Squid Game The Challenge season 2 X (Twitter) review: Netflix’s reality game show Squid Game: The Challenge is getting rave reviews from viewers for the crazy strategy and brazen humour.

Squid Game The Challenge season 2 now out on Netflix
Last Updated: 05.57 PM, Nov 05, 2025
Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 is now out on Netflix with the first four episodes. Netizens are dropping in their reactions on social media as they enjoy the games and unexpected plot twists with eliminations. Inspired by the Squid Game series, Netflix’s reality show titled Squid Game: The Challenge 2 marked its comeback after nearly two years and is getting an overwhelming response from fans as they binge-watch the show.
Netflix’s reality game show Squid Game: The Challenge is getting rave reviews from viewers for the crazy strategy and brazen humour. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), netizens shared their initial reactions about the show. While many found it quite entertaining with its sudden eliminations, others expressed how it piqued their attention with its stressful situations built up in the games. One fan wrote, “I was watching Squid Game: The Challenge, and I should not have been laughing at the people shaking and trembling trying to build that house of cards. But I couldn’t help it!”
Another wrote, “Watching all these grown-ass people struggle to catch a tennis ball is NUTS in the squid game challenge lol thrown that shit to me from anywhere you safe.”
Some fans shared their reactions on the games as they opined on what was fun and what went wrong. Comparing the games with the original inspiration of Squid Game, a fan wrote, “Finished Squid Game: The Challenge... def have a favorite... not awful, but I wish they included more games from the originals.”
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Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 is the second installment of the 2023 series. The reality show’s concept is inspired by Netflix’s Squid Game series, as it follows a group of players vying for money. With some games and elimination rounds, the contestants battle to win $4.56 million. The first 4 episodes are out on Tuesday, and fans will have to wait for another week for the rest of the episodes.
It features 456 contestants pitted against each other in a series of physical and mental tasks to win the prize money. The first season witnessed the 56-year-old Mai Whelan as the ultimate winner of the reality game show.
Q. When to watch Squid Game: The Challenge season 2?
A. Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 premiered on Netflix on November 4 onwards. Each week the new episode will drop.
Q. How many episodes are there in Squid Game: The Challenge 2?
A. Netflix's reality show, Squid Game: Challenge is a three-week event and will have several episodes like the previous season.
Q. Who won Squid Game: The Challenge season 1?
A. Mai Whelan won Squid Game: The Challenge.