Squid Game

Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.

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NetworkNetflix

Why it matters

The most-watched series in Netflix's history, and the show that proved non-English originals can lead globally.

About Squid Game

Squid Game is Hwang Dong-hyuk's Korean series about people in enough debt to accept an invitation to a private tournament, where the contests are the ones children play and losing is fatal. Lee Jung-jae plays the gambler at the center of it, a man whose decency survives longer than it should. Netflix released it in 2021 with almost no promotion and it became the most-watched title the service had ever carried, which changed what the company was willing to commission outside English.

The story ran three seasons and finished in 2025, and it was built to end rather than to continue. A separate English-language version was in development at Netflix and has reportedly been shelved, though the company has not confirmed that. Nothing further in the series has been ordered and no date is attached to it, so what sits on the calendar here is a completed show rather than a coming one.

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