Release Date for ‘Beast Games’ Season 2 Revealed

MrBeast’s hit show Beast Games is getting ready to come back, and this time Prime Video is giving fans an early heads-up.

The streamer announced that season two will arrive on January 7, 2026. Viewers will get the first three episodes right away, and then new ones will drop every week until the finale on February 25.

Prime Video shared that season two will keep the huge five-million-dollar grand prize. The first season had extra twists, including giveaways and a wild bet that ended up paying the winner ten million dollars.

This new season follows a simple idea: strong versus smart. There will be one hundred contestants known for their strength and one hundred known for their brains, and the whole season will play out around that theme.

The company also said it already ordered a third season earlier this year. According to Prime Video, season one reached fifty million viewers around the world in its first twenty-five days, making it the most-watched unscripted show they have ever had.

MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, will host again and continue as an executive producer. Sean Klitzner, Tyler Conklin and Mack Hopkins helped create the show. Sean Klitzner and Matt Apps return as showrunners along with a group of executive producers that includes Michael Cruz, Jeff Housenbold, Tyler Conklin, Michael Miller, Josh Kulic and Chris Keiper. Conklin is also directing all episodes for the new season.

Beast Games is MrBeast’s attempt to take the huge challenges and over-the-top ideas he is known for on YouTube and turn them into a bigger and more polished reality series. The first season became a major hit for Prime Video and was their second biggest debut of 2024, only behind Fallout. Amazon said that about half of all viewers were watching from outside the United States.

Even though the show was a big success with audiences, critics had mixed feelings. On Rotten Tomatoes it received a twenty percent score from ten reviews. Metacritic gave it a thirty-eight out of one hundred.

Some reviewers felt that MrBeast’s hosting style was too loud and that the show didn’t focus enough on the contestants. Naomi Fry from The New Yorker wrote that using numbers instead of names made it hard to connect with anyone, saying it removed the personal feeling other reality shows have. IGN, The Guardian, Vox and PC Gamer said the show reminded them a lot of Squid Game but without the darker themes that made that story stand out.

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