Exciting news! We published the second trailer of SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed at the tinyBuild Connect 2025 showcase. It's about time we shared some details about the Tournament Mode—one of the key differences between the first game and the upcoming sequel. Check it out: 👇


A Short Breakdown of Tournaments:

• 64 players are split into pods of 4
  
• 4 play-off rounds, single elimination
  
• Rounds 1–2 (1/8 and quarterfinals): Top 2 players advance
  
• Rounds 3–4 (semifinals and finals): Only the 1st place advances
  
• The winner of the final match wins the tournament
  
• You can spectate tournaments (limited seats per pod)

Also, you can now sign up for a playtest that will happen right after the showcase, where you could be one of the very first people to check the game out. We've already held a few closed playtests, and now, our team is ready to show an in-progress version of SR2 to a broader audience.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/3183760/SpeedRunners_2_King_of_Speed/
But wait, there's more! If you want to glimpse a beloved returning character, you should definitely check out that trailer above.⭐

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Make sure to stay on the lookout for our next Steam announcement on the SR2 Steam community hub, where we will reveal the specific date and time for the playtest.

As always, stay fast and stay tuned,
The SpeedRunners Team

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3183760/Speedrunners_2_King_of_Speed


Our numbers show that a very impressive 10 million players have played SpeedRunners over the last 13 years—big thanks to all of you! SpeedRunners was the very first game that we at tinyBuild published, and it was the one that put us on the map. Its unique blend of competitive gameplay and precise 2D platforming has proven to be truly timeless. So, right now, we are already sinking countless hours into an early version of SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed, and we cannot wait to let you all play it. We want to do justice to the original game by introducing SpeedRunners to the new generation of players and delivering the ultimate competitive indie 2D platformer. Hope you are excited as we are!

For the sequel, we brought Fair Play Labs, the developers of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 1 & 2, on board to level up the gameplay, art, and net code. Here's what to expect:

• 🏃 Classic gameplay taken to the next level and wrapped in the vibrant new art style!
  
• 🏃 Online or local runs—now for up to 8 players!
  
• 🏃 Built-in tournaments, matchmaking, leagues, and all QoL features you want to see in a modern competitive game!
  
• 🏃 Brand new content. Stay tuned for the news!
  
• 🏃 Steam Early Access release in 2025 (be sure to wishlist the game now), console releases in 2026.
  
• 🏃 More friendships ruined with the golden hook. 💔

For more information on the game, consult the FAQ.

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As you might've noticed, SpeedRunners 1 just got updated. A notification about the SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed's reveal has been added to the main menu—so that you don't forget to add the game to your wishlists!

What's crazy about the whole thing is that you can win a copy of SpeedRunners 2 before it even releases! Just join an SR 1 tournament suggestively called "Win it Before You Can Buy it," try yourself there, and if you win, get a Steam Early Access key for the sequel once it comes out!

👉 Sign Up for the Tournament Here 👈


Anticipating that you may want to know more about the upcoming part two, we scheduled a live Dev Q&A session for April 14th. At 17 CET / 11 am EDT / 8 am PDT, DoubleDutch Games and tinyBuild, the creators and publishers of the original game, respectively, will join Fair Play Labs, the devs of the next installment, to answer any questions our community may have.

Set notification for the live stream here:

🔴Dev Q&A Live Stream (YouTube)🔴

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To celebrate this announcement, SpeedRunners 1 is 80% off from 19 CET April 10th until April 21st:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/207140/SpeedRunners/

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And last but not least, consider following us on social media:

First off, Excellent job by all the players in the King of Speed 2025. Let's give them all a digital round of applause!

*waits for applause*

Okay. Now that that's over. Here's the results!

1st place and THREE TIME... THREE TIME... THREE TIME... KING OF SPEED CHAMPION...
Nicolas aka Rather

2nd Place and gave Nic a helluva fight!
Redz

3rd Place and the most courageous performance in this tournament to date!
Serk

4th place after not touching the game in god knows how long?
Ahmad

5th Place
David

6th Place
Debla

7th Place
Nelson W. (Nones)

8th Place
Ratro

Again, excellent work by everyone in this tournament.

We are holding a special tournament for the new players in the community called the SR Elevation OVERTIME challenge.

