Netflix releases first trailer for Squid Game season 2

Netflix has released the first trailer for Squid Game season two.

The highly anticipated followup to perhaps one of the most incredibly twisted shows on TV, Squid Game is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller series that follows a group of 456 contestants partaking in a series of challenges to earn a colossal crash prize - however - the stakes are quite literally deadly.

Starring Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, and HoYeon Jung, Squid Game's first season made absolutely history on Netflix when it first aired in 2021. It became the streaming site's most-watched series and most-watched program in 94 countries.

It received 14 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with Lee making history as the first Asian actor to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for a non-English part. It swept the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards... should I go on?

Squid Game season one was a huge success (Netflix)

Suffice to say, Squid Game was a cultural phenomenon and audiences have been waiting for its second season for years.

And at long last, it's almost here.

Watch the first full trailer for Squid Game season 2 below:

The teaser promises Seong Gi-hun's (Lee) return to the games after that season one cliffhanger and also appears to be teasing some of the new games Squid Game has in store.

Fans seem to be excited for the new season with one user writing on Twitter, "After a long time... a new season will be coming. What games will there be now? And who will win? And how many will survive the Squid Game this time?"

Another added: "We are already closer to one of the best series in all of Netflix I hope it has the same intensity and emotion of the first season and it is not long before the game starts again."

Fans have been raving about the trailer (Netflix)

Someone else commented: "Despite the countless series I've watched on Netflix, I'm still so familiar with the Squid Game! I'm eagerly looking forward to this!"

Squid Game season two is slated to be released on Netflix on December 26.