Every Game In Beast Games Explained

Jimmy Donaldson, better known by his online moniker MrBeast, has made quite a reputation for himself with his high-stakes YouTube videos where he offers people a chance to win ridiculous amounts of money. That includes an infamous contest based on Netflix's squirm-inducing series "Squid Game," where people competed for a massive cash prize (minus the risk of death, of course). Now, he's taking that idea to the next level with a full-fledged Amazon Prime Video TV series called "Beast Games."

There was already a shady side to "Beast Games" before it even came out, with the fact that it was a non-union production raising eyebrows. However, nothing could stop the hype: The biggest cash prize in game show history is on offer, after all, with 1,000 people competing in the hope of winning $5 million. It's a little bit like "Squid Game," but instead of critiquing capitalism, it's all about making people give into their basest impulses for monetary gain. Here's your guide to every game featured on the show so far.

"Beast Games" begins with a ton of people talking about what they plan on doing with the $5 million prize. Some want to help disenfranchised children, while others want to buy jet skis for themselves. But MrBeast isn't stopping there, because he also offers up a private island and Lamborghini to a lucky few. What can you say? MrBeast always ups the ante, whether that's offering a plethora of fabulous prizes or getting Hans Zimmer to score one of his YouTube videos. 

Before the first official challenge even begins, MrBeast gives everyone a chance to go home with some money by bringing out $1 million and offering people the chance to self-eliminate right then and there. The caveat is that the $1 million will be split amongst everyone who gets out of the game, meaning the more people who choose to leave, the smaller the jackpot becomes. Plenty of competitors are adamant about making it all the way to the $5 million game, but others are clearly happy just having some money to take home. 

When all is said and done, 52 people walk away and split the prize, meaning they each leave with about $19,230. It's not a bad payday, but it's a far cry from the $5 million prize. As it turns out, they may have been the lucky ones, because things become cutthroat shortly afterward. 

There's something to be said about taking a guaranteed amount of money (albeit small) versus a minuscule chance of getting a ton of money. After all, out of 1,000 people, only one can get the $5 million prize. And it doesn't take long before some people face elimination, walking away with absolutely nothing. 

For the next game, MrBeast divided the contestants into their respective rows. The challenge is one person has to voluntarily eliminate themselves from the competition and go home with nothing. By eliminating themselves, everyone else in the row can keep playing. Such decisions must be made quickly, as the final three rows without a volunteer will see everyone go home. 

It's an emotional test, as people start crying after deciding to quit. It's somewhat of an honorable showcase of people getting rid of themselves for a "greater good." 243 people got eliminated in this game, leaving only 705 at this point to keep striving for those millions of dollars.

At this point, "Beast Game" starts looking a lot like "Squid Game" in that it utilizes children's games to determine eliminations. Every contestant has a narrow red block on their podium and an assortment of other blocks in various shapes. The goal is to stack the blocks onto the starting piece without it tipping over. The first 100 players to lose control of their towers will exit the game. 

This one's a bit odd. There's a time limit, and only the first 100 players to have their towers fall go home. That means, theoretically, you could just ... not do the game. If you sat there, not even risking stacking the blocks, you could in theory make your way to the next game. At the very least, it makes sense to wait until there are only a couple of minutes left before stacking to hedge your bets. 

But we suppose in the heat of the moment, many players probably aren't thinking logically. More than 100 contestants wind up with fallen towers, so even some individuals who lost theirs end up advancing. Consider this one a good parallel to "The Tortoise and the Hare." Slow and steady sometimes does win the race. 

From the first episode, it's clear "Beast Games" is more about human psychology than anything related to physical strength. The final challenge for this episode is another bribe. MrBeast divides contestants into more rows, and he offers an increasing bribe for every turn. One person from each grouping can accept the bribe, but if they do, their entire row is eliminated. One person gets to take home some money while those who were perhaps a bit too trusting leave empty-handed.

No one takes the initial $10,000 offer, but once that increases to $20,000, someone takes it to the dismay of their teammates. The bribe then increases to $50,000 and then $80,000, with more and more people taking the offer as it keeps getting higher. The final offer is $100,000, and by the end of it all, 112 people leave, bringing the total number of remaining players to 493. Over half of the players who were there at the start of the episode are now gone.

It's a fascinating social experiment, especially with the final row to get eliminated. The episode really hones in on one particular row made up of people who appear to trust one another completely. However, someone on that team betrays that trust. These people probably didn't know each other before the games started, and at the end of the day, you can't really blame people for prioritizing themselves when potentially life-changing money is on offer.

Episode 2 opens with the remaining players moving into Beast City, a custom-built neighborhood specifically designed to house people and play games. And things get brutal quickly. People must choose tokens that dictate what kind of game they'll play. The first one involves everyone with that particular token getting divided into groups of two. Each group goes into a room where a ball is dropped. If said ball hits the floor, that entire group gets eliminated, and there's actually a bit of controversy with this game. 

It goes by quickly, with one group dropping the fourth ball that comes down. However, MrBeast and the guards review the footage and discover that the team they thought had won the match-up actually allowed a ball to drop the very first try. With cameras everywhere, nothing escapes MrBeast's watchful eye.

The joy from the initial "winning" team quickly changes to dismay as they realize one contestant messed up. It's a reversal of fortune and a good demonstration of how anything is possible on "Beast Games." At the end of this game, 62 people are shown the exit, leaving 431 contestants still in play.

The next game follows the contestants who had the token with the phrase "Less is more." Surprise: It's another self-elimination challenge, something MrBeast seems particularly fond of. Players get divided into two teams — the Green Team and the White Team — and the group with the fewest people remaining through others eliminating themselves gets to move on. The team with the most players left goes home.

Neither team knows how many players the other side has let go, but MrBeast makes sure each group has a phone so they can call each other to talk things over. Manipulation is the name of the game here, as both sides reach a tentative agreement to end in a tie and bring it to a tiebreaker match.

