squid game but your FRIENDS are in it — How the mini-games play out
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OverviewSquid Game But Your Friends Are In It puts you in the role of the Frontman, running a series of mini-game challenges while everyone on your friends list competes as players. This guide covers how to get a session started, how to unlock badges, and how to get the most out of the game's sillier modes.
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How the mini-games play out
Tips
Rounds rotate through a variety of challenges. A full competition can stretch across as many as eight games in a single session. Players who are eliminated can stay and watch through spectator mode.
- The glass bridge gives players thirteen tiles to cross; in very small groups, the pressure on each individual step is much higher.
- Jump rope was added in the July 27, 2025 update.
- Spectator mode lets eliminated players keep watching.
- Eight rounds is the maximum a single competition can contain.
Weird modes worth knowing about
CheckADHD mode, disco mode, and fish mode are separate toggles you can switch on during a game. Running all three together at the same time is specifically what the Braincells badge requires. Fish mode has its own endurance badge tied to leaving it on for a full hour.
- Check whether fish mode has been running long enough; one full hour of fish mode earns its own badge.
- Confirm all three modes are active simultaneously if you are going for the Braincells badge.
- Note that the Red Rain is a separate event witnessing it earns the Good Rain Knows When badge.
Badge unlocks and what they ask of you
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Each badge has a specific condition tied to player counts, outcomes, or repeated actions.
| Badge | How to unlock | What to set up |
|---|---|---|
| Nepotism | Have a friend win a game | Play normally with friends |
| You Look Familiar | Play a full game with 200 copies of yourself | Fill the lobby with duplicates of one player |
| Redundancy | Start with 100+ players and play the same game until one remains | Large lobby, repeat the same mini-game |
| Deviation | Have every player survive Red Light, Green Light | Coordinate your group to all stop in time |
| One More Game | Play 8 games in a single competition | Run the full length of one session |
| Skill Issue | Simulate with 99 copies of yourself and 1 other player; the other player wins | Let the one real player outlast your copies |
| Darwinism | Have 20 duplicates of the same person die in the first game | Stack duplicates and let them eliminate in round one |
| Disappointment | Have everyone die in the first game with at least 20 players | Minimum 20-player lobby; everyone eliminated in round one |
| 99% of gamblers quit before they win big | 5 or fewer players all cross all 13 glass bridge tiles | Very small lobby, glass bridge stage |
| The Opps Wanted Me Dead | Have someone get the Mona Lisa and survive | Play until a player picks up the Mona Lisa and makes it out |
| Philanthropy | Give away a combined total of 1 billion to winners | Keep hosting and paying out over many sessions |
| Guilty Conscience | Have over 1,000 players die in your games | Accumulate eliminations across many sessions |
| Pathological Obsession | Open the statistics menu 1,000 times | Keep opening the stats menu repeatedly over time |
| Good Rain Knows When | Witness the Red Rain | Play until the Red Rain event occurs |
| Braincells? What are those? | Have ADHD mode, disco mode, and fish mode all active at once | Enable all three modes simultaneously |
| Fishy Business | Keep fish mode active for one hour or more | Leave fish mode on for a full hour |
| Season 3 Came Early | Play 1 game | Just finish one game |
| This is How Addictions Start | Play 10 games | Cumulative across sessions |
| Just.. One.. More.. | Play 25 games | Cumulative across sessions |
| Having Fun Yet? | Play 100 games | Long-term cumulative goal |
| Thank your Investors! | Get an unnecessarily expensive skin | Purchase the high-cost skin |
| Liquidation | Have only one player survive lights out | Engineer a one-survivor outcome |
| Token of Gratitude | Host a dinner for your players | Trigger the dinner event as Frontman |
Glossary
Glossary- Frontman
- The player who runs the competition — that is you, controlling which games launch and how the session flows.
- Glass bridge
- A stage with thirteen tiles to cross.
- Jump rope
- A mini-game added in the July 27, 2025 update.
- Spectator mode
- A feature added in the July 27, 2025 update that lets eliminated players watch the rest of the round instead of leaving.
- Fish mode
- An optional toggle that, when left on for a full hour, earns the Fishy Business badge.
- Red Rain
- A rare in-game event; witnessing it once earns the Good Rain Knows When badge.
- Duplicate lobby
- A session filled with multiple copies of the same player, used to chase certain specific badge conditions.
Common questions
FAQHow long does one full competition last?
A single competition can run up to eight games before it concludes. If you want the One More Game badge, you need to play all eight in one sitting without cutting the session short.
Do I need to spend Robux to get all the badges?
The Thank Your Investors badge is tied to acquiring an expensive skin. Every other badge is earned through specific gameplay conditions such as lobby sizes, survival outcomes, or repeated actions.
What is the fastest badge to unlock?
Season 3 Came Early unlocks after finishing a single game. Nepotism, which requires a friend to win, is also straightforward in any normal session.
What happens to players who get eliminated mid-session?
Eliminated players can use spectator mode, added in the July 27, 2025 update, to keep watching the rest of the round.
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