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Mob Games
File:Beast Games Poster.jpeg
Release poster
GenreReality competition
Created byJimmy Donaldson
Tyler Conklin
Sean Klitzner
Mack Hopkins
Directed byTyler Conklin
Kate Douglas-Walker
Creative directorTyler Conklin
Presented byJimmy Donaldson
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Jimmy Donaldson
  • Michael Cruz
  • Sean Klitzner
  • Tyler Conklin
  • Matt Apps
  • Charles Wachter
  • Keith Geller
  • Joe Coleman
  • Rachel Skidmore
  • Chris Keiper
  • Joshua Kulic
Cinematography
  • Jason Elliott
  • Russell Leggett
  • Peter Vidulich
EditorMack Hopkins
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
ReleaseDecember 19, 2024 (2024-12-19) –
present

Mob Games is a scripted reality competition television series created by YouTuber Alex Brow. Hosted by Brow, Mob Games follows fictional characters.

Inspired by that of Beast Games, the Netflix show Squid Game, and MrBeast's viral video "$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!", Brow developed a new series, that is scripted, to release.

Inspired by the viral Netflix show Squid Game and Donaldson's viral video "$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!",[1][2][3][4] the first two episodes of Beast Games were released on Amazon Prime Video on December 19, 2024, with the full series consisting of ten episodes released weekly on Thursdays. On the same day, Donaldson also released a video of tryouts for the game show on his YouTube channel titled "2,000 People Fight for $5,000,000", where he cut the number of people participating from 2,000 to 1,000 in a series of challenges. On January 25, 2025, Donaldson uploaded a video titled "Each Minute One Person is Eliminated", following 20 people previously eliminated from the Beast Games show to participate and compete again for $500,000, later reduced to $431,000.

Several contestants alleged they were mistreated during production, resulting in a lawsuit against Donaldson's company and several others. While the show was received poorly by critics, it became one of Amazon Prime Video's most viewed shows.

In May 2025, Beast Games was renewed for two more seasons, with filming for season 2 running from June until August. The second season will premiere on January 7, 2026.[5]

Episodes[edit | edit source]

Season 1 (2024–25)[edit | edit source]

