Explore season 1 episodes of Squid Game. Explore detailed ratings, episode summaries, and visualize how the show's quality evolved over time.
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
Players pair off for the fourth game. Gi-hun grapples with a moral dilemma, Sang-woo chooses self-preservation and Sae-byeok shares her untold story.
rolle
Sep 21, 2021
[spoiler]I'm a quite sensitive watcher so you can imagine how much I cried during this episode. Like...
★ 8.4/10
(17642 votes)
#2
Stick to the Team
S1:E4
Sep 17, 2021
As alliances form among the players, no one is safe in the dorm after lights-out. The third game challenges Gi-hun's team to think strategically.
gemmat77
Sep 21, 2021
look i don't have epilepsy, but i was close to having a seizure in the lights out scene lmao
★ 8.3/10
(22209 votes)
#3
Red Light, Green Light
S1:E1
Sep 17, 2021
Hoping to win easy money, a broke and desperate Gi-hun agrees to take part in an enigmatic game. Not long into the first round, unforeseen horrors unfold.
caitssc
Sep 20, 2021
f:asterisk_symbol:ck me this was intense. in the first half of the episode i couldn’t help but feel ...
★ 8.0/10
(17368 votes)
#4
The Man with the Umbrella
S1:E3
Sep 17, 2021
A few players enter the next round — which promises equal doses of sweet and deadly — with hidden advantages. Meanwhile, Jun-ho sneaks his way inside.
Alexnader
Sep 22, 2021
At first I thought it was going to be another "Alice in Borderland" (which wasn't bad at all), but I...
★ 7.9/10
(16902 votes)
#5
VIPS
S1:E7
Sep 17, 2021
The Masked Leader welcomes VIP guests to the facility for a front-row viewing of the show. In the fifth game, some players crack under pressure.
itsmepreethi
Sep 28, 2021
Not the VIPs using opera glasses to watch the Squid Game this is TOO MUCH.
★ 7.8/10
(16419 votes)
#6
Front Man
S1:E8
Sep 17, 2021
Ahead of the last round, distrust and disgust run deep among the finalists. Jun-ho makes a getaway, determined to expose the game's dirty secrets.
artsymusings
Sep 28, 2021
I'M GUTTED. [spoiler]I was really hoping for Kang Sae-byeok to win it all, gaaaah[/spoiler]
[spoil...
★ 7.6/10
(16437 votes)
#7
A Fair World
S1:E5
Sep 17, 2021
Gi-hun and his team take turns keeping guard through the night. The masked men encounter trouble with their co-conspirators.
misnomer
Oct 5, 2021
Ah, yes, whenever I go wake a partner up, I always aim for the neck.
★ 7.6/10
(18365 votes)
#8
One Lucky Day
S1:E9
Sep 17, 2021
The final round presents another cruel test — but this time, how it ends depends on just one player. The game's creator steps out of the shadows.
ABSTRACTlegend
Oct 4, 2021
Everyone out here complaining about the ending. I’m just really upset my dude died his hair that hid...
★ 7.5/10
(18008 votes)
#9
Hell
S1:E2
Sep 17, 2021
Split on whether to continue or quit, the group holds a vote. But their realities in the outside world may prove to be just as unforgiving as the game.
thingsaregreat
Sep 29, 2021
“Out here, the torture is worse.”
★ 7.5/10
(18008 votes)
#1
Hell
S1:E2
Sep 17, 2021
Split on whether to continue or quit, the group holds a vote. But their realities in the outside world may prove to be just as unforgiving as the game.
thingsaregreat
Sep 29, 2021
“Out here, the torture is worse.”
★ 7.6/10
(16437 votes)
#2
A Fair World
S1:E5
Sep 17, 2021
Gi-hun and his team take turns keeping guard through the night. The masked men encounter trouble with their co-conspirators.
misnomer
Oct 5, 2021
Ah, yes, whenever I go wake a partner up, I always aim for the neck.
★ 7.6/10
(18365 votes)
#3
One Lucky Day
S1:E9
Sep 17, 2021
The final round presents another cruel test — but this time, how it ends depends on just one player. The game's creator steps out of the shadows.
ABSTRACTlegend
Oct 4, 2021
Everyone out here complaining about the ending. I’m just really upset my dude died his hair that hid...
★ 7.8/10
(16419 votes)
#4
Front Man
S1:E8
Sep 17, 2021
Ahead of the last round, distrust and disgust run deep among the finalists. Jun-ho makes a getaway, determined to expose the game's dirty secrets.
artsymusings
Sep 28, 2021
I'M GUTTED. [spoiler]I was really hoping for Kang Sae-byeok to win it all, gaaaah[/spoiler]
[spoil...
★ 7.9/10
(16902 votes)
#5
VIPS
S1:E7
Sep 17, 2021
The Masked Leader welcomes VIP guests to the facility for a front-row viewing of the show. In the fifth game, some players crack under pressure.
itsmepreethi
Sep 28, 2021
Not the VIPs using opera glasses to watch the Squid Game this is TOO MUCH.
