Why did Squid Game Season 3 get an earlier than anticipated release date? Details explored

Squid Game became a massive hit right after it premiered back in 2021. However, after a hugely successful and popular first season, fans had to wait for almost 3 years for the second season to drop, which came out on December 26, 2024.

Keeping the tradition of season 1 alive, Squid Game Season 2 also ended on a cliffhanger, However, fans knew they would not have to wait as long as they had to for the second season, as Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk had mentioned to Variety,

"At this point, anything I say might be a spoiler, so I want to be cautious. But what I can say is that after Season 2 launches, we will soon be announcing the launch date for Season 3. I expect it to arrive around summer or fall next year.”

While everyone knew the wait time would be shorter, no one expected to get a release date within a month of the second season. Fortunately, Netflix revealed the release date of Squid Game Season 3, in an apparent leak, which made the fans go crazy.

While Squid Game seasons 2 and 3 had been shot back to back, owing to the success of both seasons, it has now been known that the third and final season of Squid Game will be dropping on June 27, 2025. Let us now explore why Netflix might be releasing Squid Game earlier than expected and if the revelation of the release date was done by mistake or to create hype.

Squid Game Season 3 has a release date

In a teaser, Netflix announced the official release date of Squid Game Season 3. The clip featured the robot duo Young Hee and Chul Su and mentioned the release date as June 27, 2025. However, the teaser, along with the information was then removed quickly from the YouTube channel of Netflix Korea, which led the fans to believe that the information was revealed by mistake.

Some fans have also speculated that this might be the network’s way of spreading the hype and needless to say, they are succeeding in that. Fans are already worked up regarding what the next season will have in store after everything that went down in Squid Game Season 2.

While it was already decided that Squid Game Season 3 will be released in 2025, no one expected an update this soon. Whether a genuine slip-up or a way of marketing, it has worked in favor of the show as fans have started talking about possible storylines and other aspects of the deadly drama and how it might end. It is very likely that because of the reception that season 2 got and the shooting schedule of season 3, there is an early release update of the show.

More on Squid Game Season 3

As said by Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, season 3 will serve as the final chapter of the show and will go for a bolder storyline. In an interview with Variety, he mentioned,

"Gi-hun has lost everything, including his best friend, and all his attempts have ended in failure. Now, what will he do? What state will he be in? Will he continue his mission, or will he give up? You'll meet Gi-hun at a critical crossroads as we begin the third season-he will not be the same man from Season 2."

He further added,

"The third season will really explore that sense of loss and failure, that guilt weighing so heavily on Gi-hun. How's he going to navigate the story further with all of that weighing down on him?"

This clearly shows how intense the final chapter of Squid Game is going to be and now with a release date in hand, fans can’t wait to witness the conclusion of this thrilling show.

Squid Game Season 1 and 2 can be streamed on Netflix.