Netflix announced that its Squid Game: Unleashed The mobile game reached #1 Best Free Action Games in 57 countries and #1 Best Free Games in 24 countries in the App Store rankings.
Bossfight’s Netflix multiplayer video game was released on December 17th just before the highly anticipated release of Squid Game Season 2 on December 26th. (I’m about three episodes into the series and I’m hooked again on its realistic human drama).
Netflix also simultaneously released its first week viewing data for Squid Game Season 2. Season 2 of the wildly popular South Korean streaming series from creator/director Hwang Dong-hyuk and starring Lee Jung-jae dominated the non-English television list with a whopping 68 million views, ranking #1 in 92 countries and breaking the record for most views for a show in its first week (previously set by Wednesday Season 1 in 2022, with 50.1 million views). THE third and final season should be released in 2025.
In a first for Netflix, Squid Game: Unleashed is available for both Netflix members and non-members for free, without advertising or in-app purchases. Also a firstUnleashed players earn in-game rewards for every Season 2 episode they watch – something only Netflix can do by offering series, movies, and games on the same service.