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, both sides decide to drop more people after the compromise has been reached. The White Team has four people leave, with three individuals leaving the Green Team. That means 65 people exited the game at this point, leaving only 366 competitors in play.

The next token reads "Get ready to throw down." We're back to actual games as the two teams must play a giant version of beer pong (sans any beer). Each individual player gets a huge ball to throw into a giant red cup. Each successful throw results in one point for the team, and the team with the most points by the end advances to the next round. 

It sounds easy enough, but MrBeast brings another social experiment into the mix. After a few tosses, he rolls out a gold cup. Players can now either aim for the red cup to score a point for their team or try to get it into the gold cup, which won't give them a point, but the individual contestant will win $250,000. It appears as though a few contestants try to aim for the gold cup (although they would never admit that or risk the wrath of their teammates). 

The Pink Team emerges victorious, with the 61 players on the White Team going home. This brings the remaining count to 305. 

The challenges so far in "Beast Games" Episode 2 have dealt with luck and physical strength. The final group must use their intellect, as this challenge involves trivia. Once more, people with specific tokens get divided into two groups and are further segmented into pairings that go down to MrBeast to answer a trivia question. A correct answer nabs the entire team a point, and the team with the most points by the end wins. 

Both teams are pretty smart, and there are numerous rounds where they each get the correct answer, but the White Team makes some pretty egregious errors. When asked what two planets don't have any moons, they list "Pluto" as one of them, despite it not being classified as a planet anymore. A few more mistakes like that, and all 63 members of the White Team wind up going home. 

"Beast Games" is left with 242 contestants remaining, now less than a quarter from where it started. And while four intense games may have been enough for one episode, MrBeast has one more surprise for everyone.

By the end of Episode 2, there are four teams who have already survived one match-up. Next, MrBeast asks each of those four teams to select a captain. He's going to offer each captain ridiculously high bribes. If they take the bribe, they go home with some money, but everyone else on their team goes home with nothing. Again, it's an exercise in trust, especially since the teams decide who the captain is, meaning they have to select a stranger they find trustworthy. 

It's incredibly interesting to hear the potential captains put themselves forward, explaining to the others why they wouldn't stab their teammates in the back. At this point, people should really anticipate MrBeast throwing wrenches into the plans, because after the captains assume their positions, he lets them know that if they choose to take some money, they won't be eliminated, just everyone else on their team. So, theoretically, they could go home with a bunch of money automatically and still fight for that $5 million prize. 

The episode ends before reaching the conclusion of the challenge, but, remarkably, no one ends up taking the bribe, which reaches $1 million. It's an incredible demonstration of integrity, and no players get eliminated.

Putting your fate into someone else's hands is undoubtedly stressful, so MrBeast offers a reprieve for the first challenge of "Beast Games" Episode 3. Everyone divides up into groups of three. While no team gets eliminated in this challenge, the winning team gets some perks, namely a chance to stay in the much nicer T-Mobile VIP house during their stay in Beast City, as well as a secret gift that would only be revealed after the race. 

It seems like a lot of people just kind of goofed around with the potato sack race since nothing was (seemingly) on the line. However, there was naturally a victorious team consisting of players 351, 435, and 514. Staying in a VIP house is nice, but the real joy is them learning they have immunity in the next challenge. The idea of immunity should be old news to any "Survivor" fans out there, as winning immunity has resulted in some of the best "Survivor" moments of all time. 

The hammer comes down after the race when the players learn they'll have to say goodbye to at least some of the friends they've made. The potato sack race was just a ploy to get people to form teams of three with whoever they liked most, and that makes the next challenge one of the most painful of the series so far.

Immediately following the sack race, the guards escort the teams to a room filled with red cubes. Each team is led into a cube where they must decide who from their group of three must go home. In the event they can't determine which one person will go home, then all three become eliminated. The cube contains a phone allowing them to request "any item in the world" and a pair of handcuffs for the eliminated player to chain themselves to the inside.

This is when "Beast Games" becomes almost unbearable to watch. Some contestants start crying right away, forced to choose between themselves and the people they've grown close to over the course of the competition. For most, it's an impossible decision, so many resort to requesting games like Monopoly and Jenga to make the decision for them, with the loser staying behind. For others, they decide to have a bit of fun before saying goodbye to their buddies. Some of the more outrageous requests include a horse, puppies, a tattoo artist, and princess dresses. 

But the fun could only last so long. Some groups resort to cheating and manipulation, and even one of the captains who turned down $1 million in Episode 2's challenge ends up getting handcuffed. 94 contestants go home. That means just 148 people are left with a shot of nabbing the $5 million prize. 

Following the cubes, MrBeast brings out a gold box, with whatever's inside going to whomever touches the box first. Many of the players believe it'll be something bad. On the contrary: It's a ticket to go to Beast Island. The guy who takes a chance and touches it (player 406) gets to take five other people with him to the $1.8 million island, including his brother and a captain who turned down $1 million previously. 

There are 54 more spots on the island. After the one that was in the aforementioned box, MrBeast announces that the next ticket is hidden somewhere in Beast City, and whoever finds it first will also go to the island with five more people of their choosing. Everyone starts scattering, but the episode ends before there's any resolution, meaning viewers will need to tune in for Episode 4 to see who the lucky scavenger is.

"Beast Games" Episode 4 picks up right where Episode 3 left off. MrBeast unleashes his inner Willy Wonka and announces there's a golden ticket somewhere in Beast City. Whoever finds it first gets a helicopter ride to Beast Island to play further, along with five people of their choosing. It's a fast-paced game that has an abrupt conclusion. 

Contestants search high and low for the ticket, with some even climbing the tower that was used in a previous episode's games. People turn over anything that isn't nailed down to try to locate the ticket, with the game mostly coming down to luck and being in the right place at the right time. At the end of it all, one player finds the ticket underneath the ping pong table. He then selects five other men to go with him, much to the dismay of some of the women, who have barely had a chance to get on a helicopter at this point — but that's all about to change. 

