The end of Squid Game is here with the third and final season now streaming with a Netflix subscription on the 2025 TV schedule. Although one of Netflix’s biggest series is officially done, it’s possible the story could continue in some other way, regardless of how it ends. Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk shared his big idea for a spinoff, and I would actually love to see it somehow.
The series quickly broke records when it first premiered in 2021 after Squid Game was pitched for 10 years. But that didn’t stop the streamer from making fans wait over three years for Season 2. Of course, a lot changed in between those two seasons, and it was clear when Season 2 premiered in December. But that’s an idea that Dong-hyuk, who also serves as showrunner, writer, and director, has. He told Entertainment Weekly that he’s been thinking about a new series and his idea is actually pretty good:
I actually had this faint ideation about possibly a spinoff — not a sequel, but maybe a spinoff about the three-year gap between season 1 and season 2 when Gi-hun [Lee Jung-jae] looks around for the recruiters. There is that three-year period, and maybe I could have a portrayal of what the recruiters or Captain Park [Oh Dal-su] or officers or masked men were doing in that period, not inside the gaming arena, but their life outside of that. So that is some vague ideation that I have that could possibly be developed in the future.
more records to be broken.
That being said, it is pretty surprising that Dong-hyuk would want to do more Squid Game or, at the very least, is thinking about continuing it in a spinoff. He’s been open about how rough filming was, previously admitting Season 2 was “hell” while filming. He also lost nearly 10 teeth during the first season, but I suppose the sacrifice is worth it if it means more story to tell.
If a Squid Game spinoff were to happen, it probably wouldn’t be for a while, but the hope is there. For now, fans can stream all three seasons of the South Korean thriller now.