SpeedRunners — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| A Release Window for SpeedRunners 2 Has Been Announced | 2026-04-24 | SpeedRunners 2 Is Coming in JULY 2026! It will be a simultaneous launch on PC & consoles (including Xbox Game Pass), featuring crossplay. Wishlist the game and try the demo (if you haven't already): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3183760/SpeedRunners_2_King_of_Speed Additionally, have a look at the new trailer: Join our Discord Community to participate in closed playtests: X TikTok Instagram Reddit YouTube |
| It has been 10 years! | 2026-04-19 | It has now been exactly 10 years since SpeedRunners officially released on Steam. To celebrate, the KOSTV team has some announcements that we would like to make! King of Speed TV Streams Coming to YouTube! Starting with the monthly coming on the 25th, we intend to start multistreaming so that tournaments can be watched live on YouTube in addition to Twitch. This means that VODs will now be much more up to date, although featured matches from the tournaments will still be delayed. The Curated Map Survey Is Underway! As it has been 6 months since the last one, we are once again running a survey to determine which maps should be present in the c |
| The Holidays are Here!! Time for some presents! | 2025-12-21 | Happy Holidays Everyone! We have some quick final end of year things we wish to share with you all. The following Maps are being added to the curated workshop playlist: Club House, Coastline, Dragon City, Granary, and Surfing in the Oasis, Oasis, and Void. Aztec and Titan are being removed. As per the will of the Lord of the Runs (ahmad), he has decreed that SpeedCityNights will remain in this map pool. We are done for 2025! We will see you at the first KOSTV Seasonal event in 2026! Make sure to join the SR community discord and watch out for announcements to know when this will happen. We have some exciting plans for you for 2026. But they w |
| The KOSTV Community Survey Results and CHANGES! | 2025-12-18 | Over 90 people filled out the survey! Thank you so much. This post is a high-level summary of the results and the changes we’re making based on your feedback. If you have questions or want to discuss the data in more detail, please use this steam discussion thread. What we learned https://i.imgur.com/6pkRcVw.png There are two clear experience segments in the player pool: under 1,000 hours and over 1,000 hours. There is also a notable concentration under 300 hours, with a smaller split around 400 hours. https://i.imgur.com/7Di3XNO.png The largest group of respondents are in Entry League, followed by Gold League, then Bronze. https://i.imgur.co |
| Community Survey Results (so far...) | 2025-12-12 | Don't forget to fill out the survey! It will close on Wednesday, December 17th. Remember, only 25 of you have filled this out. We NEED MORE INPUT! Here is some of the info we've collected so far! >>CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY! |
| A NEW Lord of Running, mapmaker contest results, and MORE! | 2025-12-03 | On Saturday, November 29th, 16 players fought hard and coming out on top in a First to 10 was Ahmad against Debla 10-7. This was an amazing event and we cannot wait to do this again on May 30th for The King of Speed 2026. (If you want to earn your way into that, please play in the weekly tournaments, the time trials, and the Monthly every final Saturday of the month.) The winner of the Lord of the Runs 2025 will be splitting the prize pool which is over $700 right now. We will be closing the shop on the digital supporter badge in 24 hours. So, last chance to get this year's badge ever again! BUY YOURS NOW OR HAVE NO SHINIES! Mapmaker Contest |
| Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays! | 2025-11-25 | On Saturday, November 29th at 10 am Pacific/6 pm London Time... The Lord of the Runs: Stuffed Edition will take place. 16 players from all across the world will fight over the Golden Egg and what's inside of it. One player will become THE LORD OF THE RUNS and earn the power contained inside of this GOLDEN EGG! The 16 people who will be contending for this are: Daddylonglegs, Debla, Myddo, Blackmodo, Harto, ahmad, derp, rwhyman, daniel, Sensei, Lacks, Tali, Tygamer, Echo, archzera, and Asarnil, YOU can support the prize pool by dropping some "GIL" on this GIL themed Digital Supporter Badge via Matcherino. Everyone who contributes will be shown |
| The Lord of the Runs: Stuffed Edition, Rate the Maps, and SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS! | 2025-11-17 | On Saturday, November 29th at 10 am Pacific/6 pm London Time... The Lord of the Runs: Stuffed Edition will take place.16 players will fight over the Golden Egg and what's inside of it. One player will become THE LORD OF THE RUNS and earn the power contained inside of this GOLDEN EGG! Watch LIVE on Twitch! YOU can support the prize pool by dropping some "GIL" on this GIL themed Digital Supporter Badge via Matcherino. Everyone who contributes will be shown off with a supporter scroller on screen during the event! Time to give some FEEDBACK and RATE THE MAPS! (Part 1) We need you at this point to please go to the following steam discussion and r |