Two helicopters have already left, with the people on board being there largely because of luck. The next game requires a bit of skill, and there's actually a chance for elimination. MrBeast gives everyone a red ball to hold, and there's a 10-minute timer ticking down to zero. The six people who throw their ball to the ground closest to the timer hitting zero get on the next helicopter; however, anyone who's still holding their ball once the countdown ends gets eliminated.

It's a test of patience that reveals a lot about some of the players — many throw their balls down immediately. They may not get on the next helicopter, but they will live to fight in another game. Others hedge their bets a bit more closely, and by the end, 20 folks are still holding balls, bringing the total count of remaining players to 128.

When a bunch of people are isolated together, it's only natural for factions to break out. "Beast Games" sees a bit of a cult aspect come to the surface with Episode 4's third challenge. With 110 people still competing for a spot on a helicopter, MrBeast gives everyone a coin. The goal is for one person to acquire at least 100 of those coins. If they do this, then they'll get a spot on the helicopter and be able to choose the other five who go with them. In the event no one can acquire the necessary 100 coins, then the helicopter leaves empty. Almost immediately, people start chanting for Jeremy, aka the Preacher.

Jeremey was one of the four captains who gave up $1 million to keep going. He seems like a natural individual to reward for his integrity, but not everyone is convinced. There's a concern that Jeremy won't take any women with him (out of respect for his wife), and others simply don't like the cult-like following he has around him, especially after some of these people hint at reprisals for anyone who doesn't hand over their coin. Jeremy tells the others that he'll pray to determine which five players will go with him. At the end, Jeremy gets over 100 coins, and, after praying, takes four men and only one woman with him.

For the next challenge, MrBeast brings three helicopters for 18 people to go to Beast Island through this one game. It's a real make-or-break moment, and the game they play is exceptionally tough. After the remaining contestants in Beast City divide into groups of six, players must form a line. The person at the front of that line gets a red glass ball and a pedestal to balance it on. The objective is to pass the stand and the ball to each of the players, with the three teams who get the ball to the end of the line fastest getting a helicopter ticket. However, some teams realize there's another strategy for winning. Rather than trying to get the ball to the end, they realize they can just let the other teams break their balls first because if no one wins the challenge, then whatever three teams go the longest without breaking their balls advance to Beast Island. 

This tends to come up a lot on "Beast Games." There's usually some other way to win if you think it through for a few minutes, so even though there's $5 million on the line, it pays to keep a cool head. 

The fifth challenge in Episode 4 is another psychological test. Contestants are told to wear blindfolds and to stand around the landing pad where the helicopter landed. With 60 seconds on the clock, players must decide whether to step forward into the inner circle. If more than one person steps in, then everyone within that inner circle gets eliminated. However, if only one person steps forward, they get a ticket to Beast Island and get to choose five people to accompany them. 

People immediately start playing mind games during the first round. People shout how they have stepped forward even though they're hanging back. Two women actually do step forward, which means they get eliminated. It only takes until the second round for just one person to get into the inner circle, and they advance to the island along with five others. With the two players gone from the first round, the total remaining stands at 126, with 78 of those still trying to get onto the island. 

The next game isn't for a spot on Beast Island. It's yet another bribe, as MrBeast offers players the chance to walk away with up to $250,000. 

Using the two towers, players can either climb up one to continue going after the $5 million grand prize or climb up the other tower and split $250,000 with however many people decide to call it quits. A lot of people have already gone home with nothing to show for it, so it's understandable that at this stage (especially with only 12 spots to the island remaining) some would want to take the easy way out. 18 people choose to split the $250,000 bribe, which means they each go home with roughly $13,800. Considering they've spent a few days playing minigames, it's not a bad payout.

With 18 people taking themselves out of consideration, there are 60 people left vying for a spot on Beast Island. The goal now (since they're at the top of the other tower) is to throw a red ball toward a golden briefcase on the ground. The objective is to get their ball closest to the briefcase, because whoever can do so will get a ticket and choose five other people to go with them. 

Many people overthrow their balls, and after some time, contestants start to realize that deflating their balls a little bit decreases the chance of it bouncing further away. This isn't a fool-proof method, as some deflated balls still aren't anywhere near the target. However, the strategy worked out very well for Player 696, who wins and selects five friends to go with her. With that, there's only one helicopter with six seats left.

It wouldn't be "Beast Games" without some psychological manipulation thrown into the mix. With only six spots on Beast Island left, MrBeast has everyone break off into groups of six and stand on platforms. Just like with the potato sack race, people went off into their friend groups, likely believing that the next challenge would be a way for all of them to go through. They should really know better by this stage.

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 gets sent home. Some groups resort to minigames to make their decision, but others know immediately who's most deserving of the helicopter spot. There's some underhandedness and manipulation in Episode 4, but also demonstrations of true friendship.

$5 million is obviously the main draw of "Beast Games," but MrBeast has given away plenty of other cash prizes over the show so far. Episode 5 begins with a voluntary challenge and a chance to win something else — namely the island they're currently on. Of the 60 individuals who made it to Beast Island, only nine opted to play the other games to try to become the new owner of the island. 

The first game is hide and seek except the nine players will try to bamboozle a team of Navy SEALs. The first person to be found goes home with nothing, and most of their strategies involve finding what brush is available and hiding amongst the sticks and foliage. Mia, aka Player 952, takes the riskiest gamble by staying the closest to camp, suspecting the SEALs will go to further ends of the island to find players, and it's a gamble that pays off.

In the end Player 797 is found amongst the bushes and gets eliminated. Hide and seek ends after the first player is found, which feels like a lot of work flying the SEALs in to find a single person. That leaves just eight people trying to win a private island.

The following day, the eight players vying for an island each grab a coconut. The objective is to throw the coconut across a field and get as close to the red line at the end of the field as possible. However, no one wants to touch the red line or go over, or else they'll automatically be eliminated — two people need to go home by the end of this game. In the event two coconuts don't go over the red line, then whoever is furthest away will miss out on owning an island, so, unlike some previous challenges whereby not playing sort of lets you automatically advance, it pays here to give it a shot. 

One player tosses their coconut clear over the red line and gets eliminated easily. Player 514, whom other players thought was a serious threat before, overcompensates greatly, with his coconut nowhere near the red line. Everyone else easily tosses theirs closer, so he winds up facing elimination. That leaves just six people competing for the island while the other 51 are probably just chilling somewhere — but that's going to change very quickly.

It wouldn't be "Beast Games" without putting everyone through psychological turmoil. The next challenge brings the 51 players who didn't want to compete for the island into the mix. While they're on a fancy yacht, the remaining six competitors learn that everyone else will vote to determine who gets eliminated next. 

There's really nothing the six players can do, as they're entirely separated, so it's not like they can plead their cases. It's up to those 51 to determine who they like most or who they want to see gone, as it's a good excuse to get rid of someone seen as a legitimate threat. It sounds easy enough, but then MrBeast gives the six players a chance to save themselves — however, that also means missing out on winning the island. 

No one takes themselves out, and Player 897 goes home with no island and no money. He even admits he didn't make as many friendships as perhaps some of the other players, showing that while only one can take home the biggest prize of all, it pays to form some alliances until the big plays need to be made.

At this point, it's hard not to envy the people who decided not to play for the island. They get to hang out on a yacht and get a little reprieve from MrBeast's mind games, which continue into the fourth challenge of Episode 5. 

Here, MrBeast asks the remaining five players to select a captain. Once doing so, the other four will go away while the captain is confronted with five boxes, four green checkmarks, and one red X. It's up to him to decide which boxes receive a checkmark and which one gets an X, and he can help (or sabotage) the other four players when selecting which boxes they get. 

Probably the most engaging part of this game is when MrBeast brings in rapper Lil Yachty to do, well, nothing. He pulls levers to reveal what's in each box, but that's about it. Player 413 picks the box with the X.

The next challenge is a bit of a fake-out because you think the players will fire cannons to eliminate boats while on a pirate ship, which sounds pretty rad. Unfortunately, we never see that, as MrBeast offers a bribe to get one of the remaining four competing for the island to leave. He opens a treasure chest with $450,000 worth of gold and offers it to each player one at a time, starting with whoever selected Box 1 previously. 

At this point, it's clearly too much money to pass up when the chance of going home empty handed is still very real (also, owning a private island sounds like a lot of work in terms of management). Player 457 picked Box 1. Player 711 insists that he'd definitely take the money if it goes to him. That moment never comes, as Player 457 doesn't even want to gamble with it, and he goes home with $450,000, which is a lot more than most of the people on "Beast Games" win. His decision's understandable, but we do kind of wish we could've seen more cannon action. What a waste.

The next challenge follows some board game rules. There are three rows to the finish line with three players remaining. Each contestant gets a board that allows them to select how many spaces they'd like to move forward, which can be one, three, or five. However, if two or more players select the same number, then neither of them can move, while anyone who's different can go, meaning it may not necessarily be prudent to always pick five. The winner of this challenge gets a golden immunity coconut, and they can give said coconut to whomever they want to go into the final match-up with.

Another wrinkle is the players can communicate, and this is where allegiances come into play. In fact, the game quickly becomes a one-woman race as Player 952 takes the lead while the other two cancel each other out, allowing her to win because they each think she's going to pick them to go to the final round with her. That was a fool's errand for Player 441, as Player 952 picks Player 771 to keep vying for the island, as they have more of a history on "Beast Games" together. Once again, it's sometimes more about who you know rather than what you know or what you can do.

At this point, there are only two players left competing for an island worth $1.8 million. The final game largely comes down to chance and who can psych who out. MrBeast provides each player with a deed to the island, but he still needs to sign one. Each contestant can place the deed into one suitcase and a red X in the other without the other player looking. After doing so, they'll select which suitcase they want to steal from their opponent. The game ends when one player has both deeds in their possession, while the other only has Xs. 

As the final challenge of the episode, with someone about to receive a life-changing gift, things get emotional. Both players talk about what getting something that valuable would mean for them until finally ... the episode ends. The identity of the island's winner will have to wait until Episode 6. The winner of this game of chance not only gets an island, but also gets to keep playing for the grand prize while the other leaves with nothing. 

"Beast Games" Episode 6 picks up where Episode 5 left off by revealing that the winner of their very own island turns out to be ... Player 952. She got both deeds in the very first round, so no matter what, she's walking away from the show with an island. Player 711, on the other hand, walks away with nothing. She rejoins the other contestants, and they all sail away from Beast Island. That's right; the tropical paradise was around for a single episode before they all head back to Beast City, because when you're MrBeast, you can just kind of do whatever you want, budget be damned.

At this point, there are 52 contestants left, and MrBeast insists he's going to eliminate half of them. But first, they need to choose one of three different challenges — Mental, Physical, or Chance. Episode 6 focuses on the players who choose the physical option, the very first challenge of which entails doing push-ups to see who will wind up being team captains. Michael (Player 453) and Grayson (Player 245) last the longest, so they get to pick teams like they're back in high school gym class. However, there's a catch — because there's always a catch.

17 individuals decide to participate in the physical challenges, and since there has to be an even number of people on each team, the player who is picked last is eliminated. That's Player 784, who is sent home before the real challenges even start, proving you're never safe at any time on "Beast Games."

With the teams divided into two, they'll compete in three challenges testing different physical attributes, namely strength, speed, and stamina. Following the push-ups, the teams enter the strength challenge, which involves pulling a monster truck 500 feet, including over a speed bump.

The Orange Team takes an early lead but can't quite get their truck over the bump. The Pink Team soon catches up but also has difficulty getting any further. While the Orange Team continues trying to move the truck over the obstacle through brute force, the Pink Team decides that brawn isn't everything — they also have to use their brains. They dig their heels into the ground so that the truck will go over the bump in one fell swoop.

The Orange Team eventually manages to get the front tires over the obstacle, but they fail to repeat their success with the back of the truck, putting themselves in a massive predicament. After a lot of tugging, the Pink Team has the comeback of all comebacks and gets their truck over the finish line first. This gives them one win — and an edge going into the second physical challenge.

Speaking of keeping up the momentum, MrBeast must've decided that he couldn't wait until the end of the episode before eliminating more people, so he wanders over to the contestants who chose to test their mental acumen. In lieu of push-ups, this group's first challenge involves sitting at desks and taking a test with the promise that scoring best will lead to some sort of advantage. However, just like the push-up challenge, someone will be on the chopping block since 19 people chose this category, and MrBeast wants even teams.

It's literally like the nightmares where you're taking a test in class as an adult, except this time, failing means you lose $5 million. MrBeast reads everyone's test results out loud in front of the group like the meanest teacher you ever had, lining all of the contestants up from highest to lowest score. When Player 250 comes in dead last, he gets sent home while everyone else prepares for the gnarliest game of trivia they've likely ever participated in.

MrBeast wasn't lying when he said the people who scored highest on their test got an advantage. Player 858 got 19 out of 20 questions on the test correct, so he's up first. He also gets to choose his opponent in a head-to-head trivia match, and he can decide the category. Rather than dividing everyone up into two teams like in the physical matches, the mental exercises involve pairs of contestants going up against each other.

What's wild is that each pairing only gets one trivia question to answer correctly. Even more astonishing, Player 858 picks the contestant who scored lowest on the test, and she actually answers their trivia question correctly first, meaning the test's highest scorer immediately falls into MrBeast's pit of doom. It just goes to show that anyone's fortune on the show can reverse just like that.

The trivia matches continue to proceed like this, allowing the contestants who scored highest to pick who they want to go up against. Amazingly, other low scorers also come out on top, which makes sense when you think about it. By the looks of it, the initial test involved something involving recognizing patterns, which is a different skill set from knowing trivia. They're two different types of knowledge, so while the higher scorers probably thought they had the benefit of picking the worst test takers, it didn't necessarily translate to victory in the trivia round. By the end of it all, 10 out of the 19 contestants who chose the trivia challenge are sent home, and that's that for the players who trusted their brains over their muscles.

Shifting gears back to the players who chose the physical games, MrBeast announces that they'll participate in a race. With eight flags laid out on the track, both teams will send one player at a time to run to be the first to reach each one. The flags go down pretty deep, so the longer the challenge lasts, the more each team will rely on their endurance runners.

The Pink Team may have outsmarted the Orange Team during the monster truck pull, but this is purely about who's fastest. It may have been neck-and-neck previously, but there's really no contest here, and the Pink Team only manages to secure one flag before the Orange Team gets all five of theirs. This means they'll both move on to the final challenge to see which team gets to continue competing for the $5 million prize. No doubt MrBeast is happy about that, because the show now gets to drag out the anticipation just a little bit longer.

Before getting to the final physical challenge, we learn what MrBeast has in store for the 16 contestants who chose to leave everything to chance. These types of challenges have been the most ruthless on the show so far. It's a little strange anyone would want to risk $5 million on something they have no control over, but maybe there's a sense of relief to taking this option. If you lose, you can't blame yourself for not being the strongest or the smartest — it just wasn't meant to be. 

The first game of chance comes down to MrBeast spinning a wheel filled with numbers and one major financial prize. Whichever number the pointer lands on designates how many of the 16 players are eliminated. It's possible zero people will go home, or all 16 of them could call it a day right then and there. There's even an option for all of them to split $500,000 before spinning the wheel again, so they would each at least get some money before sending anyone home. Sadly, the wheel lands on 12, which means only four of them will move on to the third challenge. 

With 12 contestants on the block to go home, MrBeast introduces the challenge. Each player will stand on a tile from the very first episode of "Beast Games." Then, in a predetermined random order, five tiles will drop at a time. After each tile drops, players can decide whether to stay where they initially chose to stand or move somewhere else. They will keep dropping five squares at a time until a dozen people have been eliminated, leaving only four to compete for the ultimate $5 million prize.

Despite having the option to move every time the tiles drop, only one player, 886, decides to do it, and then only after the first round — which works out temporarily, as her initial tile opened in the third round. Unfortunately, she is eliminated in the fourth round, proving that this is completely a game of chance, so there's really no strategy to implement. Jeremy, Player 991, who previously turned down $1 million to save his team and had somewhat of a cult form around him, actually gets eliminated here. Getting people to like him has no advantage in this challenge, and he goes home with nothing. If there's a moral to any of this, it's that if someone offers you $1 million, you should probably just take it.

At long last, only four players remain — including Player 952, who already has an island to her name, so she could very well still get $5 million.

Last but not least, we have to see who wins the final physical challenge. Up to this point, it's been a team effort, with everyone needing to pull their weight to help their team to victory. However, the final challenge puts both teams' fates into one person's hands — literally.

Each team is tasked with picking a player who can dead hang the longest on a bar that's been lifted into the air. Pink Team pretty immediately chooses their captain, Player 453, who did 70 push-ups earlier. It makes sense in theory, but all of these games take place on the same night. There could be a risk that he's tired from the previous challenges, but they push forward. The Orange Team actually has some debate over who to choose, as two players want to vie to be the one to bring it all home. Player 435 wins the debate after he insists he's the best choice since he trained for "Survivor," but there was another player who rock climbed and might have been a good pick as well.

In a tense match-up, the bar ascends, and, after less than a minute, Player 435 already looks like he's struggling while Player 453 looks steadfast. But before we get a winner, the episode ends. It really seems like Player 435 won't last long, but maybe "Beast Games" is set to throw us all for a loop.

