Friendly Fire is a charity event by German YouTubers and streamers on the live streaming service Twitch. It takes place once a year since 2015 on the first Saturday in December. There was one special on April 12, 2020, collecting money for victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent stream was on December 6, 2025. Each stream is around 12h long and consists of a series of games and challenges. Friendly Fire collected a total of 14.26 Million € (16.06 Million US$) in donation money from viewers and sponsors. The money gets split equally between each years charities. Since Friendly Fire 7, donations have also been collected annually for the Friendly Fire Emergency Relief Fund. The fund is used to make spontaneous donations, for example, in response to natural disasters and other emergencies.
Friendly Fire 12 will be on December 5, 2026, at 3pm CET.Producer Mikkel Robrahn at the end of Friendly Fire 6
The event won several awards, including the German computer games award in 2018.
Donations EventYearTotal DonationsDonations by ViewersFriendly Fire2015170,000€170,000€Friendly Fire 22016300,000€200,000€Friendly Fire 32017640,000€470,000€Friendly Fire 42018888,000€620,000€Friendly Fire 520191,190,000€730,000€Friendly Distancing2020 (April)>162,000€According to friendly fire cast member Gronkh in his livestream from April 14, 2020>147,000€Friendly Fire 62020 (December)1,654,548€1,052,548€Friendly Fire 720211,984,400€>1,281,000€Friendly Fire 820221,783,208€>1,000,000€Friendly Fire 920231,428,733€>1,038,000€Friendly Fire 102024>2,000,000€>1,221,000€
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