European Speedrunner Assembly invites you to the latest instalment of the Summer speedrunning marathon, featuring a week of showcases in aid of Alzheimerfonden, the Swedish Alzheimer’s Foundation.

Quality Hotel View, Malmö

The staff organising team consists of Fredrik Lidholt (Edenal) and Andrew Bell (Planks)

The most up to date version of this document may always be found on the ESA homepage and should be referred to via the following link.

• https://esamarathon.com/ettevent/esa-summer-2025/

All attendees should join the ESA Discord chat server. Attendees should additionally link their ESA-profile to their Discord profile when prompted during the registration process. Both steps are mandatory for volunteers and runners as Discord will be the main tool for all forms of communication leading up to the event, including but not limited to DMs and group pings from organisers, volunteer team leaders, and the game selection team.

• Discord invite link

• Volunteer badge collection: 0900 Thursday 26 June
• Public badge collection: 1500 Friday 27 June
• Stream 1 begins: Mid day Saturday 28 June
• Stream 1 ends: Around 23:59, Saturday 5 July (24 hour stream)
• Stream 2 begins: Mid day Sunday 29 June
• Stream 2 end: Early afternoon, Saturday 5 July

Registration takes place via the ESA Registration microsite

• Early bird / release week (28 Feb – 7 Mar): 1500 SEK
• General admission (7 Mar – 23 May): 1750 SEK
• Late registration (23 May onwards): 2000 SEK

Please consult the registration site for exact sales windows in your own timezone.

A VIP ticket is available for those who wish to contribute an additional amount towards running the event. In return the ticket includes a number of extra perks including a unique name badge.

Complimentary registration is available through joining “Team ESA” and volunteering in one of the roles that make the event happen (see below)

Under 18s are welcome at ESA free of charge when accompanied by their parents. Otherwise, the minimum age to attend ESA is 18 years old. To book childrens tickets please register normally for yourself and then email orgs@esamarathon.com with details of your full family.

Day tickets will be available at the event for spectators, pricing 600 SEK

Last minute registrations and day tickets should be bought prior to arrival from the ticket site. Anyone who arrives without a ticket reservation will be asked to use register on site using the same service.

Volunteers are required to transform the vision of the event into reality. In return for joining “Team ESA” most volunteers will receive a full discount on registration fees.

You don’t need to wait for the formal volunteering window to introduce yourself to the teams. Introduce yourself in #event-planning on Discord

For team descriptions, see our guide to the volunteer teams at ESA

• Volunteer Submissions Open: 7 March – 18:00
• Volunteer Submission Close: 23 March – 00:00
  • Volunteer Confirmation: 14 April

Traditional speedruns are and always will be the bulk of the event. However, we invite and urge you to think outside the box and submit unique showcases, feats of skill, community projects, or just silly fun. In the past years, some of these have not only created the most memorable moments of their respective events or even ESA history, but also raised a significant amount of donations.

Please read our full submission guide and then submit via oengus.io between the following dates

• Game Submissions Open: 7 March – 18:00
• Game Submissions Close: 23 March – 00:00
• First Picks: 4 April
• Schedule Release: 18 April

There will be no late submissions window (“chase games”) for this event

We have special rates agreed with three hotels, Quality Hotel View (the event hotel), Malmö Arena Hotel (500m walk) and Scandic Triangeln (downtown, 5 minute train ride, runs every 10 minutes).

Our recommendations

For single and twin rooms we highly recommend staying at Quality Hotel View which is directly connected to the event space

For triple and quad rooms we recommend Malmö Arena Hotel as they have a lot

For people who want to experience city dining and nightlife away from the event we recommend Scandic Triangeln

Booking links

• Quality Hotel View
• Malmö Arena

Demand for ESA is always high and this event is no different. The 27th and 28th are currently sold out at Quality Hotel View due to a massive Jehovah’s Witnesses gathering in Malmö Arena.

Getting around Malmö is very straight forward with the intercity trains departing right outside of Quality Hotel View. They run around the clock on 10-15 minute intervals apart from between 1.30 am and 5 am

We recommend these alternatives in for the nights when Quality Hotel View is fully booked

Booking links

Near Trianglen Station (first stop)

• Quality Hotel The Mill (Use code: ESASUMMER2025)
• Hotel N Hostel Malmö City
• The More Hotel Mazetti

Near Malmö C Station (second stop)

• Comfort Malmö C (Use code: ESASUMMER2025)

Discount codes have been added for Quality Hotel The Mill and Comfort Malmö C. This codes us usable up until July 30. It grants 15% off the standard price between the dates July 25 and July 30.

Enter the Quality Hotel view and head up the wide staircase to the first floor. Badge collection takes place at the infodesk in the breakout area.

• Volunteer badge collection: 0900 Thursday 26 June
• Public badge collection: 1500 Friday 27 June

Please consult the ESA on-site attendee guide for our tips on how to get to ESA