As expected, Player 435 on the Orange Team drops first, allowing the Pink Team to advance. It just goes to show, if you have an avid rock climber on your team, always pick them to do a hanging challenge. With that, only 21 individuals remain, with MrBeast promising the most brutal challenge yet, and he's not kidding once he introduces the Elimination Train.

A popular "Squid Game" Season 3 fan theory is that it'll involve the trolley problem somehow, but it seems "Beast Games" beat it to the punch. The next challenge begins with the remaining players selecting Akira, Player 539, to be captain since many of them liked how he eliminated the last Habibi brother (who nobody liked) in the mental challenge. Akira's then asked to pick the three players he likes the least, so he winds up picking people he hasn't really spoken to throughout the games as well as Player 952, who already has an island. He's then given a literal trolley problem where MrBeast offers him a Lamborghini sitting on the train tracks. On the other side are mannequins representing the three players, so he can either save those three or get himself a sweet new ride. 

Given how he wasn't really friends with these players, perhaps it's no surprise he chose to pull the lever, eliminating them from the game. It's a tough decision that doesn't weigh lightly on Akira, but he at least has a Lamborghini to soften the blow. He's probably really hoping he wins the $5 million now, because paying for insurance on that thing can't be cheap. 

With 18 players remaining, MrBeast swaps out the prize. There's now a Tesla on the tracks, but, unbeknownst to any of the players, he put $100,000 in the trunk, so there's a lot more at stake. The players then have to pick another captain for this round, and, surprisingly, they opt for Akira again, even though he has a Lamborghini no matter what. He once more selects three players he hasn't really spoken to, but with MrBeast, nothing is ever as it seems. 

MrBeast has those three players go to the yellow tracks with the Tesla, and then he sends Colton, Player 359, to the red tracks. MrBeast and his team have been monitoring the players throughout the entire competition, so he knows who everyone is friends with. Akira's decision is now between getting a Tesla (and, unknowingly, $100,000) and saving three people he doesn't really care about, or saving his best friend in the games. 

Akira chooses to keep Colton in the game, allowing the train to obliterate the other three mannequins as well as the new Tesla. Akira has a Lamborghini and his best friend still in the game, and unlike the previous challenge where other players seemed to understand his decision, this round left a worse taste in people's mouths. When all's said and done, 15 players remain, and the trolley problem isn't stopping until only 10 are left. 

It's now the third round of the trolley problem, and it's time for a changing of the guard. While Akira volunteers to be captain yet again, a majority vote for Bethany, Player 865. She doesn't waste any time showing how brutal she is by putting Akira and his friend, Colton, on the yellow track. But MrBeast isn't done yet as he puts a mannequin with a cloth over it on the yellow tracks with them. That mannequin contains a number of any of the remaining players, so if Bethany decides to eliminate Akira and Colton, she may also be eliminating her friend as well (or, theoretically, even herself). 

On the red tracks, MrBeast puts her best friend based on their surveillance — Player 424. Being friends with a captain saved Colton the first time, but now, it's put a target on his back. It's really the name of the game when it comes to these various trolley problems. The best strategy would appear to be friendly with everyone but keep a low profile so that you don't indirectly put yourself in jeopardy. What sucks about this round, in particular, is that there's no car to win. It's just a matter of getting people out. 

Bethany chooses to eliminate three people and save her best friend, and when it comes to reveal the mystery number, it's Player 865. Bethany inadvertently eliminated herself, which is a twist she probably should've seen coming at this point. Three more people are gone, including the two people who have served as captains, bringing the total number of remaining players down to 12. 

There's one final trolley problem, and everyone remaining chooses Twana, Player 830 — one of the people who turned down $1 million — to be captain. That means she automatically goes into the top 10 and has to pick who goes on each track. The first pick is Deano, Player 380, who has rubbed some people up the wrong way for some underhanded strategies, to go on the yellow track. She then selects Queen, Player 817, whom she seems to like more, on the red tracks. After those first two picks, MrBeast reveals the twist in that Deano and Queen will select from the remaining players who goes up for elimination with them. 

Deano selects Jaz, Player 697, to be in contention with him. This once again feels like Deano playing strategically given how close Jaz and Twana have been. Meanwhile, Queen picks JC, Player 566, to stand on the red tracks, who's also a very well-liked contestant. It's a bad situation for all involved to find themselves in. Episode 7 is all about the friendships these people have forged throughout the game, really testing the players psychologically. The episode ends before Twana makes her choice, so even though it seems somewhat obvious which direction she'll go in, we'll once more have to tune in to Episode 8 to see how things play out.

To no one's surprise, Twana refuses to pull the lever, thus eliminating Deano and Jaz. Deano's ploy to save himself doesn't work, and the 10 remaining players return to a mostly deserted Beast City. Fortunately, it's not deserted for long, as MrBeast brings in everyone's family and friends to cheer them up. There are a lot of hugs, smiles, and reminders of what everyone's playing for. In the beginning, "Beast Games" chose quantity over quality, eliminating vast swaths of players at a time to elicit reactions from viewers, but it's obvious that they're now pulling at the audience's heartstrings, as we're reminded that these players will largely be selfless with their winnings.

MrBeast sends the loved ones away for the next challenge, which doesn't have an elimination but may drive wedges in alliances. He presents 10 houses with 10 keys. Everyone selects Twana, Player 830, to go to House #1, and then she picks who goes into House #2, and so on and so forth. After everyone has their house, he reveals a box containing $1 million in the middle of Beast City. Starting with House #1, they can each go to the box and take out however much money they want. One person could take the whole thing, or they could split it evenly.

Player 830 takes her fair share — $100,000. But Player 453 in House #2 takes $223,000 since his birthday is February 23. JC, Player 566, seen up to this point as a likable contestant, takes $650,000, leaving only $27,000. Emma, Player 937, in House #4, only takes $5,000, and Patrick, Player 930, doesn't take anything. Jeff, Player 831, in House #6, takes $7,272. The remaining players then split the paltry amount of cash remaining amongst themselves, meaning they each get $3,682.

