Overview
- Part 1 dropped at 3 a.m. ET on November 4 with four episodes, followed by three more on November 11 and the final three on November 18.
- Season 2 features a mix of returning and new challenges, including The Count, Six-Legged Pentathlon, Catch, Mingle, Marbles, Slides and Ladders, Circle of Trust, and a still-secret finale.
- The competition is a nonlethal reality format in which eliminated players lose only their shot at the prize.
- Contestants range in age from 21 to 77 and represent varied backgrounds, with Netflix highlighting nurses, bartenders, an NFL cheerleader, a retired bomb technician, a Dairy Queen owner, a lobster fisherman, and Robert Pattinson’s former stunt double.
- Netflix and Tudum say recruitment for Season 3 is underway through Squid Game: The Experience in New York and London, where winners receive priority consideration for casting.