33rd Squid Game

The **33rd Squid Game** was the Squid Games competition held in 2020. The main span of the games started around June 25 to June 29, 2020, while the first game occurred around June 9, 2020. A total of 456 players participated in the competition, and the winner was Seong Gi-hun, also known as Player 456, who earned the total prize money of ₩45.6 billion (equivalent to $37 million USD).

A total of six games were played in six days during the Squid Games, plus the special game that occurred. They were:

* **Round 1**: Red Light, Green Light. Out of the 456 players who participated, 255 were eliminated, and a total of 201 players successfully completed the game. The total accumulated prize money at the end of the round was ₩25.5 billion.
* **Voting**: Out of the 201 players that participated, 101 players voted to leave, thereby ending the game. When the games later resumed, 187 players returned, bringing the total accumulated prize money to ₩26.9 billion.
* **Round 2**: Sugar Honeycombs. Out of the 187 players who participated, 79 players were eliminated, and a total of 108 players successfully completed the game. The total accumulated prize money at the end of the round was ₩34.8 billion.
* **Special Game**: Lights Out. Out of the 107 players involved, 27 players were eliminated, with one player having been beaten to death beforehand.
* **Round 3**: Tug of War. A total of 40 players successfully completed the game. The total accumulated prize money at the end of the round was ₩41.8 billion.
* **Round 4**: Marbles. A total of 17 players successfully completed the game. The total accumulated prize money at the end of the round was ₩43.9 billion.
* **Round 5**: Glass Stepping Stones. A total of three players successfully completed the game. Total accumulated prize money at the end of the round was ₩45.3 billion.
* **Round 6**: Squid Game. 218 was voluntarily eliminated and 456 was the final survivor and winner of the 33rd Squid Game, earning the final total accumulated prize money of ₩45.6 billion.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Red Light, Green Light The overall competition is confirmed to be called Squid Game, and the 2020 game is confirmed to be the 33rd annual game, by the archived files Hwang Jun-ho reads in the episode "A Fair World".
2. ↑ In "Front Man (episode)", the date on Jun-ho's phone is June 29. The final game probably happened the next day. As the games seem to happen on consecutive days, this means that they resumed around June 26, after players were taken by the staff on June 23 as seen in "Hell".
3. ↑ In "Hell", the date on Sang-woo's phone is June 11 after he and Ali are dropped off in Yeouido.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 One Lucky Day
5. ↑ The Man with the Umbrella
6. ↑ A Fair World
7. ↑ Although Player 227 was waiting for food after Sugar Honeycombs, he was previously shown to have been eliminated in Round 1, because of his blacked out portrait.
8. ↑ Although Player 065 was seen next to Player 271 in the voting, he was previously shown to have been eliminated in Round 1, because of his blacked out portrait.
9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 Despite appearing later in the game, this player was previously shown to have been eliminated in Round 1, because of the dead body.
10. ↑ Though Player 114 is a male, his portrait shows a woman shortly before it is blacked out.
11. ↑ Though Player 064 seems to have died here, a different version of her portrayed by a male actor appears in later games. This is most likely a mistake.
12. ↑ While this player died here, a female player with the same number as him appears in Round 2. This is most likely a mistake on the director's part.
13. ↑ Despite appearing later in the game, This player was previously shown to be have eliminated in Round 1 because of the dead body.
14. ↑ Although Player 276 died in Round 4, he was previously shown to be have eliminated in Round 1 because of the dead body