Curious whether the VIPs survive Squid Game Season 3, how Gi-hun’s journey ends, and what the island’s destruction really means? The final chapter of Netflix’s global hit delivers high-stakes games, shocking deaths, and a finale that rewrites the rules.
Here’s what we know about the VIPs’ fate, the conclusion of Player 456’s arc, and how Season 3 wraps up the story, spoilers ahead.
Did the VIPs die in Squid Game Season 3’s ending?
No, the VIPs do not die in Squid Game Season 3.
After Jun-ho locates the island, the self-destruct protocol activates, but the show doesn’t depict the VIPs dying. Although their escape isn’t shown, it’s presumed they evacuated before the explosion.
The explosion sequence focuses on Gi-hun’s death and the facility’s destruction. The show doesn’t show the VIP quarters, implying the VIPs survived. As high-priority figures with known escape systems, they likely avoided harm. The series confirms no casualties among them.
Throughout Season 3, the VIPs remain largely offscreen, appearing only briefly when they intervene in the games. In Episode 2, they controversially add Jun-hee’s newborn baby as a contestant in Jump Rope. Their decisions continue to influence the course of the games without physically involving themselves.
When the final game ends with Gi-hun’s self-sacrifice, the Front Man observes from the control room but does not reference the VIPs. Later, as he activates the self-destruct mechanism, the VIP viewing rooms are not revisited. The lack of on-screen deaths or destruction of those quarters supports the inference of their survival.
Jun-ho arrives at the island just in time to witness the Front Man depart with Baby 222. While he does not encounter the VIPs, he enters their empty viewing room. This indicates that they had already vacated the premises, most likely during or just before the detonation sequence.
The only on-screen confirmation of fatalities during the finale includes Myung-gi, Gi-hun, and remaining contestants in the final round. The camera shows the explosion through Gi-hun’s corpse, symbolizing the end of the island’s operations but not the global VIP network.
There is no official statement or dialogue confirming any VIP deaths, and Season 3 ends with the implication that their system and the games may still continue elsewhere.
All three seasons of Squid Game are now streaming on Netflix.
