No Ju-han/Netflix The final season ofSquid Gamepremiered June 27 on Netflix Series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk envisioned seasons 2 and 3 as a single story Star Lee Jung-jae admitted he was "very nervous" about how fans would react to the finale Like the players in Red Light, Green Light,Squid Gamehas come to a stop withthe third and final season. The South Korean series debuted on Netflix in September 2021, with 142 million households tuning in to watch during the first month,Deadlinereported. For series creatorHwang Dong-hyuk, the idea for the dystopian drama started as a feature film script in 2009, eventually morphing into a television show. Viewers followed Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), a.k.a. player 456, a man in serious financial debt, who agrees to participate in a series of children's games to win money. He joins 455 other contestants, who also need cash, as they all compete to earn the cutthroat competition's ultimate prize — or die trying. When season 2 returned in December 2024, Gi-hun returned to the game with a different perspective. As with its debut installment,Squid Gameended up being the most-watched series of the 2024-2025 TV season, perVariety. Most recently, season 3 premiered on June 27, and the series' last six episodes conclude Gi-hun's story. So why isSquid Gameending? Here's everything to know about Hwang's decision to finish the show and whether there will be spinoffs. No Ju-han/Netflix Squid Gameis ending with season 3 because Hwang had "the desire to put a closure to the story" after working on season 1. "In terms of why did I decide to end the story with season 3, I think that the story I wanted to tell came to a full closure at the end of season 3," he toldEntertainment Weeklyin December 2024. Hwang added, "The story that I both wanted to tell and that I am capable of telling through Gi-hun, it has been told with season 3." In a January 2025 interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, the creator revealed that if he ever returned to the world ofSquid Game, "it would be about different characters with a different story arc." "Some kind of spinoff, maybe. For example, the masked guards. How did they end up here? What do they do in their downtime? Something like that, maybe," he teased. No Ju-han/Netflix No,Squid Gamewas not intended to be three seasons. It was originally conceived as a movie, before becoming what was supposed to be one season of television. "I was creating season one I didn't plan in any detail that there would be a second season," Hwang toldThe Hollywood Reporterin November 2024. "However, I did have something in mind that if there were to ever be a second season, I had this idea of what story I would tell." In a December 2024 interview withEntertainment Weekly, he explained that it wasn't typical for Korean series to have multiple seasons. Hwang alsotold the outletthat when he eventually started working on expandingSquid Game's plot, he initially "envisioned seasons 2 and 3 as a single story." "That's how I wrote it. But in the process, it came out to be too many episodes," he recalled. "So I thought it'd be better to divide it into two." Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty At Netflix'sTudum 2025event in June 2025, series star Lee admitted toThe Hollywood Reporterthat he was "very nervous" about how the fans would react to the end of season 3. "I'm happy with how it ended but I know that the fans out there, they each have what they want to see happen," he continued. "So I really am curious about how they're going to respond to it. And I'm very nervous to find out." Ju-han/Netflix Though the originalSquid Gameseries is over, the franchise continues to expand. There is a reality competition series,Squid Game: The Challenge, which has been renewed for a second season on Netflix, and the mobile game,Squid Game: Unleashedwas released in December 2024. According toDeadline, an English-language version of theSquid Gameseries is currently in development at Netflix, with directorDavid Fincherattached. For those who want to participate in the games themselves, there is also the immersive attraction,Squid Game: The Experience, in New York City. Netflix All three seasons ofSquid Gameare available to stream onNetflix. Read the original article onPeople