s no specific date set, fans can expect Season 3 to start streaming sometime in 2025, according to Netflix. Hwang told Entertainment Weekly that he originally envisioned Season 2 and Season 3 as “a single story” but chose to split it into two separate seasons after realizing just how many episodes he needed to wrap up the saga.

Happily for Hwang, season 2 of the South Korean dystopian drama garnered early critical acclaim, earning a 2025 Golden Globe nomination for Best Drama Series ahead of its release. The show has already hit No. 1 on Netflix, and it has an 85% Certified Fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes.