Valve announced a contest with a $25,000 prize pool

Valve has launched their traditional Dota 2 short video contest - with a total prize pool of $25,000. The best entries will once again be shown to viewers around the world during The International 2025 broadcast.

Сredits: Valve Corporation

Fans are invited to create a video of no more than 90 seconds and publish it in the Dota 2 Workshop by 1:00 (Moscow time) on August 18, 2025. Based on the results of voting and discussions in the workshop, the developers will select ten finalists, whose videos will be included in a special vote inside the game client. The winners will be announced during TI.

The prize pool will be distributed as follows:

• 1st place - $25,000

• 2nd place - $10,000

• 3rd place - $5,000

• The remaining 7 finalists - $500 each.

As a reminder, last year the top 3 were:

• At Any Cost by dmurio

• Support by Nightfury Treann

• The Sphere Master by Mikhail Pakhomov

Valve encourages all fans to participate, vote, and discuss their work in the workshop, which will help determine the most creative and memorable videos of 2025.