A newborn baby (Player 222) wins Squid Game Season 3. In the most unexpected twist in the series' history, the infant child of Jun-hee becomes the sole survivor of the deadly games—not through any action of their own, but through Gi-hun's ultimate sacrifice.
The baby inherits the 45.6 billion won prize (approximately $35 million USD), making them the youngest and most unusual winner in Squid Game history.
How a Baby Became a Player
Jun-hee's Pregnancy: Jun-hee (Player 222) entered the games pregnant, though she may not have known initially. During the chaos of the Hide and Seek game, she goes into labor.
VIP Betting: The VIPs, watching from their luxury suite, had placed bets on Jun-hee as a player. When she gives birth during the games, the betting system creates a bizarre legal situation: the baby inherits her player status.
The Technicality: Under the twisted rules of Squid Game, the newborn is registered as a separate player—still 222, as they share their mother's number. Jun-hee dies from complications shortly after giving birth, but her child remains "in the game."
Why the Game Masters Allowed It: The Front Man, following the games' perverse logic of "fairness," rules that the baby has as much right to compete as anyone else. It exposes the absurdity of the entire system—what kind of "fair game" includes an infant?
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The Final Three: Gi-hun, Baby, and Myung-gi
- Gi-hun (456): The returning champion determined to end the games
- Baby (222): Jun-hee's newborn, helpless and innocent
- Myung-gi (333): A desperate father fighting to save his own family
Myung-gi fights brutally, willing to kill even a baby for the prize money. Gi-hun defeats him in a devastating confrontation, then faces the final choice: kill an infant to win, or sacrifice himself.
There Was Only One Answer: For Gi-hun, there was never really a choice. The man who couldn't leave his mother's side, who tried to save Ali, who spent a year planning to destroy the games—he was never going to murder a baby for money.
What Happens to the Prize Money
45.6 Billion Won (~$35 Million USD): The prize money goes to Gi-hun's designated beneficiary: his daughter Ga-yeong, who lives in America with her stepfather.
Gi-hun had updated his beneficiary information before the finale, knowing that if he didn't survive, he wanted the money to go to his daughter—the relationship he'd failed to build while alive.
The Baby's Future: The infant is taken into protective custody by Jun-ho (the Front Man's brother), who ensures the child won't become part of another VIP spectacle.
Blood Money: The prize is tainted by hundreds of deaths, including Gi-hun's own. Whether Ga-yeong accepts it, and what she does with it, is left deliberately ambiguous.
What the Baby's Victory Means
Innocence Survives: In a game designed to corrupt and destroy, the one winner who remains truly innocent is the one player who never chose to participate. The baby represents hope—a fresh start untainted by the games' violence.
The System Exposed: A baby winning Squid Game exposes the competition's absurdity. The VIPs' entertainment is revealed as morally bankrupt when its "champion" is an infant who did nothing but exist.
Breaking the Cycle: The baby will grow up without ever knowing they "won" Squid Game. They'll have no trauma from the experience, no guilt over survival. They alone break the psychological cycle that destroys winners.
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