Players with no more than 100 hours and in the Entry or Beginner Leagues in game may join this tournament.

This event will require you to submit proof of this and no smurfs or aliasing will be allowed. We will be issuing a 1 year ban from events if you break this rule.

A sign up page will be made available in the coming weeks in the SR and FFC discords.

SPRINGrunners is here officially on April 1st (and that's no joke) with the another ELO SEASON! This also means NEW SHINY BADGES as well. :P

This season will last from April 1st until the end of June. The Top 24 players on the ELO leaderboard will be invited to the Lord of the Runs tournament happening in August. The other 8 spots will be filled with people who play in the upcoming tournaments.
This means you gotta get out there and play ranked together folks! Remember, everyone starts at the same ELO rating.
You decide your own fate.


Speaking of upcoming tournaments...
On April 26th, 2025, We will be hosting the biggest SR tournament of all time with a prize like no other.

I cannot tell you the prize or the format of this tournament yet but you SHOULD tune in to our twitch on April 10th at 9:30 am PDT (12:30 PDT) for a special stream featuring SR related thingys.

We will be talking about The King of Speed, The tournament listed above, the Overtime tournament, and ONE LAST TOURNAMENT (you've asked for) before Lord of the Runs 2025 happening officially in August.

You guys voted GENETICS back into the game beginning on April 1st! (Happy April Fools Day!). We also felt that both Dash the Night and Disco Lounge also got a lot of people to show support for them so we'll also be adding them back in on May 1st and June 1st respectively!

We will be hosting a map remix contest beginning in May and more details will be announces and a vote held between now and then. Keep your eyes peeled for that!

I'd like to thank the community for supporting our efforts to keep this game alive and your hard work and support is about to be rewarded. Please tune in for the special stream if you can. It's gonna be worth your time. <3

As always, I'm your VOLUNTEER Community Manager.
Good Night and Good Luck.
-TheSilentChaos

🏆 The battle for the King of Speed title is back and bigger than ever! Tune in this Saturday & Sunday at Noon PDT to witness the fastest players in the world compete for ultimate glory.

🔥 16 elite competitors have qualified – but only one can claim the crown. Who will rise to the challenge and become the new King of Speed?

🚀 These top-tier players have fought their way into one of the biggest tournaments of the year:

1. Serk
   
2. Hartoe
   
3. Derp
   
4. Debla
   
5. Ratro
   
6. Bukketz
   
7. Horstachio
   
8. DaddyLongLegs
   
9. Redz
   
10. Lacks
    
11. Alfie
    
12. Zedrasil
    
13. Ahmad
    
14. David
    
15. Soltrin
    
16. Iskeletu

🏅 The Competition is Fierce:

• Horstachio – 3x King of Speed Champion
  
• Ratro – Former KoS Winner
  
• Redz – Current Lord of the Runs Champion
  
• Multiple Top 8 finishers from last year’s KoS & LotR

💥 Expect thrilling rivalries, intense matchups, and legendary moments as these players push their skills to the limit!

📺 Where to Watch:
Tune in to the official tournament stream starting at 11:30 AM PDT on March 23rd & 24th for a short pre-show breakdown,

👉 Watch live on Twitch!


🏆 We're at $250—let's hit $500+! Your support helps reward these competitors for their hard work and dedication.

💰 Donate $5+ to contribute to the prize pool and receive a shiny in-game badge!

👉 Click here to chip in!



⚡ Don't miss the biggest SpeedRunners showdown of the year! Mark your calendars, spread the word, and we’ll see you this weekend!

👉 Click here to watch King of Speed 2025!

We are only barely a week or so away from the Last Chance Qualifier for The King of Speed 2025.

Make sure to sign up and join us next Saturday!

CLICK ME to sign up for the SR Monthly: The King of Speed 2025 LCQ!

You might not be able to "win" your way in to The King of Speed at this point but what if I told you that Salem the Witch would like to know who is the most LOVED in the SR community!

To show your love, please mention THREE DIFFERENT NAMES in the steam community thread below.

The three most mentioned names at the end of the SR Monthly happening next Saturday will make it into The King of Speed as the 11th, 12, and 13th seed respectively based on amount of LOVE received.

