European Speedrunner Assembly invites you to the latest instalment of the Winter speedrunning marathon, featuring a week of showcases in aid of Make a Wish 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: TBA
• Public badge collection: TBA
• Stream 1 begins: TBA
• Stream 1 ends: TBA
• Stream 2 begins: TBA
• Stream 2 end: TBA

Registration takes place via the ESA Registration microsite

• Early bird / release week (-): TBA
• General admission (-): TBA
• Late registration (-): TBA

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.

Limited day tickets will be available for ESA Winter 2026

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: TBA
• Volunteer Submission Close: TBA
  • Volunteer Confirmation: TBA

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: TBA
• Game Submissions Close: TBA
• First Picks: TBA
• Schedule Release: TBA

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

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Booking links

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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: TBA
• Public badge collection: TBA

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