A Squid Game Easter egg secretly revealed all six games that are played. Netflix's Korean TV series became one of the biggest shows of 2021 as viewers experienced the surprising and gruesome story. Squid Game focuses on a group of 456 people who become contestants in a deadly set of games and challenges for a chance to win 45.6 Billion Won. While viewers connected with the series thanks to the stories of Seong Gi-han, Oh Il-nam, and Sae-Byeok, Squid Game also delivered plenty of thrills and suspense as a result of the games it features.
Viewers and contestants are quickly introduced to the high stakes of Squid Game at the end of the first episode. This is where they played Red Light, Green Light with Squid Game's terrifying doll, which resulted in dozens of casualties. The surviving players then had to play tug of war, any game with marbles, create shapes with sugar honeycombs, complete the glass stepping stones game, and eventually compete in the actual game of Squid Game. However, the players in Squid Game never knew what game was up next, which only increased their anxiety about the future and their lives. It turns out they could've figured this out by taking a quick look at their surroundings.
When the Squid Game players are participating in a game, they are locked inside a giant room with hundreds of beds that act as their living quarters. This is where alliances and enemies are formed, and where the riot takes place, as they all waited to see what game they had to play next. A Squid Game Easter egg reveals that this wasn't meant to be much of a mystery to them though. The walls of the players' room have stick figure paintings of all 6 games. The paintings even show the games in the order in which they occur: Red Light Green Light, Honeycomb shapes, Tug-of-War, marbles, Glass Stepping Stones, and Squid Game.
The discovery of this Squid Game Easter egg is another piece of foreshadowing the show managed to include, but it also raises plenty of questions about the actual games themselves. While these paintings are mostly hidden behind the stack of beds at the start, they can barely be seen then and are fully unveiled as the games continue. It is strange that none of the players noticed these markings and used them to their advantage. This Easter egg could've allowed any player to know exactly what game is coming next and think about a possible strategy. For example, knowing that Tug-of-War was the third game would've certainly helped some people look for stronger teams, or knowing about the glass bridge game would've made players choose higher numbers and not go first.
It is also possible that this Squid Game Easter egg means that the selection of games every time the competition takes place. The Squid Game competition has been happening for decades prior to the show's events. Some viewers may have wondered if the same games are played every year or if there are other games that are rotated through. These Squid Game wall markings could confirm that the same 6 games are played every time and in the same order.