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Squid Game
2021–2025
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 3 seasons
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #278
- IMDb #243
- Google retired #121
- Rotten Tomatoes #234
- Metacritic #278
- RatingGraph #257
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #186
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #265
- Metacritic Critics #248
- Metacritic Audience #300
- Criticker #215
- Trakt #224
Every rating
54–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Google on 92.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. A tempting prize awaits, but with deadly high stakes.
Details
- Created by
- Hwang Dong-hyuk
- Studio
- Siren Pictures, Firstman Studio
- Released
- 17 September 2021
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean, English, Urdu
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 22 across 3 seasons
- Awards
- 52 wins, 70 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 122 →20 major awards won · 52 wins from 122 nominations across 40 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Awards 2026 | Best Foreign Language Series | Squid Game | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2025 | Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series | Chae Kyoung-sun (for "Six Legs" and "O X") | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2025 | Best Foreign Language Series | Squid Game | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 | Best Actor in an Action Series | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 | Best Action Series | Squid Game | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2022 | Best Actress in an Action Series | HoYeon Jung | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2022 | Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2022 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Lee Yoo-mi (for "Gganbu") | Winner |
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Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
7 nominations, 4 won
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Lee Yoo-mi (for "Gganbu") | Winner |
| Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) | Chae Kyoung-sun, Gim En-jee and Kim Jeong-gun (for "Gganbu") | Winner |
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode | Cheong Jai-hoon, Kang Moon-jung, Kim Hye-jin, Jo Hyun-jin, Kim Seong-chul, Lee Jae-bum, Shin Min-soo, Seok Jong-yeon and Jun Sung-man (for "VIPS") | Winner |
| Outstanding Stunt Performance | Lim Tae-hoon, Shim Sang-min, Kim Cha-i and Lee Tae-young (for "Stick to the Team") | Winner |
| Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | Lee Hyung-deok (for "Stick to the Team") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | Jung Jae-il | Nominee |
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series | Nam Na-young (for "Gganbu") | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Series | Squid Game | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Series | Squid Game | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Series | Squid Game | Winner |
| Best Drama Series | Squid Game | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series | Jung Ho-yeon | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series | Squid Game | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series | Squid Game | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, Hoyeon Jung, Anupam Tripathi, Heo Sung-tae, O Yeong-su, and Kim Joo-ryoung | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Super Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Action Series | Squid Game | Winner |
| Best Actor in an Action Series | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Best Actress in an Action Series | HoYeon Jung | Winner |
| Best Actress in an Action Series | Kim Joo-ryoung | Nominee |
Primetime Emmy Awards
7 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Hwang Dong-hyuk (for "Red Light, Green Light") | Winner |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Lee Jung-jae (for "Gganbu") | Winner |
| Outstanding Drama Series | Kim Ji-yeon and Hwang Dong-hyuk | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Park Hae-soo (for "One Lucky Day") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Oh Yeong-su (for "Gganbu") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Jung Ho-yeon (for "Gganbu") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Hwang Dong-hyuk (for "One Lucky Day") | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series | Chae Kyoung-sun (for "Six Legs" and "O X") | Winner |
| Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series | Chae Kyoung-sun (for "Gganbu") | Winner |
| Excellence in Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series | Squid Game: The Challenge : "Catch" – Mathieu Weekes and Ben Norman | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor – Television | O Yeong-su | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Lee Jung-jae | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Drama | Squid Game | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Drama | Squid Game | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
Critics' Choice Real TV Awards
1 nomination
| Best Competition Series | Squid Game: The Challenge | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama | Squid Game | Nominee |
Gold Derby TV Awards
8 nominations, 6 won
| Drama Actor | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Drama Guest Actor | Gong Yoo | Winner |
| Drama Series | Squid Game | Winner |
| Drama Supporting Actor | Choi Seung-hyun | Winner |
| Drama Supporting Actress | Kang Ae-sim | Winner |
| Ensemble of the Year | Squid Game | Winner |
| Drama Supporting Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominee |
| Drama Supporting Actress | Park Gyu-young | Nominee |
Asia Artist Awards
5 nominations, 5 won
| Actor of the Year | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Best Actor Award | Kim Joo-ryoung | Winner |
| Best Actor Award | Heo Sung-tae | Winner |
| Fabulous Award | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Hot Trend Award | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
