how many episodes in squid game season 3

Squid Game Season 3 has 6 episodes , making it the shortest season in the series. All six episodes were released simultaneously on June 27, 2025, on Netflix. This final season concludes the story arc started in the previous seasons. The creator Hwang Dong-hyuk originally wrote seasons 2 and 3 as a single story but split them into two parts, resulting in a shorter third season compared to the first (9 episodes) and second season (7 episodes).