All Games in Squid Game Season 2: Origin and Rules

Squid Game Season 2 is officially here, and while everyone thought that we’d see the contestants playing the same games from the first season, the creators surprised us with a twist. Surprisingly, we were introduced to several new games in Squid Game Season 2, and if you’re wondering what these games were, we talk about them in detail here.

1. Ddakji

This is the game that the Recruiter plays with the ones he wants to recruit for the Squid Games. So, in the first episode of Squid Game Season 2, we see him playing Ddakji with a person at the Subway station.

Ddakji is a traditional South Korean game in which two players try hard to flip each other’s tiles made of folded paper. To determine who goes first, the players start with Rock Paper Scissors. The game requires one player to place their tile on the floor while the other player has to throw their tile on the one that is on the floor to flip it and win the round.

2. Jokenpo

This is basically Rock Paper Scissors but with a twist. After catching Mr. Kim and Woo-Seok, the Recruiter forces them to play the game with their tied hands. While the traditional Rock Paper Scissors require the players to play the game with one hand, Jokenpo sees the use of both hands. After that, the players have to pull back one of their hands, estimating which hand will make them win the round. Also, if you fail to pull back one of your hands on time, you get disqualified.

The Recruiter inserts a bullet in the gun and keeps rotating the cylinder in each round. Whenever a player loses a round, he puts them at gunpoint until the very end, where he kills Mr. Kim when he gets defeated by Woo-Seok.

3. Russian Roulette

While most of the games in Squid Games are the ones that children play, Russian Roulette is the odd one in the crowd. It takes place at the end of the first episode of Squid Game Season 2. The Recruiter asks Gi-Hun to play it to show what he is capable of. He sets the rule and inserts a bullet in his gun like he did earlier with Mr. Kim and his ally.

However, this time, the rules were different; the cylinder would not be rotated in every round. So, the odds of getting out alive diminish after each round. Finally, when only two shots were left, the chances of our protagonist not shooting himself were 50%. Fortunately, he wins the game, and the Recruiter ends up killing himself.

4. Red Light Green Light

Red Light Green Light was the first game in Squid Game Season 1, so most of the fans are already acquainted with it. However, there might be some who want to learn what exactly it is. So, here we are.

Red Light Green Light is a traditional children’s game that sees the player stopping where they are when the caller says ‘Red Light’ and runs toward the finish line when the caller says ‘Green Light.’ In Squid Game, the movement of the players is monitored by a robotic doll, which is actually a sensor. The ones who successfully stand still when the machine turns towards them after calling out ‘Red Light’ get spared, while the ones who make any sort of movements are shot dead instantly. Hence, this is the game that whips up the majority of the crowd within a few minutes.

5. Six-Legged Pentathlon

Six-Legged Pentathlon is the second game that the players are seen playing in the Squid Game Season 2. The game is played in a team of five where the legs of each player are tied together. There are five mini-games set at a ten-meter mark each, and every player must take their turns to be the winning team. The games must be finished in five minutes, and the teams must proceed further only after successfully passing each game. Below are the mini-games involved in the Six-Legged Pentathlon in Squid Game 2:

• Ddakji: The first game in this list discusses this game.
• Flying Stone: The player has to throw a stone from a distance at the stone fixed in the ground to knock it off.
• Gong-gi: Also known as Korean Jacks or Seven Stones, Gong-gi is played either with small stones or plastic cubes. This game requires the player to toss a stone in the air and catch it after picking the ones on the ground. There are several levels of the game that involve catching the stones with the back side of the palm or flipping all the stones in the air and catching them all before they land on the surface.
• Spinning Top: A player has to wrap the metal spinning top with thread and make it spin on the floor to win the game.
• Jegi: Jegi is the easiest of all. To win the game, the player must keep kicking the Jegi again and again to prevent it from touching the ground. Jegi is usually made of paper wrapped around a small coin.

6. Mingle

Like Six-Legged Pentathlon, Mingle is the new game that made its way to Squid Game Season 2. The surviving players are supposed to stand on the central platform as it rotates. Following the music, when the platform stops rotating, and a number gets announced on the intercom, the players must find their way to the small rooms with the number of players being called out in every round. The ones who fail to meet the numerical criteria or are unable to reach the rooms in time get killed by the guards.

7. Lights Out

This is not officially a round in Squid Games, but it does play a role as crucial as the official rounds. Apparently, to bring down the survivor count even lower, staff at the premises gives forks to the contestants. They let everyone keep that for the night. Knowing that the games could end the next day after the voting, contestants are manipulated into killing people over the night. By doing that, they are able to increase the prize money, thus increasing their shares as well. Unlike in other rounds, the murderers in Light Out are the contestants.