The weeklong marathon raising money for Doctors Without Borders is about to begin. Here’s everything you can expect to see on opening day.
The Fourth of July may be over, but the fireworks are about to continue. It’s that time of the summer again for the return of Summer Games Done Quick. This year’s SGDQ is ushering in the summer season right, bringing the world’s top speedrunners together for a whirlwind tour across some of the biggest games of the past and present. As is the case every year, they’ll be performing their craft for charity in front of a worldwide audience on Twitch.
Summer Games Done Quick 2025 has returned to Minneapolis, Minnesota for a whole week of live speedrunning action. This year’s event is raising money for Doctors Without Borders. Shacknews will be watching all week and we’ll make sure to bring you the daily schedule each day. Plus, we’ll be sure to highlight the biggest runs worth watching.
You can watch this year’s marathon in full in the embed below!
Summer Games Done Quick 2025: Day 1 schedule
Here’s the full schedule for Day 1, taken from the Games Done Quick website, along with a handful of runs to check out. Times are subject to change depending on the actual completed runtimes, as well as other scheduling circumstances:
| Time (All Times PT) | Game | Run | Runner(s) | Target Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 AM | Pre-Show | — | — | 30:00 |
| 10:00 AM | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | All Emeralds Glitched Sonic & Tails – Genesis | SuperSonic | 45:00 |
| 11:03 AM | Okami HD | NG+ Any% – PS3 | Saunders Tech | 1:10:00 |
| 12:21 PM | Banjo-Kazooie | Any% Console Choice – N64/Xbox One | TSR Stormed | 1:12:00 |
| 2:16 PM | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | Any% Restricted – PC | BloodThunder | 1:25:00 |
| 4:20 PM | Avowed | Any% – PC | MikeWave | 50:00 |
| 5:28 PM | Beat Saber | Expert+ Game Songs Showcase – PC | Kungfufruitcup | 40:00 |
| 6:36 PM | Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | All Bosses Glitchless – PC | Linkus7 | 1:10:00 |
| 8:29 PM | Quake 64 (Remaster) | Easy Run – PC | limy | 22:00 |
| 9:15 PM | Lenna’s Inception | Perfect Ending (Blind Seeded) – PC | SnowballSMB | 1:00:00 |
| 10:23 PM | Mega Man X4 | X 100% Race – PS | JohnnyGo, ultrauberness | 50:00 |
| 11:25 PM | Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth | Any% Normal – Wii | Starwin | 27:00 |
| 11:59 PM | Astro Boy: Omega Factor | Birth – GBA | Drakodan | 30:00 |
| 12:36 AM | Voidwrought | Any% (v1.0.7) – PC | allison8bit | 45:00 |
| 1:28 AM | Timespinner | New Game+ Glitchless – PC | wafflesoup | 21:00 |
| 1:56 AM | UN Squadron | 1CC – Arcade | MegaRetroMan | 25:00 |
| 2:28 AM | Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue | Any% – GC | Segastar | 37:00 |
| 3:12 AM | CODE Bunny | Axel% – PC | Star Anise | 15:00 |
| 3:38 AM | LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game | All Episodes – GBA | LaserTrap_ | 48:00 |
| 4:33 AM | Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV: Turtles in Time | Arcade Medium – PC | OGHappydude | 30:00 |
| 5:10 AM | Spyro 3.5: Return to the Forgotten Realms | Any% – PS | Wed | 32:00 |
2:16PM – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Source: Xbox
It’s been a little over six months since Indiana Jones came to Xbox and PC (a few weeks since he came to PS5) and now it’s time for his journey to find the Great Circle to come to the speedrunning stage. BloodThunder will look to finish this game in a little under 90 minutes in this run that will undoubtedly belong in a museum.
4:20PM – Avowed
Source: Xbox
Obsidian Entertainment’s best RPGs have found their way into GDQ events in various years. This will mark the official debut of Avowed, just under six months since it first released in February. Given the variety of classes and where conversation trees can go, it should be enlightening to see just how this game gets completed in under an hour.
5:28PM – Beat Saber
Source: Beat Games
The rhythm portions of GDQ don’t usually begin until later in the week, but Kungfufruitcup is treating everybody to Beat Saber for this first day of SGDQ. She’s been playing Beat Saber for many years and is ready to grace the audience with an Expert+ showcase. Get on the dance floor and let the rhythm flow through you.
Summer Games Done Quick 2025 will take place from now through Saturday, July 12. For more, check out the Games Done Quick website and be sure to come back all week to Shacknews for more on this week’s marathon.
Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can’t enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?
