What is One Special Day?
Games changing lives
In and around the beginning of October every year, our partners from the worldwide gaming industry unite to offer you some amazing games and help us power up the lives of gamers with physical disabilities!
Your support will help SpecialEffect bring magic moments to physically disabled gamers right across the world!
Support us on Friday 4 October as a partner, purchaser or enabler, and you’ll be helping our specialist teams to create bespoke control setups for hundreds of physically disabled gamers each year. You’ll also be enabling us to further our expertise to develop freely-available accessibility resources and solutions for players and developers across the globe.
Let's level the playing field!
Grab some fantastic titles in our One Special Day Sale on Steam and our Mobile Games Promotion this autumn, and you’ll be helping us level the gaming playing field for many hundreds of physically disabled people every year. You’ll also be enabling us to pass on what we learn to the games industry all over the world, making their products easier to use for as many people as possible.
Let's level the playing field!
Grab some fantastic gaming titles in our Mobile Games Promotion (2 Oct) and our Sale on Steam (10-17 October). You’ll be helping us level the gaming playing field for many hundreds of physically disabled people every year. You’ll also be enabling us to pass on what we learn to the games industry all over the world, making their products easier to use for as many people as possible.
One Special Day Sale on Steam: 10-17 Sept
Thank you for buying the fantastic featured games in our Autumn Sale between 10-17 September and helping us to change lives. Titles that have made a huge difference have included No Man’s Sky, theHunter: Call of the Wild, Phasmaphobia, Thank Goodness You’re Here, Peppa Pig: World Adventures and many more!
One Special Day Sale on Steam
Purchase any of the fantastic featured games this autumn and us level the playing field for gamers with physical disabilities. Previous titles have included Subnautica, Vampire Survivors, Gang Beasts, No Man’s Sky, Bluey: The Video Game and Kingdom Rush Vengeance.
Mobile Promotion
Snap up some mouthwatering mobile titles and content in our mobile promotion on Friday 2 October and help us bring some magic gaming moments to disabled gamers around the world! Previous titles have included Angry Birds, Subway Surfers, Hay Day and The Baby in Yellow.
Mobile Promotion
Snap up some mouthwatering mobile titles and content this autumn and help us bring some magic gaming moments to disabled gamers around the world!
Friday 25 Sept: it's One Special Walk!
Over 300 intrepid walkers took to the streets and paths of London on Friday 25 September to raise money for SpecialEffect. The 9 and 18-mile routes wound through the leafy heart of the West London Thames area and were certainly no walk in the park!
Making it One Special Event!
Thank you to everyone involved with the fabulous timetable of One Special Day activities and studio events that contribute many thousands of pounds in donations each year! These include auctions, game sales, quizzes, golf days, football matches and challenge events from companies including Rocksteady, NDreams, EA, Barclays and Skillsearch. Many creators will also be engaging with One Special Day through a ‘Showcase for OSD’ streaming event to support the Steam initiative.
More about One Special Day
Based around one very special day in October every year, companies from all sectors of the games industry come together to raise vital income for the gamer’s charity SpecialEffect and show the world how games can change lives for the better.
The initiative is called One Special Day, and this year it’s being celebrated on Friday 2 October. The support of our partners – and their communities – enables us to help thousands of physically disabled people every year with their gaming.
The most significant way in which partners contribute to One Special Day is by the donation of a day’s profits from one or more of their games. Support is also given through company pledges, revenue from sales of in-game items/DLC/merch, staff fundraising events and other campaign events.
More about One Special Day
Based around one very special day in October every year, companies from all sectors of the games industry come together to raise vital income for the gamer’s charity SpecialEffect and show the world how games can change lives for the better.
The initiative is called One Special Day, and this year it’s being celebrated on Friday 2 October. The support of our partners – and their communities – enables us to help the thousands of physically disabled people every year who ask for our assistance.
The most significant way in which partners contribute to One Special Day is by the donation of a day’s revenue from one or more of their games. Support is also given through company pledges, participation in our One Special Day Mobile and Steam sales, revenue from sales of in-game items/DLC/merch, or staff fundraising events.
Since its inception in 2016, One Special Day has raised over $2.5M of vital funding to help people with physical disabilities in the UK and all over the world play to the very best of their abilities.
How your support will change lives
We’re so grateful to you for buying games, and a huge thank you to our amazing games industry partners. We don’t charge for any of our help, so your support is vital in enabling us to help disabled gamers enjoy the magic of video games.
You’ll be helping our specialist teams to create bespoke control setups for hundreds of physically disabled gamers each year, and you’ll also be enabling us to further our expertise to develop freely-available accessibility resources and solutions for players and developers across the globe.
How your support will change lives
We’re so grateful to you for buying games, and a huge thank you to our amazing games industry partners. We don’t charge for any of our help, so your support is vital in enabling us to help disabled gamers enjoy the magic of video games.
You’ll be helping our specialist teams to create bespoke control setups for hundreds of physically disabled gamers each year, and you’ll also be enabling us to further our expertise to develop freely-available accessibility resources and solutions for players and developers across the globe.
"It's so liberating for me!"
Sam has motor neurone disease, and we’ve helped him to maintain his gaming as his condition has progressed. He’s now playing many of the titles he loves like Fallout and Civilisation just by using his eyes, thanks to eye-gaze software customised by our therapists.
“No matter what MND throws at me,” he said, “SpecialEffect come up with solutions to allow me to still play games, which has been fantastic.”
"It's so liberating for me!"
Sam has motor neurone disease, and we’ve helped him to maintain his gaming as his condition has progressed. He’s now playing many of the titles he loves like Fallout and Civilisation just by using his eyes, thanks to eye-gaze software customised by our therapists.
“No matter what MND throws at me,” he said, “SpecialEffect come up with solutions to allow me to still play games, which has been fantastic.”
"It’s too good to be true!"
Rodney has cerebral palsy that affects the left side of his body, but a customised controller setup and ongoing support from our team has enabled him to experience the joy of playing games with his family.
“We’ll now just get together and play games,” he said. “I just want to thank you guys, it’s great!”
"It’s too good to be true!"
Rodney has cerebral palsy that affects the left side of his body, but a customised controller setup and ongoing support from our team has enabled him to experience the joy of playing games with his family.
“We’ll now just get together and play games,” he said. “I just want to thank you guys, it’s great!”
"If SpecialEffect didn't exist, I wouldn't be able to play games"
We’ve been helping Kolo play games since 2020, spreading the controller load between her hands and feet to reduce her hand fatigue.
“The impact, not just on my ability to engage with my friends and be on a level playing field with other people, but also the impact on my mental health has been absolutely phenomenal,” she said.
"If SpecialEffect didn't exist, I wouldn't be able to play games"
We’ve been helping Kolo play games since 2020, spreading the controller load between her hands and feet to reduce her hand fatigue.
“The impact, not just on my ability to engage with my friends and be on a level playing field with other people, but also the impact on my mental health has been absolutely phenomenal,” she said.