Salem's Valentine's Day Contest <3

Last but not least, Announcing "The King of Speed 2025: Digital Supporter Badge"

Yup, We did it for Lord of the Runs last year and it's BACK again for KoS.

You can pay $5 or more to help support the prize pool of the upcoming King of Speed 2025.

If you're interested in getting a new shiny silver badge on your in-game profile, then click the link below and support the prize pool, will ya?

(Note: this page will remain open from today until the FINAL day of The King of Speed 2025 on March 23th.)

Purchase YOUR Digital Supporter Badge HERE

We are hosting a special event for all of the SR community called "Time Trial Turmoil"

There will be TWO groups of players:
Players with more than 1000 hours and players with less than 1000 hours of playtime.

1000 hours is the cutoff point for SR Elevation, our program for players who are newer or not as experienced to the game.

ALL participants will be asked to submit times in all 17 official and 16 Curated Workshop maps from the beginning Friday, January 31, 2025 12:00 AM until Saturday, March 1, 2025 12:00 AM Pacific Standard Time.

In order to participate you will be REQUIRED to join the SR discord and look in the channel labelled "Time Trial Turmoil". There will be instructions and more details there.

JOIN THE Speedrunners OFFICIAL DISCORD HERE!

However... The TOP TEN players with the fastest average time with under 1000 hours of playtime will fight in a ladder style tournament with the victor earning entry into THE KING OF SPEED 2025 as seed 16. The TOP FIVE players with over 1000 hours will also fight in a ladder style tournament to earn the 15th seed.

In other news...

Watch out for Valentine's Day. 🙂 There might be something special happening then.

Let me know what you think and any feedback please.

TheSilentChaos, YOUR VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY MANAGER

There was a vote held to curate the current workshop that hasn't seen curation in a long time.

This vote was announced in this news post here and we have been speaking about curating said workshop for months.

Well.... The Curated Workshop Vote is DONE!

You may see the result HERE.

However, Here's a TL;DR for those who hate spreadsheets.

In order of most popular to least popular map, the following maps are going to be enabled for the first test season of the NEW "Curated Workshop" including Aztec and Titan from the Workshop contest:

• Oasis - Abyss
  
• Pitfall
  
• Texas Run' Em
  
• Snowed In
  
• Plantation
  
• City Run R2
  
• Dance Hall
  
• Club V
  
• Oceanslide
  
• Citadel
  
• Minery
  
• New Age City
  
• SpeedCity Nights
  
• Shore Enuff

The Test Season will last from the 15th of January until the end of March. We will be asking for feedback at the end of this period and be using it to adjust things accordingly.

The following maps have been REMOVED from the curated workshop playlist due to community feedback and voting:

• Granary
  
• Void
  
• Club House
  
• Sound Shiver
  
• Surfing in the Oasis
  
• Coastline
  
• Terminal
  
• Gift Store
  
• Lunar Colony

The following maps are going to be given a second chance at the curated workshop in a LIVE vote happening during the GRAND FINALS of The King of Speed 2025. The winning map will be added in the post KoS patch when we begin the Spring ELO season.

• Dash the Night
  
• Genetics
  
• Disco Lounge
  
• Oasis
  
• Dragon City
  
• WILD Rapids
  
• Nuclear XP
  
• Meteor City
  
• Skull Island Scram
  
• Promenade

The creators of these maps will be given time to edit and adjust them and we will show them all off throughout the second day of the tournament.

The Spring ELO season begins April 1st and will last until August. We will discuss more about the "other" events and everything for the upcoming future very soon.

Make sure to sign up for this month's SR Monthly as it's the NEXT TO LAST chance for you to earn your way into the King of Speed 2025.

Sign up for the January edition of the Speedrunner Monthly

Please feel free to post your HATE or LOVE to me below.

Your Volunteer Community Manager, TheSilentChaos

Congratulations to Bensen and Derpp for getting their maps into the game's curated workshop playlist.

We are holding a voting and feedback period from today until the end of Saturday (Pacific Time). We will next week announce the 17 maps (15 from the feedback/curation + the three winners) which will make it into the new TEST season of the curated workshop. This lasts from the 15th of January until the end of March.

