Squid Game • Season 3
Squid Game
TV-MA
80%51%
Gi-hun is devastated by the loss of his best friend and sinks into deep despair after discovering that the Game Master had hidden his true identity to secretly infiltrate the game.
Hipster ZOMBIE reviewedJuly 10, 2025
After two seasons of nail-biting tension, grim morality plays, and candy-colored carnage, Squid Game Season 3 returns to the arena with bigger stakes, deadlier games, and a shocking finale that may changes the course of the franchise.
Season 3 of Squid Game features several new and intense games, including a deadly hide-and-seek variant called "Keys and Knives," a "Sky Squid Game" involving a dangerous tower climb, and a game where players must navigate a maze using keys and knives. The season also includes a game called "Mingle," where players form groups based on an announced number, and a brutal "Six-Legged Pentathlon" with teams of five.
And least we forget the deadly game of jump rope that was brutal!
The cameo at the end is interesting. Famous American actress, Cate Blanchet, is seen in a suit playing batchi in an alley with a down on his luck transient. The Front Man looks on as the west’s version of The Suit Man or in this case, The Suit Person, looks to sucker a down on their luck individual to join a new Squid Game.
Unfortunately, while the games are more elaborate, the emotional stakes feel a bit… recycled. Many of the new contestants lack the depth and complexity of Season 1’s ensemble.
There’s also a creeping sense of déjà vu. The themes of inequality, desperation, and voyeurism are still central, but they don’t hit as hard the third time around — especially when delivered by characters who feel like echoes of better-drawn ones from past seasons.
Squid Game Season 3 delivers on the carnage, tension, and sleek horror we’ve come to expect — and the games are more twisted and cinematic than ever. The shocking finale and surprise cameo will leave fans buzzing, especially with the promise of a transcontinental twist. But while the visuals are elevated, the soul of the show — its characters — feels thinner this time. Even with the shocking ending of one particular character (if you know you know) that’s earned but felt like there could have been more story with them in a potential spin-off.
Overall it’s a good series finale but I don’t know if I’d say it was great compared to previous seasons.