In the long list of iconic collaborations, I never thought I’d see the day when Squid Game’s creepy doll and masked guards showed up in Free Fire, but here we are. Garena Free Fire has teamed up with Netflix’s blockbuster Squid Game for an epic in-game collaboration event in July 2025, and it’s all it promised to be.

It’s a full-on Squid Game takeover of Free Fire’s battlefields. From Red Light, Green Light matches to exclusive costumes straight out of the show, get ready to dive into Squid Game’s high-stakes universe right on your phone.

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What’s Happening in the Free Fire x Squid Game Event?

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Garena is celebrating Free Fire’s 8th anniversary in style by dropping Squid Game into the mix. Starting mid-July 2025, the highly anticipated Free Fire x Squid Game collab officially kicked off, and it’s packed with content. Players worldwide can now experience iconic challenges from Squid Game, like the infamous Red Light, Green Light game, reimagined in Free Fire’s battle royale style. 

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In fact, the event launched around July 14 and fully rolled out by July 18, 2025, so the action is live right now. This means you can jump into special modes inspired by the Netflix series and feel the same adrenaline rush as the contestants from the show. And it’s not just game modes, Free Fire has also added authentic Squid Game outfits, accessories, and even those eerie voice lines from the series for a fully immersive experience.

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What makes this event even more exciting is its global reach. Whether you’re in Lagos or South Africa, the Squid Game challenges are available to you in Free Fire. Garena has brought these modes to all maps in the game (yes, all seven maps, including the latest map Solara) so everyone can play them in their favorite locales. 

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Iconic Squid Game Challenges Brought to Free Fire

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The centrepiece of this collab is the set of Squid Game-inspired modes and challenges within Free Fire. Garena basically asked, “What if you played Squid Game instead of just watching it?” and the result is some very tense mini-games inside our usual battle royale rounds. Here are the main Squid Game challenges you can play in Free Fire’s event:

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• Red Light, Green Light: Yes, the deadly playground game from Squid Game is now an in-game mode. Players have to loot and survive while a giant doll (Young-hee) watches for movement. When she shouts “Red Light,” you freeze – or else. If you get caught moving, your character is frozen in place as punishment. But if you manage to sneak across the area while she isn’t looking, you’ll score some sweet loot rewards. It’s intense and hilarious in equal measure!
  
  
  
• Glass Bridge: This one recreates the nerve-wracking bridge game from the show. In Free Fire, you’ll come across a series of clear glass panels suspended over a drop. One wrong step on the wrong panel, and you’ll take instant heavy damage (basically an “HP dip”) and probably get taken out. You have to test your instincts or maybe sacrifice a clueless enemy by letting them go first. Every leap across the Glass Bridge is a gamble, calling for quick thinking.
  
  
  
• Dalgona Challenge: Remember the candy challenge where contestants had to carve out shapes without breaking the candy? Free Fire gives a nod to that with dalgona candy stands on the map. During matches, you can find dalgona booths and “lick” the dalgona cookies for a surprise reward. It’s a fun little side activity, just a bit of luck (and maybe a steady tongue?). Keep an eye out for these stands as you roam around; they can give you a small edge or treat during the fight.
  
  
  
  
• Secret Symbols: Free Fire even hid some Easter eggs in the form of Squid Game symbols. Scattered across the maps are the Squid Game circle, triangle, and square symbols; grabbing these will net you bonus loot. It pays to explore every corner. These symbols basically act as tickets to extra gear, so if you spot one, don’t ignore it!
  
  
  

All these games are integrated into Free Fire’s regular modes (Battle Royale and Clash Squad), so you might stumble into a Squid Game challenge mid-match. It adds a twist to the usual gameplay we’re used to. One round you’re trading gunfire as usual, then suddenly you hear that chilling “Red Light… Green Light” and everyone stops in their tracks. It’s a fresh experience that’s keeping players hooked.

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Exclusive Squid Game Outfits and Rewards in Free Fire

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What’s a crossover event without cool loot? Garena has loaded this event with exclusive, time-limited Squid Game-themed items and cosmetics for players to collect. Whether you earn them through event challenges or buy them from the shop, these items let you dress up and play in true Squid Game style. Here are some of the highlights:

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• The Doll Outfit (Female): The iconic creepy doll from Squid Game can be your avatar’s look. Free Fire added The Doll’s bright orange dress as a female character outfit. It’s both cute and terrifying wandering around in that dress,  you basically become the embodiment of “Mugunghwa Flower has bloomed!”. Equip this and you’ll definitely give other players goosebumps.
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• Pink Guards’ Costume: You can finally role-play as those anonymous pink-suited guards from the show. Free Fire now offers the Pink Guards’ outfit with the full mask and suit, so you can patrol the island like it’s your own Squid Game arena. It’s a great way to intimidate foes; who’s gonna mess with a guard, right?
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• Squid Game Player Tracksuit (Green): If you want to feel like one of the desperate contestants, there’s the green tracksuit, complete with your player number on it. Throw this on and you’re essentially a Squid Game player dropped into Bermuda or Purgatory map. It’s oddly empowering to wear; maybe it brings out my inner Gi-hun (the main character in the show).
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• Cash Bank Backpack: Remember that huge piggy bank full of cash that loomed over the dorm room in Squid Game? Free Fire turned it into a backpack skin. The Cash Bank Backpack is a shiny piggy bank you carry on your back, showing off all the prize money you’ve “accumulated”. It doesn’t actually spit out cash, but it looks totally baller and is a fun nod to the show’s prize pool.
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• Red Light, Green Light Gloo Wall: Gloo Wall grenades in Free Fire let you create cover, and now you can do it Squid Game-style. There’s a special Gloo Wall skin themed after Red Light, Green Light. When you pop this wall, it has the motif of the game. It’s both functional and a flex, imagine blocking bullets with a giant Squid Game-themed wall.
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• Ribbon Loot Box: This might be my favourite: when you get eliminated (hey, it happens to the best of us), your character now falls as a black box wrapped in a pink ribbon, just like the coffins in Squid Game. It’s morbid but in a tongue-in-cheek way. Instead of a usual death crate, you basically turn into a Squid Game prop. It softens the sting of losing when you see that little pink bow.
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• Squid Game Banner & Voice Lines: To top it off, there’s a profile banner featuring Squid Game imagery and some classic voice lines from the show available to unlock. For example, you can use the haunting line “The Mugungha flower has bloomed” in-game, which is the Korean line the doll says in Red Light, Green Light. Activating that voice line in the middle of a fight really ups the tension and atmosphere, not to mention it might freak out nearby players for a second!

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Some of these items can be earned for free by playing the event. In fact, Free Fire has a special event where you deposit in-game tokens (earned from Squid Game missions) into the iconic cash piggy bank to unlock rewards like The Doll outfit, voice lines, the Ribbon Loot Box, and the Squid Game banner for free. So be sure to grind those missions if you don’t want to miss out. 

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Other items, like the Pink Guard costume or the tracksuit and backpack, are in the Free Fire store for a limited time. That means you’ll need to spend some Diamonds (Free Fire’s in-game currency) to snag those. They’re worth it for superfans, and honestly, the designs are on point. I’ve already seen squads running around in full Squid Game cosplay, which adds to the fun atmosphere of the matches. There’s an ongoing 5% discount on all Diamonds purchases from the Carry1st shop, so you can take full advantage of this while it lasts.

How to Make the Most of the Squid Game Event

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This event is one of the biggest crossovers Free Fire has done (they’ve done others with Netflix in the past, like Money Heist, but this one hits different). To ensure you don’t miss anything and fully enjoy the Free Fire x Squid Game collab, here are a few tips and things to keep in mind:

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• Join the Event Early and Play Regularly: The Squid Game event is time-limited, roughly spanning a couple of weeks in July. Jump in now while the modes are active. Log in daily to check the special event tab; new challenges or mini-games might pop up as the event progresses, and you don’t want to be last to the party. Also, daily play can help you rack up those event tokens to exchange for free rewards.

• Team Up and Communicate: Some of these mini-games can catch you off guard. It helps to squad up with friends and use voice chat, especially for something like Red Light, Green Light. You can actually strategize – for example, have one friend keep an eye on the doll while others loot, or coordinate on the Glass Bridge (“you go first, if you fall we know that panel’s fake!”). It turns these modes into hilarious cooperative chaos.

• Keep an Eye Out for Hidden Rewards: Don’t just focus on shooting enemies; explore the map for those Squid Game symbols and dalgona stands. They’re essentially freebies that many players distracted by combat might ignore.

• Claim Your Freebies: Make sure to participate in the milestone event with the Cash Bank (the piggy bank) to claim the free Squid Game goodies. It’s basically Free Fire’s way of thanking players: you deposit the tokens you earn from playing, and once the community goal is hit or your personal contribution is enough, you unlock those exclusive items (like the Doll outfit or voice lines) without spending any Diamonds. Free stuff is always nice, especially when it’s exclusive!

• Consider Topping Up Your Diamonds (Especially for Nigerian Players): If you’ve got your eye on the premium Squid Game skins or just want to stock up for the event, now’s a good time to top up your Free Fire Diamonds. Having extra Diamonds lets you grab the limited-time bundles from the shop before they’re gone. In Nigeria, one of the easiest ways to get Diamonds is via the Carry1st Shop. It’s a local platform where you can buy Free Fire Diamonds directly (using Naira and convenient payment methods), so you’re game-ready with minimal hassle.

• Enjoy the Chaos and Have Fun: Lastly, remember that this event is meant to be fun and a celebration of Free Fire’s anniversary. The stakes in Squid Game (the show) were life and death, but in Free Fire it’s all for entertainment. So jump in with an open mind and just enjoy the ridiculousness of it. Where else can you do a battle royale deathmatch one minute, and a candy-eating challenge the next?

A Crossover to Remember

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The Free Fire x Squid Game collaboration has truly brought a fresh spark to the game this month. It’s not every day that a hit TV series and a popular mobile game collide so directly, and Garena has pulled it off in a way that respects both the source material and the Free Fire gameplay. From a player perspective, it’s been thrilling to actually be in those Squid Game scenarios, running for my life at “Red Light” and outsmarting opponents on the Glass Bridge.

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If you haven’t jumped in yet, don’t wait. Fire up Free Fire, check out the Squid Game event, and see how many of these challenges you can survive. Dress up in the new outfits, use the “Green Light!” voice line to troll your friends, and make the most of the limited-time content. 

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This event perfectly blends the worlds of streaming TV and gaming; it’s fan service done right.

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