★ 8.0/10
(17368 votes)
#6
The Man with the Umbrella
S1:E3
Sep 17, 2021
A few players enter the next round — which promises equal doses of sweet and deadly — with hidden advantages. Meanwhile, Jun-ho sneaks his way inside.
Alexnader
Sep 22, 2021
At first I thought it was going to be another "Alice in Borderland" (which wasn't bad at all), but I...
★ 8.3/10
(22209 votes)
#7
Red Light, Green Light
S1:E1
Sep 17, 2021
Hoping to win easy money, a broke and desperate Gi-hun agrees to take part in an enigmatic game. Not long into the first round, unforeseen horrors unfold.
caitssc
Sep 20, 2021
f:asterisk_symbol:ck me this was intense. in the first half of the episode i couldn’t help but feel ...
★ 8.4/10
(17642 votes)
#8
Stick to the Team
S1:E4
Sep 17, 2021
As alliances form among the players, no one is safe in the dorm after lights-out. The third game challenges Gi-hun's team to think strategically.
gemmat77
Sep 21, 2021
look i don't have epilepsy, but i was close to having a seizure in the lights out scene lmao
★ 9.2/10
(28024 votes)
#9
Gganbu
S1:E6
Sep 17, 2021
Players pair off for the fourth game. Gi-hun grapples with a moral dilemma, Sang-woo chooses self-preservation and Sae-byeok shares her untold story.
rolle
Sep 21, 2021
[spoiler]I'm a quite sensitive watcher so you can imagine how much I cried during this episode. Like...
★ 8.3/10
(22209 votes)
Red Light, Green Light
S1:E1
Sep 17, 2021
Hoping to win easy money, a broke and desperate Gi-hun agrees to take part in an enigmatic game. Not long into the first round, unforeseen horrors unfold.
caitssc
Sep 20, 2021
f:asterisk_symbol:ck me this was intense. in the first half of the episode i couldn’t help but feel ...
★ 7.5/10
(18008 votes)
Hell
S1:E2
Sep 17, 2021
Split on whether to continue or quit, the group holds a vote. But their realities in the outside world may prove to be just as unforgiving as the game.
thingsaregreat
Sep 29, 2021
“Out here, the torture is worse.”
★ 8.0/10
(17368 votes)
The Man with the Umbrella
S1:E3
Sep 17, 2021
A few players enter the next round — which promises equal doses of sweet and deadly — with hidden advantages. Meanwhile, Jun-ho sneaks his way inside.
Alexnader
Sep 22, 2021
At first I thought it was going to be another "Alice in Borderland" (which wasn't bad at all), but I...
★ 8.4/10
(17642 votes)
Stick to the Team
S1:E4
Sep 17, 2021
As alliances form among the players, no one is safe in the dorm after lights-out. The third game challenges Gi-hun's team to think strategically.
gemmat77
Sep 21, 2021
look i don't have epilepsy, but i was close to having a seizure in the lights out scene lmao
★ 7.6/10
(16437 votes)
A Fair World
S1:E5
Sep 17, 2021
Gi-hun and his team take turns keeping guard through the night. The masked men encounter trouble with their co-conspirators.
misnomer
Oct 5, 2021
Ah, yes, whenever I go wake a partner up, I always aim for the neck.
★ 9.2/10
(28024 votes)
Gganbu
S1:E6
Sep 17, 2021
Players pair off for the fourth game. Gi-hun grapples with a moral dilemma, Sang-woo chooses self-preservation and Sae-byeok shares her untold story.
rolle
Sep 21, 2021
[spoiler]I'm a quite sensitive watcher so you can imagine how much I cried during this episode. Like...
★ 7.9/10
(16902 votes)
VIPS
S1:E7
Sep 17, 2021
The Masked Leader welcomes VIP guests to the facility for a front-row viewing of the show. In the fifth game, some players crack under pressure.
itsmepreethi
Sep 28, 2021
Not the VIPs using opera glasses to watch the Squid Game this is TOO MUCH.
★ 7.8/10
(16419 votes)
Front Man
S1:E8
Sep 17, 2021
Ahead of the last round, distrust and disgust run deep among the finalists. Jun-ho makes a getaway, determined to expose the game's dirty secrets.
artsymusings
Sep 28, 2021
I'M GUTTED. [spoiler]I was really hoping for Kang Sae-byeok to win it all, gaaaah[/spoiler]
[spoil...
★ 7.6/10
(18365 votes)
One Lucky Day
S1:E9
Sep 17, 2021
The final round presents another cruel test — but this time, how it ends depends on just one player. The game's creator steps out of the shadows.
ABSTRACTlegend
Oct 4, 2021
Everyone out here complaining about the ending. I’m just really upset my dude died his hair that hid...
[spoiler]I'm a quite sensitive watcher so you can imagine how much I cried during this episode. Like...