Most money raised by a videogame speedrunning event

The most money raised by a video game speedrunning event is $3,416,729 for Prevent Cancer Foundation (USA). Organisation Games Done Quick (USA) achieved the record figure during its flagship Awesome Games Done Quick event, which ran from 9 to 16 January 2022 online only due to the pandemic. The figure is also the most raised by a single Games Done Quick event, with 2020's in-person Awesome Games Done Quick event in second with $3,164,002 raised. AGDQ 2022 showcased a total of 149 speedruns and received 49,482 donations from 28,073 different people. The most high-profile stunt saw speedrunner Mitchriz (USA) complete the notoriouisly-difficult Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019, FromSoftware) while blindfolded in just over two hours.

The single speedrun that has brought in the most money at a Games Done Quick event is the 100% run of Chrono Trigger (Square, 1995) at SGDQ 2019. The finale of the event, running into the early hours of Sunday morning, brought in $885,456.87, raising the event total of $2.1 million at the start of the run to break the $3 million barrier for the first time in GDQ’s history.