It doesn't take long for the Top 10 to start talking and figure out who took more than their fair share, with Player 566 taking the brunt of people's anger. Despite only having $530,000 in debt, he took $650,000, and the others are understandably upset that he effectively took money that could've helped all of them. MrBeast informs them that the amount of money they took will factor into the next challenge, but it's rough the following day. Friendships are broken, and Player 566 tries throwing other contestants under the bus — but it doesn't matter.

MrBeast brings the tower from earlier in the season back into play. There are 10 rooms, and each player is told to go to the room corresponding with the house they were in. Only six players will move on, but for now, MrBeast has his guards bring each player the money they took the other day. For this challenge, the players will vote on which six of them will continue competing for the $5 million prize. However, the only tool they have to convince one another to vote for them is the money they took; this means Player 566 has $650,000 to try to bribe people to vote for him, despite virtually everyone being mad at him.

Most of the remaining players have incredibly small amounts, with Player 930 not having anything, so he'll have to rely on his previously forged friendships to get him through this. The episode ends before any bribing can begin, but it's obvious that when Episode 9 rolls around, players will pull out all the stops to stay in the game.

There are only two more "Beast Games" challenges left to determine who goes home a millionaire. This is the penultimate episode of Season 1, but rest assured — MrBeast is going to drag this out as long as he can. As teased in the previous episode, the remaining 10 players head to their own rooms within the tower. From there, they can talk to one another via phone and vote for the top six contestants they want to advance to the final round. They also have all the money they secured from the previous challenge with them, which they can use to bribe people to vote for them. They'll vote on who stays and goes one at a time, so here's how the first round of voting shook out.

Each individual round lasts an hour, so everyone needs to come up with their strategies within a relatively short amount of time. One wrinkle with this game is that once someone has been voted into the top six, they can no longer vote, so it's advised for people to keep their friends and allies around a little longer to boost their own odds.

It doesn't take long for people to come to the consensus that Emma, Player 937, deserves a shot at the $5 million since she's played honestly and admirably throughout the show. She receives nine of the votes and becomes the first person to go to the final round.

The first round goes by without much fanfare. No bribes occur, and it honestly doesn't seem like the people who got a large chunk of cash are interested in losing any of it. In fact, many players seem to think that Michael (Player 453) and JC (Player 566) are done for since they took more than their fair share of the $1 million to split in the previous challenge. However, Patrick, Player 930, devises a strategy to convince everyone else to vote girl-boy-girl-boy into the top six out of fairness, though that actually increases his odds of survival. Since he didn't take any money and therefore has nothing to bribe the others with, he has to hope for the best in getting enough people to like him and give him a shot.

MrBeast also introduces the way this challenge will get more stressful as it goes on. While they had 60 minutes to figure out who to vote for in the last round, they'll lose 10 minutes in each subsequent round. That means they only have 50 minutes to settle on the second player to move on.

Jeff, Player 831, also seems like a favorite to win, but he wants to make amends, regardless. Player 453, who already took $223,000 in the last challenge, offers to vote for Jeff if he gives him all the money he got, which is a relatively paltry $7,272. Jeff doesn't go that route; instead, he opts to give a little money to all of the players who were in houses behind him. He says he didn't do it for votes; he just wanted to clear his conscience. As a result of his act of generosity, Jeff gets the most votes and advances.

With only 40 minutes on the clock in the third round, things are set to get very chaotic. Plus, Twana, Player 830, has caught wise to Patrick's girl-boy-girl-boy plan, as it would guarantee him a spot in the final six. Additionally, Michael and JC are wild cards, as they're pretty much a given to go home by the end of this challenge.

Yessi, Player 947, makes a big move this round by collaborating with Twana. She believes they need to break out of the girl-boy pattern, but they should keep this move a secret for the time being. Yessi thinks Twana should be voted into the final six this round, but she asks for $10,000 from her so that she can bribe Michael and JC if needed. Twana's more than happy to go along with the plan, and she gives Yessi the money. Many have been in agreement from the start that Twana deserves to advance more than anybody, so she gets the most votes this round, leaving only three remaining spots.

This round, which only lasts 30 minutes, is the most chaotic to date. There are seven players in the tower and only three chairs left, so everyone is doing whatever they can to secure the required votes to move on.

Yessi is by far the most active player this round, as she tries to use her money to get people to vote for her — but just because a contestant sends someone money doesn't mean it's mandatory for the recipient to then vote for them. Michael is by far the most devious, as he's offering to vote for anyone who gives him money, despite already having over $200,000 to his name. Meanwhile, Patrick is still trying to convince people to vote in a boy this round so that everything maintains the pattern that's most beneficial to him.

Yessi had around $15,000, and she spent all of it on votes. It was a fruitful endeavor, as she receives the most votes and advances. It goes to show how effective bribing can be as a strategy, and it's really all thanks to Twana for giving her an extra $10,000 to work in her favor. Yessi seems particularly emotional, perhaps because everyone else in the top six so far got in by everyone liking them, whereas she had to spend money to barely squeak by.

With 20 minutes on the clock, players are getting desperate to secure one of the final two seats. Queen, Player 817, makes a play to bribe Michael to get his vote, and she also gets a couple of promises from some others to vote for her. However, Courtney, Player 424, also makes a bunch of calls to get folks to vote for her. Gage, Player 974, promises the two of them that he'll vote for them, but, of course, there's only one vote per person.

It initially seems like either Queen or Courtney will rack up the necessary votes to move on, but in reality, it's Gage who has played everyone else like a fiddle. He basically promised several people he would vote for them if they would vote for him in return. Meanwhile, he throws his vote away by voting for Michael, whom no one else likes. It's a tricky move, but it secures him a spot even though he's called out for his dishonesty. At this stage of the game, with $5 million on the line, it's hard not to get your hands a little dirty if you want to win.

