Best runs from AGDQ 2025

Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 has concluded, raising over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Every Games Done Quick event is worth watching either live or later via VOD, but This AGDQ was uniquely awesomeFull of runs that will go down as some of the best GDQ has ever offered. Here are some of our favorites:

The best thing about the sprinting community is that it is often not enough to be the fastest runner in a particular sport. that's boring. For Wes, just running New Super Mario Bros. Wii It was not enough to satisfy him. He had to be creative in this and decide to master playing the game as quickly as possible While playing the piano. But you ask, how can someone play video games if both their hands are busy? The answer is obvious: by controlling the game with your head and feet. I don't know what drives a person to do this kind of thing, and I don't care. All that matters is that Wes demonstrated the depth of human capacity (and multitasking), and it was mind-breaking to watch.

Speaking of incredible human talent, how about playing alden ring – a game Known for its punishing difficulty – With a saxophone. I had been looking forward to this race all week, and Dr. Doot did not disappoint, but not for the reason I expected. It's one thing to beat the likes of Melania, Blade of Mikaela with specially programmed Aerophones. But nothing could prepare me for every input, from attacks to using consumables, to a hilarious “doot” noise. I cried laughing, it was so funny.

super metroid is a GDQ staple, often anchoring the last day of the event in a week's programming. But recently, GDQ has stopped displaying all functions instead of just running the game. super metroid The modding community has kept the game fresh and interesting since 1994. This four-way race super metroid It includes a map randomizer, meaning the game's normal layout has been turned around and put together in an entirely new configuration.

Map Randomizer for A Metroid The game is uniquely dangerous because all the abilities you need to progress are no longer logically determined. Samus could escape into the fiery pits of Lower Norfair long before she found the heat-shielding Varia suit. And with the map being randomized, it's now much harder (and more time consuming) to figure out where the suits are. Now add an element of competition, and you get one of the best races in AGDQ history.

It used to be that if you wanted to avoid a DMCA strike for playing a game on Twitch with licensed music, you'd turn the music off. But AGDQ has come up with a new way to solve this old problem. for this race crazy taxiEach song was played by a cover band that transformed AGDQ from a fast-paced video game event into an impromptu punk rock show – mini-mash pit and all – and it ruled. I will not share any details. Just go see it yourself.

GDQ is a uniquely special program for more reasons than specialties Spectacular, Creative, or Crazy RaceIn a world where cowardly corporations have decided It's okay to abuse women and LGBTQ+ peopleAnd a place where gamers have an unrivaled reputation to be horrible to each other For differences beyond our control, Games Done Quick has been very vocal in its support of marginalized people. whether it's diverse programming with frame fatals Or black in one stroke Or just the fact that every other donation had a “trans rights” message, which was enthusiastically read aloud and enthusiastically cheered by the live crowd.

Games Done Quick have been a shining example of how intentionally curated communities can foster acceptance and be a source of joy and goodness in an environment that needs it, and AGDQ 2025 was one of the best.