The prize money was the amount of money that the person who won all the Squid Games would obtain. Every time a player was eliminated, ₩100,000,000 was added to the prize money.
- Before the games, the prize money was ₩0.
- After Red Light, Green Light (game), the prize money was ₩25.5B.
- After Voting, the prize money was ₩26.9B.
- After Sugar Honeycombs, the prize money was ₩34.8B.
- After Special Round, the prize money was ₩37.6B.
- After Tug of War, the prize money was ₩41.6B.
- After Byeong-gi died, the prize money was ₩41.7B.
- After Marbles, The prize money was ₩43.9B.
- After Player 069 committed suicide, the prize money was ₩44B.
- After Glass Stepping Stones, the prize money was ₩45.3B.
- After Kang Sae-byeok was murdered by Sang-woo, the prize money was ₩45.4B.
- After the final game , the prize money was ₩45.6B.
Explained[]
Every time someone dies, the prize money goes up by 100 million won. For the 33rd Squid Game ,there were a total of 456 people, and all of them died except for one, so it suppose to be 45.5 billion won, but the winner gets 100 million extra won + the billions of won caused of the other people dead. So the final prize is 45.6 billion won which as of June 2023 would be worth about $35.7 million usd.