Baeksang Arts Awards
11 nominations, 3 won
| Baeksang Arts Technical Award (Music) | Jung Jae-il | Winner |
| Best Director | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Winner |
| Grand Prize – Television | Squid Game | Winner |
| Baeksang Arts Technical Award (Art direction) | Chae Kyung-sun | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Lee Jung-jae | Nominee |
| Best Drama | Squid Game | Nominee |
| Best New Actress | Jung Ho-yeon | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Roh Jae-won | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Heo Sung-tae | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim Joo-ryoung | Nominee |
Gold List TV
3 nominations, 3 won
| Outstanding Directing | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Winner |
| Outstanding Lead Performance | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Outstanding Series | Squid Game | Winner |
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards
7 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Best International Series | Squid Game | Winner |
| Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Drama | Hwang Dong-hyuk (for "Red Light, Green Light") | Nominee |
| Best Streaming Series, Drama | Squid Game | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama | Park Hae-soo | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Drama | HoYeon Jung | Nominee |
| Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Drama | Hwang Dong-hyuk (for "One Lucky Day") | Nominee |
Blue Dragon Series Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Lee Jung-jae | Winner |
| Best New Actress | HoYeon Jung | Winner |
| Best Drama | Squid Game | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Hae-soo | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim Joo-ryoung | Nominee |
Dorian TV Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Non-English Language TV Show | Squid Game | Winner |
| Best Non-English Language TV Show | Squid Game | Winner |
APAN Star Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Heo Sung-tae | Winner |
| Best Director | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Nominee |
| Best New Actress | Jung Ho-yeon | Nominee |
| Drama of the Year | Squid Game | Nominee |
| Excellence Award, Actor in an OTT Drama | Park Hae-soo | Nominee |
| Excellence Award, Actor in an OTT Drama | O Yeong-su | Nominee |
| Excellence Award, Actress in an OTT Drama | Lee Yoo-mi | Nominee |
| Popularity Star Award, Actress | Jung Ho-yeon | Nominee |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in an OTT Drama | Lee Jung-jae | Nominee |
Television Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding International Series – New Category | Squid Game | Winner |
| Individual Achievement in Drama | Lee Jung-jae | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Squid Game | Nominee |
| Program of the Year | Squid Game | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Horror/Thriller Poster (for a TV/streaming series) | Squid Game S3, Coffin Teaser, Netflix, The Refinery | Winner |
| Best Foreign (Trailer/Teaser) – TV/Streaming Series | Squid Game S3: Trailer, “Faith”, Netflix, RAVE Collective | Nominee |
| Best Original Score (Trailer/Teaser) – TV/Streaming Series | Squid Game S3: Special Teaser, “Goodbye Squid Game”, Netflix, RAVE Collective | Nominee |
Gotham Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Breakthrough Series – Long Form | Kim Ji-yeon and Hwang Dong-hyuk | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance in a New Series | Lee Jung-jae | Nominee |
AFI Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Award | Squid Game | Winner |
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Series Film Award | Squid Game | Winner |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Score - TV Show/Limited Series | Jung Jae-il | Winner |
Korea First Brand Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| K-Culture Icon | Squid Game | Winner |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Bingeworthy Show of the Year | Squid Game | Winner |
British Academy Television Awards
3 nominations
| Best International Programme | Squid Game | Nominee |
| Best Reality | Squid Game: The Challenge | Nominee |
| Virgin TV's Must-See Moment | "Red Light, Green Light" | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
3 nominations
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Comedy or Drama – Dialogue and ADR | Hye-Young Kang, Tae-Young Choi, Byung-In Kim, Eun-Ji Ye (for "VIPS") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Comedy or Drama – Music | Jae-il Jung (for "Red Light, Green Light") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Comedy or Drama – Sound Effects and Foley | Hye-Young Kang, Ye-Jin Jo, Hye-Jin Yang, Taek-Hyun Hong, Chung-Gyu Lee (for "VIPS") | Nominee |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
2 nominations
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Jung Ho-yeon | Nominee |
| Best Show | Squid Game | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Action / Adventure Television Series | Squid Game | Nominee |
| Best Streaming Horror/Thriller Television Series | Squid Game | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Drama Series | Nam Na-young (for "Gganbu") | Nominee |
Astra TV Awards
1 nomination
| Reality Competition Series | Squid Game: The Challenge | Nominee |
British Academy Television Craft Awards
1 nomination
| Best Entertainment Craft Team | Squid Game: The Challenge | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – One Hour | Park Hyeon-Soo, Serge Perron, Cameron Sloan (for "VIPS") | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Contemporary Television | Jo Sang-gyeong (for "VIPS") | Nominee |
Director's Cut Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director (Series) | Squid Game S3 : Hwang Dong-hyuk | Nominee |
Korea Drama Awards
1 nomination
| Top Excellence Award, Actor | Kang Ha-neul | Nominee |
Rose d'Or
1 nomination
| Drama Program | Squid Game | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama Series | Squid Game | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Jaihoon Jung, Hyejin Kim, Hyungrok Kim, Sungman Jun (for "VIPS") | Nominee |