Squid Game: The Challenge
The British reality competition with 456 players and a $4.56 million prize.
Squid Game: The Challenge is a British reality competition series for Netflix based on the drama Squid Game. Its first two seasons each had 456 players competing for 4.56 million US dollars, at the time the largest cast and single cash prize in reality television.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Reality competition
- Based on
- Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Series
- 2
- Episodes
- 19
- Executive producers
- Stephen Lambert
- Runtime
- 40-59 minutes
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Background
The show is produced by Studio Lambert and The Garden, with Studio Lambert running production in the UK. Season one was released in three parts between 22 November and 6 December 2023, and season two between 4 and 18 November 2025. The first season topped Netflix's English-language Top 10 for its first two weeks. A third season, retitled Squid Game: The VIP Challenge, was announced with eight celebrity VIP players.
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