Leave feedback on this steam discussion please: https://steamcommunity.com/app/207140/discussions/2/595137443379819125


Also, you can join the discord and leave more direct feedback as well.
(Join the discord at http://frostyfightclub.com/)

Moving forward, expect that the curated workshop list will have maps swapped in and out after major SR tournaments (The King of Speed/The Lord of the Runs) and between seasons (ELO and Post).

Reminder, The King of Speed begins on March 22nd and 23rd and we will have another awesome badge for you to get through supporting the prize pool of this event.
Also... There are only a handful of ways to "win" yourself a spot into the Top 10 (get top 2 in a SR monthly) before the community will be nominating and voting 5 players into The King of Speed 2025.

hint hint There is one last way to get in through the SR Elevation Program.
Post your questions and comments below.

"Get Hype and Stay Frosty!"
TheSilentChaos, Your Volunteer Community Manager

Hello and Happy Holidays EVERYONE!I hope your holiday season is going well. We have some announcements for you so let's get started!

The Player Feedback and Voting for the Frosty Mapmakers Contest 2024 begins on Christmas Eve!
All you have to do is go to your favorite map(s) out of the bunch and comment "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!"
The maps with the most holiday cheer will win the popular vote and get the lion's share of the points of the points.
We will count comments from 12 am on Christmas EVE in the Pacific Time Zone until until the end of the year.
The SR Advisory Council will judge on the remaining factors for a total possible score of 300 points. They are Map Design/Theme and Overall Judges Opinion.
You will get to see which maps will potentially make it into the new updated curated workshop map list for the upcoming season changes.

Here are all Frosty Mapmapers Contest 2024 submissions:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3376253574

Next Announcement...

THE KING OF SPEED 2025 will be held this year on Saturday, March 22nd and Sunday, March 23rd.
Day ONE will be from Top 16 until the Top 4. Day TWO will be from Top 4 until completion.
We will have another opportunity for you to help crowdfund the prize pool and earn a special in game badge that you can only get by helping encourage the players to fight their hardest through a $5 or more donation to the overall prize pool.
So... get hype and be ready for us to crown a new King of Speed... or will we?

Last but not least is something that we wish to address...
We have worked tirelessly to make a inviting and friendly environment for players to learn and grow this fantastic game. This includes people submitting and creating maps as well.
Speedrunners as a whole is a small community and we should take care to encourage and lift others up. Unfortunately this hasn't always been the case recently.
So in this time of the year it is a good moment to remind everybody to be kind to each other, and have a good time playing this and other great games!

Well folks.. That it for now. Please leave feedback and holiday wishes in the comments below, and don't foreget to vote for your favorite maps! Love y'all.

TheSilentChaos, Your Volunteer Community Manager

Hello Everyone. We'd like to thank the 13 mapmakers who submitted a total of 14 maps!

Here is a youtube playlist with a short walkthrough of each map in the order they we're submitted:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbwsKUw8n1vmWty3reADA3MT5yDto6S-9&si=7p7lsOdb5MlQemwU


Here is the list of maps/makers and what maps these creations are based on:

Diamond Club by Kirac (based on Nightclub)
Jungle Juice by Dizzy (based on Zoo)
Promenade by Asarnil (based on Resort)
wuup's and down's by Luwin (based on Zoo)
Nuclear XP by Redz (based on Laboratory)
WILD Rapids by Redz (based on Zoo)
Labrats by Jansen (based on Laboratory)
Quarry by BenTrd (based on Mansion)
ROAD 6 by Andrey (based on Powerplant)
Salt Mines by DistinctMadness (based on Mansion)
Titan by Derp (based on Resort)
Aztec by Bensen (based on Jungle)
Meteor City by God of Plagues (based on Silo)
Skull Island Scram by SeanBonJobiii (based on Zoo)

Here is the official steam workshop collection for the contest as well:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3376253574

Please take the time to try each map and leave feedback for them to improve on!

Also, don't forget to join the SR Elevation program which kicks off with Time Trial Turmoil this Tuesday!
You can do this by joining the Frosty Fight Club discord at http://dsc.gg/frostyfightclub and checking out the channel labelled #sr-elevation.

Thanks again for being awesome and let's have a great holiday season together. ❤️

- TheSilentChaos, Volunteer Community Manager and Organizer