One seat remains, and the five players who are left only have 10 minutes to make up their minds on who will fill it. Somewhat amazingly, this is the round where both Michael and JC start making some moves. They've been biding their time throughout the other rounds, and it seemed as though they had merely accepted their fates, but now they're ready to start throwing their vast amounts of cash around. Michael offers people bribes to vote for him while he tells them all he'll vote for them in exchange. JC also tries to throw money around, but appears to be less successful in his endeavor.

And he is — the final person to make it into the top six is Courtney, who largely stayed off the phones this round. She only receives two votes, but that's enough to secure her seat. She couldn't even get on the phones, since everyone else was too busy wheeling and dealing to try to pay off people or secure bribes.

"Beast Games" now has its final six players going into the final round, but before the last episode, MrBeast throws a curveball. Up to this point, he's been bragging about how one person will win $5 million — but he's willing to offer a lot more. He brings in yet another $5 million in cash, causing the grand prize to go up to $10 million. As always, however, there's a catch.

MrBeast presents the remaining players with a coin. Any individual can choose to flip the coin to double the prize money to $10 million. If they call correctly, the money doubles, but if they call it incorrectly, then the prize remains at $5 million and the person who flips it is eliminated. Honestly, there's no incentive to be the person to flip it because being the flipper doesn't technically get you anything. The flipper assumes all of the risk and still has the same odds as anyone else going home with any money at all.

None of the players have to flip the coin. They could simply allow the 10-minute timer to run out and continue on to play for $5 million. Gage must feel lucky, as he steps forward to flip the coin, calling tails. The episode ends before we see the result and learn whether Gage has thrown away his shot at fortune on a literal coin flip.

Gage's coin flip, which could eliminate him, turns out to be successful! Thanks to his gamble, the grand prize increases to $10 million — but that doesn't mean Gage walks away with it. There are still six contestants remaining, and a winner will be decided by the end of this episode.

The first challenge, which requires two eliminations, puts the six players on pillars, each one with a tube in front of it. Each player receives a red ball and must take turns trying to throw it into the tubes to eliminate the corresponding player. While they've all gotten close to one another, there can't be any favoritism here, and, at first, everyone takes shots at Emma's tubes — to no avail. The first person to sink a shot is Jeff, who manages to eliminate Courtney.

While it's an individual-based game, certain patterns begin to emerge. After Courtney is out, people start targeting Yessi, who's at the very end of the line. While someone has to win, it's hard for her not to take it personally. She even tries talking to them, asking why they're shooting toward her, with everyone giving some variation of how her tube is the easiest for them to aim for. Ultimately, Yessi sinks a shot, eliminating Emma from the game and bringing the remaining players down to four.

While the first finale challenge is a physical one, the next game is based on memory. The four players each get a button on their respective platforms, and they must all hold the button down while the platform in front of them generates a pattern. As soon as one of them takes their hand off the button, the person who removes their hand must walk across the platform, following the given pattern. If they fail to follow the pattern, they are eliminated. However, if they make it to the end, they get to decide who to eliminate this round.

Yessi still harbors a lot of ill will toward the other players for their actions during the ball game, and she's the first to remove her hand from the buzzer. When she takes her position in front of the platform, Jeff tells her that she should move one space over. This is following Jeff, while the pattern was still visible, offering his help to Yessi if she chose to try her hand at getting through. Yessi doesn't listen to him, takes one step onto the platform — and is instantly eliminated.

Jeff was telling the truth, and since she otherwise walks the entirety of the board with the correct pattern, she would have won had she trusted Jeff and started in the correct spot. Unfortunately, it's all for naught, and her elimination leaves Twana, Jeff, and Gage to continue competing for the $10 million.

The first season of "Beast Games" has consisted of many different types of challenges. Sometimes, advancing to the next round has depended on a person's individual strength, and at other times, it's been a matter of who they decide to put their trust in. In many cases, it's all come down to pure chance, and at this stage of the game, luck is still a prime factor.

With only three contestants left, MrBeast presents an envelope and tells them that he surveyed the final 50 players, asking everyone who they would choose to eliminate out of the remaining three. Whoever's number is in the envelope will get eliminated — but there's a signature MrBeast twist. As if having $10 million in cash in front of the players wasn't enough, he brings out an additional $1 million. It's his final bribe, as any of those players can take the $1 million to eliminate themselves if they think their name is in the envelope.

Gage believes Jeff and Twana would be more liked than him, so he decides to hit the button and take the $1 million, despite being the one to put himself on the line to raise the total prize money to $10 million earlier in the episode. What's even more astonishing is that Twana's number, 830, is the one in the envelope. She would have been eliminated if Gage didn't take the bribe, but now, she gets to keep playing while Gage earns himself an amazing payday.

And it all comes down to this: Twana and Jeff remain, vying for $10 million, the most amount of money ever presented on a competition series. And it's all relying on chance.

MrBeast brings the final two contestants to a stand with 10 briefcases on it. Nine of those briefcases are empty, and one contains a check for $10 million. The pair will take turns picking briefcases until one of them finds the check, and since Jeff wins the coin toss, he gets to pick first. Jeff is blindfolded, and Twana gets to see which briefcase contains the check. Similar to the final island challenge, she can move the briefcase anywhere she wants and try to deceive him about where the check is located.

The game could theoretically go on for hours — but Jeff picks correctly on the first try, much to the amazement of MrBeast and his crew. He walks home with $10 million, which he wants to put toward finding a cure for his son's creatine transport deficiency. MrBeast sends Twana home with an extra $100,000, so she leaves with a total of $190,000.

In the end, many of the players got to walk away with something, and "Beast Games" broke 50 world records throughout its run, which ends with a promise from MrBeast that this is only just the beginning. Considering the immense viewership — the show racked up 50 million viewers in its first 25 days — it seems likely that we could see "Beast Games" Season 2 before you know it.