Seong Gi-hun (Player 456) emerges as the sole survivor and winner of the deadly competition, claiming the ₩45.6 billion prize (about $38 million). The final game, the titular Squid Game, is a brutal confrontation between Gi-hun and his childhood friend Cho Sang-woo (Player 218). Despite having the opportunity to kill Sang-woo, Gi-hun refuses to take his life, offering to end the game without a winner. However, Sang-woo takes matters into his own hands, stabbing himself in the neck, asking Gi-hun to take care of his mother, and dying in the process.
