‘Beast Games’ Season 2 Gets Official Release Date

Prime Video has confirmed that Beast Games, the reality competition series led by MrBeast, will be back early next year.

The platform announced that the second season will arrive on January 7, 2026. Viewers will get three episodes on launch day, and the rest will roll out weekly until the finale on February 25. The show will again feature a grand prize of five million dollars, which keeps it among the biggest payouts in reality TV.

This new season introduces a simple idea built around two types of players. One hundred contestants known for strength and one hundred known for their brains will compete through the full season. Prime Video also said the show is already confirmed for a third season, after the company renewed it earlier this year.

The decision came after the first season reached about fifty million viewers worldwide in less than a month, making it the streaming service’s most popular unscripted show so far.

MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, will return as host and executive producer. The creative team from season one is also back, including Sean Klitzner, Tyler Conklin and Mack Hopkins. Klitzner and Matt Apps are leading the series again as showrunners, and Tyler Conklin will direct every episode.

Beast Games is an extension of the extreme challenges and large-scale stunts that made MrBeast one of the biggest creators on YouTube. Prime Video reported that the first season drew a global audience, with about half of the viewers watching from outside the United States. At the same time, critics were mixed on the show.

Rotten Tomatoes listed a low score from its early reviews, and Metacritic showed similar reactions. Some reviewers said the series felt too loud and too focused on spectacle. Naomi Fry of The New Yorker wrote that the show struggled to build a real connection with its competitors, noting that using numbers instead of names made them harder to connect with. Critics from IGN, The Guardian, Vox and PC Gamer also pointed out its similarities to Squid Game, though without the darker themes that defined that story.

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