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'Squid Game' on Fortnite: Learn All About the New Skins and Items

The super popular Netflix series has landed on the super popular third-person shooter.

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The familiar masked guard uniforms and green tracksuits are yours to wear now in Fortnite.

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The brutal, dystopian thriller Squid Game is one of the most popular shows Netflix has ever produced, spawning a cottage industry of pop culture merchandise and endless memes. Now the brightly colored styles of Squid Game are colliding with the incredibly popular online fighting game Fortnite.

As the third season of Squid Games airs on Netflix, learn all about the Squid Game skins, wraps, emotes and back bling that have been added to Fortnite.

What is Squid Game adding to Fortnite?

  • A new island, Squid Grounds, has been added to the Fortnite battle royale mode, Reload. 
  • Squid Game skins items like back bling, wraps and emotes have also arrived on Fortnite. 
  • Squid Game-themed skins in the shop include the red-clad guards and green-clad competitors. 
  • "You'll recognize plenty of returning weaponry for the Squid Grounds update, though the Glider and Boogie Bomb are making their first-ever appearance in Reload," a representative for Fortnite promises in the caption for the YouTube trailer showing off the game additions.

And on Fortnite.com, the game goes into a bit more detail. 

"Find familiar playground locations from the games, complete with staged town sets and a hollowed-out labyrinth cutting underneath the island's rolling hills," the site says. "You can even play Red Light, Green Light at your own risk."

How to win playing Fortnite Squid Game

After the new map, skins, emotes and other items, there's still more to come. 

  • Squid Grounds Console Cash Cups, which are Battle Royale Duos tournaments, will be available on July 18, July 25 and Aug. 1,
  • The games are open to players on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. 
  • Top performers earn cash prizes.

How much do Squid Game skins in Fortnite cost?

Squid Game game focuses on people so far in debt they must risk their lives. Some Fortnite players are joking about that similarity, because playing with the new skins can be pricey. 

  • The Squid Game main bundle currently costs 3,000 V-Bucks (the game's currency), although it shows that it has been marked down from 15,000 V-Bucks. Fortnite.com says that the bundle includes the Games Guard outfit, the Ddakji Defender outfit, the Green Light Guardian, Marble Maven, Dalgona Destroyer, Tug of War Titan, Pentathlon Perfector, Jegi Juggler, Flying Stone Fighter, Gong-gi Great, Games Manager outfit and Glass Bridge Survivor outfit.
  • The Squid Accessories bundle currently costs 700 V-Bucks, although it also shows that it has been marked down, this time from 1,600 V-Bucks. The bundle includes the Lil' Prized Piggy Bank emote, Delicious Dalgona back bling, Ddakji Box back bling and Squid Shapes wrap.
  • Guard and manager skins are both currently selling for 1,500 V-Bucks each, and the male and female player skins cost 1,200 V-Bucks each. Maybe you can find a deadly tournament to enter to win enough ... oh, wait.

Fortnite fans seem excited about the new additions regardless.

"The fact that we're getting elimination-based gaming inside elimination-based gaming is peak 2025 meta," said one X user.

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Remember the deadly version of "Red Light, Green Light" from Squid Game? That game, and a version of its unnerving robot doll, show up in Fortnite, too.

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Another user said they'd prefer to see Squid Game take a role in the standard battle royale Fortnite game.

"This seems like a good idea, but why is Squid Game in Reload and not the Battle Royale game mode?" they asked on X. "I don't know a lot of people who play Reload, me including [sic]. The last time I played Reload was when the game mode first came out."

Another person suggested this might be because the Battle Royale season theme -- superheroes -- doesn't fit with Squid Game.