diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Continuation/Object.xml b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Continuation/Object.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a868ccdf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Continuation/Object.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<objects>
+	<script file="gui/OpenRequest/Continuation/Script.js"/>
+</objects>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Continuation/Page.xml b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Continuation/Page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58c5fed05c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Continuation/Page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<page>
+	<include>OpenRequest/Continuation/Object.xml</include>
+</page>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Continuation/Script.js b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Continuation/Script.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d53fc37a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Continuation/Script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+async function init(arg)
+{
+	return arg + " Continuation";
+}
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Entry/Object.xml b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Entry/Object.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..728205de9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Entry/Object.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<objects>
+	<script file="gui/OpenRequest/Entry/Script.js"/>
+</objects>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Entry/Page.xml b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Entry/Page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08441f3ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Entry/Page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<page>
+	<include>OpenRequest/Entry/Object.xml</include>
+</page>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Entry/Script.js b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Entry/Script.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6eaaaa4910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Entry/Script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+async function init()
+{
+	return { [Engine.openRequest]: {
+		"page": "OpenRequest/Continuation/Page.xml",
+		"argument": "Entry"
+	} };
+}
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Root/Object.xml b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Root/Object.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7679a2ff47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Root/Object.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<objects>
+	<script file="gui/OpenRequest/Root/Script.js"/>
+</objects>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Root/Page.xml b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Root/Page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1bbb869db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Root/Page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<page>
+	<include>OpenRequest/Root/Object.xml</include>
+</page>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Root/Script.js b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Root/Script.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2264e4e1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/_test.gui/gui/OpenRequest/Root/Script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+async function init()
+{
+	const result = await Engine.OpenChildPage("OpenRequest/Entry/Page.xml");
+
+	await new Promise(closePageCallback =>
+	{
+		globalThis.closePageCallback = () =>
+		{
+			closePageCallback();
+			return result;
+		};
+	});
+}
diff --git a/source/gui/GUIManager.cpp b/source/gui/GUIManager.cpp
index 73e6d948f1..965c2b5b9b 100644
--- a/source/gui/GUIManager.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/GUIManager.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ namespace
 const CStr EVENT_NAME_GAME_LOAD_PROGRESS = "GameLoadProgress";
 const CStr EVENT_NAME_WINDOW_RESIZED = "WindowResized";
 constexpr const char* START_ATLAS{"startAtlas"};
+constexpr const char* OPEN_REQUEST{"openRequest"};
 
 } // anonymous namespace
 
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ JS::Value CGUIManager::OpenChildPage(const CStrW& pageName, Script::StructuredCl
 			CGUI& currentPage = *m_PageStack.back().gui;
 			// Make sure we unfocus anything on the current page.
 			currentPage.SendFocusMessage(GUIM_LOST_FOCUS);
-			return m_PageStack.back().ReplacePromise(*currentPage.GetScriptInterface());
+			return m_PageStack.back().GetPromise();
 		}()};
 
 	// Emplace the page prior to loading its contents, because that may open
@@ -185,11 +186,12 @@ void CGUIManager::SGUIPage::LoadPage(ScriptContext& scriptContext)
 	gui.reset(new CGUI(scriptContext));
 	const ScriptRequest rq{gui->GetScriptInterface()};
 
+	for (const char* name : {START_ATLAS, OPEN_REQUEST})
 	{
-		JS::RootedString jsName{rq.cx, JS_NewStringCopyZ(rq.cx, START_ATLAS)};
+		JS::RootedString jsName{rq.cx, JS_NewStringCopyZ(rq.cx, name)};
 		JS::RootedValue symbol{rq.cx, JS::SymbolValue(JS::NewSymbol(rq.cx, jsName))};
 		JS::RootedValue nativeScope{rq.cx, JS::ObjectValue(*rq.nativeScope)};
-		Script::SetProperty(rq, nativeScope, START_ATLAS, symbol, true);
+		Script::SetProperty(rq, nativeScope, name, symbol, true);
 	}
 	gui->AddObjectTypes();
 
@@ -267,16 +269,19 @@ void CGUIManager::SGUIPage::LoadPage(ScriptContext& scriptContext)
 	*localPromise = returnObject ? returnObject : JS::NewPromiseObject(rq.cx, nullptr);
 }
 
-JS::Value CGUIManager::SGUIPage::ReplacePromise(ScriptInterface& scriptInterface)
+JS::Value CGUIManager::SGUIPage::GetPromise()
 {
-	const ScriptRequest rq{scriptInterface};
-	receivingPromise = std::make_shared<JS::PersistentRootedObject>(rq.cx,
+	const ScriptRequest rq{gui->GetScriptInterface()};
+	if (receivingPromise == nullptr)
+	{
+		receivingPromise = std::make_shared<JS::PersistentRootedObject>(rq.cx,
 			JS::NewPromiseObject(rq.cx, nullptr));
+	}
 
