Squid Game: The Challenge

Everyone in your party chooses exactly four players who are still in after the first batch. Picks can overlap, and they stay hidden until the lock.

The first batch of episodes doesn't score. Picks lock at the release time of the second batch, checked against the server clock, and can't be changed afterwards.

Each main game a player survives is worth 4, and each test that eliminated someone else is worth 1. Winning a one-on-one or pair contest adds 2.

An advantage, perk or power is worth 4. Being named captain or leader, being saved by another player, or eliminating a player by choice is worth 2 each. Each vote received in an elimination vote costs 1.

Being eliminated costs 5, including sacrificing yourself inside a game. If the show doesn't show a player's exit, it's scored in the episode where the show first confirms it.

Every player in the finale scores 10. The runner-up scores 8 instead of losing 5, and the winner scores 25.

Celebrity VIPs are picked and scored like every other player. Any VIP-only perk scores as an advantage.

Leaving the competition outside a game, or being removed by production, scores -10. Leaving for medical reasons scores 0. Either way, the player stops scoring.

A player brought back during the season keeps the -5, scores 6 for returning and scores again for every team that picked them. Players from earlier seasons are normal picks.

If Netflix drops the whole season at once or the cast is small, picks become 3 announced players locked at the premiere and every episode scores. We'll announce this before picks open.

Members can join until the second batch is released. Nobody can join after that.

Members with the same total share a rank. Parties can turn on tiebreakers: the pick who went furthest, then more finale points.

Results come from the released episodes, matched by player number. Corrections are logged with a reason, standings recalculate, and anyone whose score changed gets one notice.

Hosts can adjust point values until the lock and make audited pick corrections with a reason.

Not yet. Squid Game: The Challenge is coming soon, and the rules and scoring on this page are the proposal. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you once, when Squid Game: The Challenge parties open.

Four. Everyone in the party picks before the deadline, and picks are locked for the season, so friends can back the same player.

The first batch of episodes is a free scouting round and doesn't score. Picks lock when the second batch is released, and scoring starts with its first episode.

Points come from what happens on the show. The biggest: won the season (+25), reached the finale (+10) and finished second (+8). The steepest loss: removed by production (−10). Every event and its points are on the scoring page. These values are proposed and can change before the show opens.

4-16 players works best, up to 20. Parties can be private (invite link or code) or public.

Netflix renewed the show in July 2025 and in March 2026 announced season 3 as Squid Game: The VIP Challenge with eight celebrity players. No release date has been announced.

No. Pick the Cast is an independent fan game. It isn’t affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any network, streaming service, studio or show.