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No.TitleOriginal air date
1"1,000 People Fight for $5,000,000"December 19, 2024 (2024-12-19)
The episode begins with MrBeast announcing the grand prize of $5,000,000 and introduces the 1,000 contestants who were not eliminated in the initial YouTube video. He starts by offering $1,000,000, split by the number of people who take that offer. Ultimately, 52 people walk away with about $19,230 in hand. In the first game, MrBeast gives the contestants 10 minutes to let one person eliminate themselves so that the remaining players in their column can continue to the next game. The game ends with three columns being eliminated. In the second game, MrBeast asks contestants to stack blocks with varying widths on top of a red starting block within 10 minutes. If one cannot stack the blocks in time, or one's stack falls, they are eliminated. By the end, 605 players remain. In the final round, MrBeast offers contestants increasing amounts of money, but with a catch: they will eliminate themselves and everyone else in their row by taking the money. The prize money reaches up to $100,000, and 493 players move on to Beast City, introduced in Episode 2.
2"500 People Trapped In My City"December 19, 2024 (2024-12-19)
The 493 remaining contestants settle in Beast City. The contestants line up to receive four tokens, with hints on them, corresponding to the four floors they may go to participate in the next game, and MrBeast allows them to trade tokens. The first game happens on the fourth floor, where selected contestants split into two teams on two sides of the tower. MrBeast's crew drops balls onto the ceiling, which has periodic holes. The balls may fall from any of these holes, and if any balls hit the floor, that team is eliminated. The team on the left side was initially eliminated, but after reviewing the tape, it was revealed that the team on the right dropped their first ball, thus eliminating the right side; it was not initially seen because the guards did not have a line of sight. The contestants with a "2" token go up to the second floor and separate into two teams. The objective is to have the fewest people on one side so that the side moves on and the leaving players are eliminated. MrBeast adds a telephone in both areas to make the game more interesting. In the end, the right-sided team moves on. The players with a "3" token are split into two teams on the third floor. A giant red cup is added in the center, and each contestant is given a ball to throw. Each successful throw earns the team a point. In the middle of the game, MrBeast adds a gold cup, and with each successful throw here, the thrower earns $250,000 but no points for the team. In the end, the team on the left won. Contestants with a "1" token went to the first floor, split into two teams, and participated in a simple quiz game. Contestants of each team were divided further into teams and would come down to battle with the other team's teams for points. The team with the most points would move on. In the end, the team on the left would move on. The remaining players split into four teams, each selecting a captain: Harrison, Deano, Twana, and Jeremy. These captains were given increasing bribes up to $1,000,000; if they accepted the bribe, their whole team (excluding themselves) would be eliminated.
3"The Solitary Experiment"December 26, 2024 (2024-12-26)
Nobody accepted the bribes, and all remaining players moved on. The contestants are asked to group into teams of three for a potato sack race. One contestant from the team competes in the race, and the winning team wins a special house gaining them immunity for the upcoming challenge. In this challenge, the teams are given their own rooms, with handcuffs on the walls, and a telephone to have anything delivered to their room. MrBeast announces that all teams have five hours to choose one person who is handcuffed to the wall, thereby being eliminated, which helps the other team members qualify for the next game, and if nobody is chosen by the end of five hours, then all members are eliminated. Contestants are allowed to request any item by phone; these items range from food to games of chance and other objects. By the end of the five hours, 94 people are eliminated. Notably, two brothers (the "Habibi Brothers") manipulate a woman in their box into eliminating herself; they later brag about this to others, while Harrison ends up eliminating himself. The next day, MrBeast brings out a golden gift box, and the first person to touch it wins whatever is inside. The winner is awarded a ticket for the first of nine helicopters taking contestants to "Beast Island", the location of the next set of challenges, and can choose five others to join them in the helicopter. MrBeast announces that another ticket to Beast Island is hidden in the city.
4"The Golden Ticket"January 2, 2025 (2025-01-02)
This episode continues on from Episode 3, and the contestants are searching the city for a ticket. One contestant finds a ticket under a ping-pong table, and MrBeast gives him five other tickets to choose more people who will come up on the helicopter. He does so, and seven helicopters are left. In the next game, MrBeast gives all the contestants one ball to hold in their hands. They are blindfolded, and given ten minutes. The six contestants who drop their ball, closest to the timer hitting zero, move on, and anybody holding a ball after the timer, is eliminated. Then, MrBeast gives the remaining contestants one coin. The objective of the game is to collect as many coins from the other contestants as possible, and the person with the most coins wins a ticket to the island, and five other tickets to pass to people. In the next game, MrBeast asks teams to be made, and gives each front-team player a glass ball on a pedestal. Their objective is to make the ball reach the end of the line without dropping and breaking it, thus resulting in elimination. Three teams move on to the island. In the next game, contestants are told to wear blindfolds and to stand around the landing pad where the helicopter landed. With 60 seconds on the clock, contestants must decide whether to step forward into the inner circle. If more than one person steps in, then everyone within that inner circle is eliminated. However, if only one person steps forward, they receive a ticket to Beast Island and choose five people to accompany them. Then, MrBeast gives people a chance to win $250,000 by climbing up one tower, or continuing to participate. Eighteen people walk away after this, splitting the money between themselves. The contestants on the other tower throw balls towards a golden briefcase, and the one who has a closer throw wins a ticket and five other tickets to hand out to people. MrBeast has everyone break off into groups of six and stand on platforms. MrBeast gives everyone a coin. The objective is for one person on each platform to get the coins from everyone else, meaning only one person per platform can make it to Beast Island. Everyone remaining is sent home.
9"Bribe Your Way to the Finale"February 6, 2025 (2025-02-06)
The game starts when Twana seems like the early favorite, but players avoid voting for her immediately because of a rule that once a player wins a voting round, they can no longer participate in voting for subsequent rounds. Emma gets voted first into the final 6. In the next round, after giving 3 contestants $750, Jeff is voted in, followed by Twana and Yesenia (who only made it because Twana gave her an additional $10,000). In the next round, after lying to many players, Gage is voted in leaving only 1 more open spot. In the final round, Queen, Michael, JC and, Patrick were all talking on the phone and after everyone except Michael has gotten a vote Michael votes in Courtney (the only player who wasn't on the phone the entire time) as the final contestant in the top 6, eliminating JC, Michael, Queen and, Patrick. After the game is over, the eliminated contestants get a personal guard (except for Patrick, who has no money) to carry all their money. Entering the finale set, MrBeast reveals the 2nd pyramid of $5,000,000 and tells all the remaining contestants that the grand prize of $5,000,000 would double to $10,000,000 if a player completes a coin flip. Because Gage made a successful coin flip in Episode 3 to save him from elimination, Gage accepts the $10,000,000 coin flip and throws it in the air as the episode blacks out without knowing if it's heads or (his pick) tails.
10"$10,000,000 Coin Flip"February 13, 2025 (2025-02-13)
The episodes starts with a successful called coin flip by Gage. The prize money is now doubled to $10,000,000. For the first round of elimination the contestants choose a platform to stand on based on the order they were voted in the episode. Emma gets to choose first next to Jeff. They now take turns to throw a red ball in an opponent's tube in front of the platform. Once they score, the opponent is eliminated. Jeff eliminates Courtney first and then Emma is eliminated by Yesenia. In the next game, the four contestants are asked to hold their button at the same time so that a pattern is displayed on the ground, which they have to memorize. When a player releases their button, the pattern disappears and that contestant must walk the pattern from memory, correctly doing so grants them a choice to eliminate one of the three remaining contestants, an incorrect pattern eliminates them instead. Jeff offers to help Yesenia in her attempt but she declines his help and fails on the first step because she chose the wrong starting point. This leaves Gage, Twana and Jeff as the last three contestants. The next player is eliminated by the choice of the Top 50 contestants. The players have the choice to take a bribe of $1M if they think they were voted out. Gage takes the bribe and it is revealed that Twana was the eliminated choice. Twana and Jeff move on to the final game which is a shuffle of ten briefcases of which one has the $10M check inside it. Twana shuffles it and leaves Jeff the choice. He chooses the right briefcase in the first round and is the winner of $10M. Twana congratulates Jeff and is given an extra $100,000. MrBeast, the co-hosts, Jeff and his family celebrate. Following the end of the season Jeff states that he planned to use part of his winnings to research for research into the creatine transponder deficiency a rare condition that affects his youngest son Lucas. In addition, it was stated that his other son, Jack, was the person who convinced him to participate on the show.[6]

Production[edit | edit source]

Development[edit | edit source]

On March 18, 2024, Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, announced that he had secured a $100 million deal with Amazon MGM Studios to produce a reality television series titled Beast Games for Prime Video.[7] The series was created by Donaldson, Tyler Conklin, Sean Klitzner, and Mack Hopkins.[8] Applications for the show opened on May 5, 2024.[9][10][11] Donaldson serves as the host and executive producer. The budget is reported to be over $100 million.[12]

Casting for season 2 of Beast Games started around March 2025.[13][14] It was reported in May 2025 that Beast Games was to have another two seasons, though the show had not yet been officially renewed.[15][16] Donaldson stated in an interview that "100 per cent" sure there would be future seasons with Prime Video. Mike Hopkins, head of Amazon MGM, stated at the Milken Institute Global Conference: "We’re going to do a couple more seasons of [Beast Games], I think, soon."[15] Later in May, the show's renewal for a second and third season was officially announced.[17][18]

Filming[edit | edit source]

Template:External media Filming began with the first round, which was shot through July 18–22, 2024, inside of Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, with a total of 2,000 contestants attending. This round is released on YouTube.[19] The Beast City part of the competition that was featured in the first four, sixth, eighth and ninth episode of the TV series as well as a second YouTube video promoting the series featuring 20 eliminated contestants competing for $500,000, was filmed with the remaining 1,000 contestants at Downsview Park Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in August of that year.[1][20] The "Beast Island" part of the competition featured in the fourth to sixth episodes of the show was filmed at the uninhabited La Vivienda Island, which is located in the Pearl Islands, Panama.[21]

The filming broke 44 Guinness World Records, including the largest physical cash prize on set ($5,000,000), the most prize money turned down on a competitive reality TV show ($1,000,000), the largest prize fund awarded for a competitive reality TV show ($10,000,000), and the most money won in a single episode of a competitive reality TV show ($2,020,000), and a page in the 2026 Guinness Book of World Records was focused on the show.[22]

Filming for season 2 began in Las Vegas in June 2025,[23] and was completed in August 2025.[24]

Legal issues[edit | edit source]

Main article: Beast Games lawsuit

Contestants complained that they were denied food, water, medication, and beds during the production of the show. Additionally, dozens reported that various injuries took place during the first filming sessions, as well as mistreatment, sexual harassment, and not being paid for overtime.[25] On September 16, 2024, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court.[26]

According to a December 2024 Rolling Stone report on the working conditions for Beast Games published earlier that month, a portion of a tower exterior fell on a crew member on September 9, 2024. Later that month, the Ontario Ministry of Labour confirmed that it had opened an investigation into an on-set industrial incident on September 11, 2024. It stated that two of the employers, Blink 49 Studios and Manhattan Beach Studios, were each issued a "requirement". The Toronto Police Service also released a statement saying that they had been called to set for the incident but were not investigating as there was not a criminal element.[27]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Adapted from the Amazon MGM Studios press release.[8] Presenters and producers are as follows:[28]

Presenters[edit | edit source]

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Season 1[edit | edit source]

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Season 2[edit | edit source]

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Contestants[edit | edit source]

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Release[edit | edit source]

The qualifier video "2,000 People Fight for $5,000,000" was released on MrBeast's Main YouTube Channel on December 19, 2024.[29]

Beast Games season 1 debuted on Amazon Prime Video on December 19, 2024,[30] and consisted of ten episodes,[31] released weekly.[8][30] Season 2 will premiere on Amazon Prime video on January 7, 2026, and will also consist of ten episodes which will be released weekly through February 2026.[32]

Reception[edit | edit source]

The series became Prime Video's most watched unscripted series ever and its second largest series debut of 2024 behind Fallout, getting 50 million viewers over the course of 25 days. Amazon noted that half of the show's audience came from outside the United States.[33][34]

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 20% based on 10 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5/10.[35] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave it a score of 38 out of 100 based on five critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[36] Several reviewers critiqued Donaldson's performance as loud and shallow and the show's lack of focus on its contestants.[2][37][38][39] Naomi Fry of The New Yorker wrote that the use of contestants' numbers instead of their names made it difficult to empathize with them, unlike other reality shows.[40] IGN, The Guardian, Vox, and PC Gamer criticized the show for closely following the premise of Squid Game while stripping away its dystopian tone.[2][3][4][39]

The financial aspects of the show have also come under scrutiny. Katie Notopoulos of Business Insider enjoyed the show, but she worried that it could communicate to children the lack of value in money.[41] Lauren Saunders of the National Consumer Law Center and Andrew Kushner of the Center for Responsible Lending criticized sponsor MoneyLion, a financial tech and cash advance company, for advertising to a young audience, which Kushner said were more susceptible to "the slick marketing" of the finance industry.[42][43] Jeff Yang similarly argued that the sponsorship would allow MoneyLion's owner, Gen Digital, to target groups in MrBeast's audience facing "dire economic precarity".[44]

Some critics have analyzed the political implications of the show. According to Yang, while Squid Game was creating contextual critiques of oligarchs and exploiting disadvantaged people, Beast Games is unwittingly glorifying these concepts.[44] Patrick Freyne of The Irish Times compared the giving away of islands to contestants in the fifth episode to colonialism.[45]

In response to IGN's negative review, Donaldson wrote "Yeah, sad one person who doesn't like me can just label something a thousand people poured their lives into a 2 out of 10 when it's clearly not."[46] Donaldson similarly questioned the gap between audience and critic scores on Rotten Tomatoes.[47][48]

Notes[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hutchinson, Chase (December 19, 2024). "Beast Games Review". IGN. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heritage, Stuart (December 20, 2024). "Beast Games review – one of the most undignified spectacles ever shown on TV". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jennings, Rebecca (January 7, 2025). "I can't stop watching Mr. Beast's new game show and I hate myself". Vox. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  5. ↑ White, Peter (November 20, 2025). "'Beast Games': Amazon Sets Season 2 Premiere". Deadline. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ https://people.com/beast-games-winner-shares-heartwarming-use-for-10-million-prize-exclusive-11686523
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  9. ↑ MrBeast Casting [@castingmrbeast] (May 5, 2024). "YOU could be a contestant in our first streaming show BEAST GAMES! It's going to be the biggest game show in the history of television. The most contestants, the biggest prize, the most insane, unhinged, surprising twists ever filmed. Link in bio to apply! (18+ Only)" (Tweet). Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Twitter.
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  13. ↑ Castelot, Ophélie (March 17, 2025). "Beast Games Season 2 is Now Casting". Game Rant. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  14. ↑ Wright, Minnie (April 27, 2025). "MrBeast speaks out on Beast Games future – season 2 casting underway | Radio Times". Radio Times. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Cremona, Patrick (May 8, 2025). "Beast Games set to return for 2 more seasons on Prime Video | Radio Times". Radio Times. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  16. ↑ Campione, Katie (May 7, 2025). "Amazon Eyes Two-Season Renewal For MrBeast's 'Beast Games'". Deadline. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  17. ↑ Gutelle, Sam (May 13, 2025). "Amazon gives MrBeast two more 'Beast Games' seasons, extending "the largest reality competition series ever"". Tubefilter. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  18. ↑ Tinoco, Armando (May 12, 2025). "Amazon's Prime Video Renews 'Beast Games' For Two Seasons: "We're Excited To Raise The Bar Even Higher"". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
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  21. ↑ "Where is Mr. Beast's Private Island on 'Beast Games?'". January 3, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  22. ↑ Gross, Katherine (February 14, 2025). "MrBeast broke an astonishing 44 records during filming for Amazon's Beast Games". Guinness World Records. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  23. ↑ "Beast Games season 2 to start filming in Las Vegas". Fox5Vegas. June 4, 2025. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
  24. ↑ "Post from MrBeast". YouTube. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
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  27. ↑ "Ontario labour ministry investigating injury on Toronto set of 'Beast Games'". CTV News. The Canadian Press. December 30, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
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  33. ↑ Hailu, Selome (January 16, 2025). "MrBeast's 'Beast Games' Hits 50 Million Viewers in 25 Days, Amazon's Biggest Unscripted Show Ever". Variety. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  34. ↑ Porter, Rick (January 16, 2025). "Amazon Claims Big Worldwide Audience for 'Beast Games'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
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  37. ↑ Power, Ed (December 20, 2024). "Beast Games, review: $100 million worth of charmless YouTube nonsense". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  38. ↑ Dehnart, Andy (December 20, 2024). "Beast Games: So much screaming and crying, so little to care about". Reality Blurred. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Stanton, Rich (January 15, 2025). "MrBeast's YouTube schtick is somehow even worse with the obscene Amazon money being pumped into Beast Games". PC Gamer. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  40. ↑ Fry, Naomi (January 18, 2025). "The Cruel Abstraction of "Beast Games"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  41. ↑ Notopoulos, Katie (December 20, 2024). "MrBeast's 'Beast Games' on Amazon has a strange message about money". Business Insider. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  42. ↑ Pollard, James (December 19, 2024). "MrBeast's new show already faced controversy. Its new giveaway partner may bring more". AP News. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  43. ↑ Cross, Greta. "'Beast Games' partnership with fintech company MoneyLion stirs controversy: Here's why". USA Today. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 Yang, Jeff (January 19, 2025). "MrBeast's degrading game show is a dystopian nightmare – perfect for America in 2025". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  45. ↑ Freyne, Patrick (January 23, 2025). "On Beast Games, MrBeast gives away islands. This will be familiar to the Irish as 'colonialism'". The Irish Times. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  46. ↑ Troughton, James (December 23, 2024). "MrBeast Responds To Negative Beast Games Reviews". TheGamer. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
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  48. ↑ Shayo, Lukas (February 1, 2025). ""They Didn't Even Watch The Show": MrBeast Has Seen The Massive Difference In Beast Games' RT Scores, And He's Not Happy". ScreenRant. Retrieved February 1, 2025.

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