In November 2023, Netflix debuted Squid Game: The Challenge, the streamer's unsettling, soulless IP grab that borrows the aesthetics from the mega-hit K-drama while bastardizing its original themes. To build a non-lethal version of Squid Game, the reality show concocted a competition mixing events from the drama with intense gameplay twists and a Big Brother-style focus on individual players, all of whom seemingly scheme and betray each other for a chance at the $4.56 million prize. Despite its mixed reception from critics and allegations of "inhumane" working conditions, the compulsively watchable show charted in Netflix's Top 10 for five weeks, and a second season renewal was announced a month after its premiere.
Now, less than a month after the end of the original Squid Game, Netflix is ready to restart the game once more. Not only is the streamer all in on Challenge, it's also hinted at plans to continue the Squid Game franchise. Here's what we know about Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 so far.