| The Turkey, The Runs, and Getting Stuffed! | 2025-11-12 | We have SEVEN maps that we're accepted to this year's contest. Here is a video showing them off and the links to each one! Here is a Steam Workshop Playlist showing all of them. Please take the time to try them and leave feedback for the makers on their individual pages. Starting Monday, 09/29/25, a new solo time trial every week using Velo (official + curated maps). Don’t have Velo? Join our community server for help. This week's map: SILO! Top runs will be showcased on our youtube channel weekly! We are also working on changing the time and the date of the Weekly Twitch Stream and the community has chosen Fridays for the day but right now w |
| The Autumn Mapmakers Contest and KOS TV Week ONE updates! | 2025-10-06 | Submit your original map (edited within the last 30 days) by Halloween: Submission Link. Maps will be sanity-checked, then featured in a showcase stream/video. Judges will score on theme (25), popularity (25), and quality (50). Promotion begins Nov 1. Final public vote happens during The Lord of the Runs: Stuffed Edition (Sat after Thanksgiving). Winners announced Dec 6, with the chosen map(s) added by Christmas at Cosmo’s Christmas Monthly on Dec 27. Starting Monday, 09/29/25, a new solo time trial every week using Velo (official + curated maps). Don’t have Velo? Join our community server for help. Week 2 map: PLANTATION! Top runs will be sh |
| The leaves are falling and the runners are speeding! | 2025-09-28 | Congrats to Team Speed on winning our first (Un)Civil War Crew Battle! Team Speed: Debla (captain), nizkit, Incursio, rwhyman, Ecluvost, goji, AFRO, Zeadrasil, packofchips, YO! Filet. Team Running fought hard, but after losing their captain Lacks, couldn’t recover. Huge thanks to Myddo, Blackomodo (killer match vs. Nizkit!), Dizzy, Xenos, Some Chump, Metzg4r, Asarnil, Arthyy_, and CrashTReborn. Special thanks to Milk and sapajouit for subbing in when needed. Everyone was amazing, so all players will receive their team badges in an upcoming update. This first event showed just how strong and supportive the SR community really is. Now for the a |
| The King of Speed TV | 2025-09-20 | Check the news page for the latest events! We will be offering the following services to the community: - Weekly and monthly tournaments (with prize pools and shiny in-game badges) - Weekly Casual community streams for players to come together and play LIVE on Twitch or YouTube! - Weekly time trial events to help you master a brand-new map every week - Feedback and replay reviews — helping you level up your play! - Organized play sessions for newcomers — guiding fresh racers to hit the ground running! - An ELO ranking system in collaboration with Velocity Statistics! and support for community-led events — with toolkits, volunteers, and so muc |
| SpeedRunners 2 News: Open Playtest Launches! | 2025-09-19 | The Open Playtest Is Here! If you've previously signed up for participation, check your inbox for an email with instructions. If you haven't signed up, do so right now on the sequel's Steam page! Please keep in mind that we will be inviting players in waves (meaning not everyone at once), so if you weren't in the first wave, please be patient: your email should arrive shortly. TRAILER EMBED SpeedRunners 2 is a perfect game to play with your friends. When you receive that invitation by email, you'll be able to invite up to three buddies to run with you, so make sure to do that! Now, it's a time for a very important disclaimer: This is the firs |
| Sign up for SpeedRunners 2 Public Playtest! | 2025-05-27 | Hey there, SpeedRunners! 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 n |
| Revealing SpeedRunners 2! | SpeedRunners 1 Updated, Huge Tournament Announced | 2025-04-10 | Hey, speedrunners! Publisher here with some big news. We have just revealed 🏃SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed🏃! Wishlist the game now: 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: Kin |
| SPRINGrunners, Overtime, and "The Future of SPEEDrunners" | 2025-03-25 | 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. First major announcement!We are holding |
| The King of Speed 2025! | 2025-03-17 | 🏆 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? Meet the Contenders 🚀 These top-tier players have fought their way into one of the biggest tournaments of the year: Serk Hartoe Derp Debla Ratro Bukketz Horstachio DaddyLongLegs Redz Lacks Alfie Zedrasil Ahmad David Soltrin Iskeletu 🏅 The Competition is Fierce: Horstachio – 3x King of Speed Champion Ratro – Former KoS W |
| Love and Speed is in the AIR! | 2025-02-14 | 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 respective |
| Running Outta Time!! | 2025-01-30 | 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 Tr |
| Curated Workshop List and MORE! | 2025-01-14 | 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 |