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Parents Guide to Squid Game (2021)

Is Squid Game appropriate for kids? Age rating, content warnings and Family Score below.

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Squid Game

2021 · TV Show

TV-MA

Content Ratings

Language4/5
Violence5/5
Sexual Content3/5
Substances2/5
Scary/Intense5/5
1
Family Score
Suggested Age

17+

Parent Verdict

Mass shootings of contestants, point-blank executions, organ harvesting, a suicide, and one explicit sex scene, with the children's-game aesthetic making it a schoolyard phenomenon among kids far too young for it. The playground imagery is the trap. Keep it at 17+, and expect your kids to have heard everything about it anyway.

What Families Say

Our AI Rating

1/10

Ages 17+

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About This Rating

Our family-friendliness rating for Squid Game is based on analysis across five key categories: Language, Violence, Sexual Content, Substances, and Scary/Intense scenes. Each category is rated from 0 (none) to 5 (extreme).

The Family Score of 1/10 provides an overall assessment of how suitable this tv show is for family viewing. We recommend this content for ages 17+.