What are the new games in Squid Game: The Challenge season 2?

Squid Game: The Challenge is returning for another intense series of games, with the stakes higher than ever before.

Once more, 456 contestants find themselves taking part in eight stress-inducing games, with each and every one of them hopeful to win the $4.56 million cash prize.

This season, there are some new games that'll truly put the players through their paces.

The reality series will feature subtle nods to various games, that viewers may or may not pick up on.

"Those little Easter eggs are important for both the viewers at home and the players," executive producer Nicola Brown told Tudum. "The first thing they do when they walk into the dorm is look at the walls and try to figure out what the new games might be."

So, what are the games? Read on for all the details and rules about the games in Squid Game: The Challenge, including new ones introduced for season 2.

What are the new games on Squid Game: The Challenge season 2?

Here are the confirmed games taking place in Squid Game: The Challenge season 2:

• The Count
• Six-Legged Pentathlon
• Catch
• Mingle
• Marbles
• Slides and Ladders
• Circle of Trust
• Finale game

Scroll on learn more about the new games in season 2.

The Count

The Count is a never-before-seen game that'll kick off the season and play a "monumental role" in determining how the rest of the competition plays out.

Catch

Catch is one of the new games for Squid Game: The Challenge, which sees the players throw a ball to a player of their choice but as each player progresses, the length in which they have to throw to gets farther and farther.

Games designer Ben Norman said the game as a layer of "quite a lower-level psychological thing, where you have to consider your options".

Slides and Ladders

Slides and Ladders is another new game for season 2, which has been described as a familiar board game that has been "supersized", with "high stakes".

Six-Legged Pentathlon

As seen in the second season of Squid Game, Pentathlon sees the players break into groups of 10 that is then split into two teams of five.

Each team has their legs tied together and each player must then play a mini game that has to be completed before they can advance.

Unlike the drama series, they are in a five minute race against the clock to either complete the circuit or be eliminated.

The Pentathlon games consist of Ball-in-a-Cup, Flying Stone, Gong-gi, House of Cards and Jegi.

Mingle

Mingle was first introduced in the drama series, which sees players placed on a spinning circular carousel surrounded by doors.

Once the carousel stops, a number is called out and the players must gather in a group consisting of that exact number and walk into an adjoining room.

For the players who can't find a room to enter or are in a room with more or less than the required players, they are eliminated.

Series director Diccon Ramsay said of the game: "Ultimately, you have to play as an individual. If you need to jettison your friends to make sure you survive, then that decision has to be taken in the spur of the moment."

Marbles

Marbles is one of the most emotional games in both the drama and reality series, in which the players are split into pairs.

Each player is given a bag of marbles and 30 minutes to choose to play a game involving the marbles, which then determines a winner.

The loser must then hand over their marbles and is eliminated.

Circle of Trust

In Circle of Trust, the players sit blindfolded at desks with a gift box in the centre. When a player is tapped on the shoulder, they then remove their blindfold, take the gift box and place it on the desk of a player they want to eliminate.

The player then returns to their seat and puts their blindfold back on before all the players remove their blindfolds and the one who received the gift box must guess who put it on their desk.

If they guess correctly, the giver of the gift box is eliminated. But if they guess wrong, they are eliminated.

Finale game

The details of the finale game are yet to be revealed.

Keep this page bookmarked as we'll be sure to update once we know more!

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