 	return JS::ObjectValue(**receivingPromise);
 }
 
-std::optional<CGUIManager::SGUIPage::CloseResult> CGUIManager::SGUIPage::MaybeClose(const bool topmostPage)
+std::optional<CGUIManager::SGUIPage::CloseResult> CGUIManager::SGUIPage::MaybeClose(const bool isRootPage)
 {
 	if (JS::GetPromiseState(*sendingPromise) == JS::PromiseState::Pending)
 		return std::nullopt;
@@ -287,9 +292,29 @@ std::optional<CGUIManager::SGUIPage::CloseResult> CGUIManager::SGUIPage::MaybeCl
 	const ScriptRequest rq{gui->GetScriptInterface()};
 	JS::RootedValue arg{rq.cx, JS::GetPromiseResult(*sendingPromise)};
 	const bool rejected{JS::GetPromiseState(*sendingPromise) == JS::PromiseState::Rejected};
-	if (topmostPage)
+
+	JS::RootedValue nativeScope{rq.cx, JS::ObjectValue(*rq.nativeScope)};
+	if (arg.isObject())
+	{
+		JS::RootedObject argObject{rq.cx, &arg.toObject()};
+		JS::RootedValue symbol{rq.cx};
+		Script::GetProperty(rq, nativeScope, OPEN_REQUEST, &symbol);
+		JS::RootedId key{rq.cx, JS::PropertyKey::Symbol(symbol.toSymbol())};
+		JS::RootedValue openRequest{rq.cx};
+		if (JS_GetPropertyById(rq.cx, argObject, key, &openRequest) &&
+			Script::HasProperty(rq, openRequest, "page"))
+		{
+			std::wstring page;
+			Script::GetProperty(rq, openRequest, "page", page);
+			JS::RootedValue openArg{rq.cx};
+			Script::GetProperty(rq, openRequest, "argument", &openArg);
+			return CGUIManager::SGUIPage::OpenRequest{page,
+				Script::WriteStructuredClone(rq, openArg)};
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (isRootPage)
 	{
-		JS::RootedValue nativeScope{rq.cx, JS::ObjectValue(*rq.nativeScope)};
 		JS::RootedValue symbol{rq.cx};
 		Script::GetProperty(rq, nativeScope, START_ATLAS, &symbol);
 		bool equals;
@@ -297,12 +322,12 @@ std::optional<CGUIManager::SGUIPage::CloseResult> CGUIManager::SGUIPage::MaybeCl
 			throw std::runtime_error{"Error while comparing return value to a symbol."};
 
 		if (equals)
-			return CGUIManager::SGUIPage::CloseResult{nullptr, rejected};
+			return CGUIManager::SGUIPage::Close{nullptr, rejected};
 	}
-	return CGUIManager::SGUIPage::CloseResult{Script::WriteStructuredClone(rq, arg), rejected};
+	return CGUIManager::SGUIPage::Close{Script::WriteStructuredClone(rq, arg), rejected};
 }
 
-void CGUIManager::SGUIPage::Refocus(const CloseResult& result)
+void CGUIManager::SGUIPage::Refocus(const Close& result)
 {
 	ENSURE(receivingPromise);
 
@@ -432,10 +457,15 @@ std::optional<bool> CGUIManager::TickObjects()
 			break;
 		ENSURE(m_PageStack.size() == stackSize);
 		m_PageStack.pop_back();
-		if (m_PageStack.empty())
-			return !result.value().arg;
+		if (const SGUIPage::OpenRequest* request{std::get_if<SGUIPage::OpenRequest>(&result.value())})
+			OpenChildPage(request->path, request->arg);
+		else if (const SGUIPage::Close& ret{std::get<SGUIPage::Close>(result.value())};
+			m_PageStack.empty())
+		{
+			return !ret.arg;
+		}
 		else
-			m_PageStack.back().Refocus(result.value());
+			m_PageStack.back().Refocus(ret);
 
 		m_ScriptContext.RunJobs();
 	}
diff --git a/source/gui/GUIManager.h b/source/gui/GUIManager.h
index d96af3738d..5e093529e3 100644
--- a/source/gui/GUIManager.h
+++ b/source/gui/GUIManager.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_set>
+#include <variant>
 
 class CCanvas2D;
 class CGUI;
@@ -155,29 +156,36 @@ private:
 		void LoadPage(ScriptContext& context);
 
 		/**
-		 * A new promise gets set. A reference to that promise is returned. The promise will settle when
-		 * the page is closed.
+		 * A reference to the promise is returned. The promise will settle when the page is closed.
 		 */
-		JS::Value ReplacePromise(ScriptInterface& scriptInterface);
+		JS::Value GetPromise();
 
-		struct CloseResult
+		struct Close
 		{
 			Script::StructuredClone arg;
 			bool rejected;
 		};
+
+		struct OpenRequest
+		{
+			std::wstring path;
+			Script::StructuredClone arg;
+		};
+
+		using CloseResult = std::variant<Close, OpenRequest>;
 		/**
 		 * If the page should be closed this function closes the page and
 		 * returns the result of the @c init function.
 		 * If this page wasn't closed an empty optional is returned.
 		 */
-		std::optional<CloseResult> MaybeClose(const bool topmostPage);
+		std::optional<CloseResult> MaybeClose(const bool isRootPage);
 
 		/**
 		 * This function should be called when a child page got closed. The
 		 * result of the closed page should be the argument of this
 		 * function. This function resolves the @c receivingPromise.
 		 */
-		void Refocus(const CloseResult& result);
+		void Refocus(const Close& result);
 
 		std::wstring m_Name;
 		std::unordered_set<VfsPath> inputs; // for hotloading
diff --git a/source/gui/tests/test_GuiManager.h b/source/gui/tests/test_GuiManager.h
index 6e18183957..dcaccc86f5 100644
--- a/source/gui/tests/test_GuiManager.h
+++ b/source/gui/tests/test_GuiManager.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2025 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2026 Wildfire Games.
  * This file is part of 0 A.D.
  *
  * 0 A.D. is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -325,4 +325,21 @@ public:
 		TS_ASSERT_THROWS(g_GUI->OpenChildPage(L"await/page.xml",
 			Script::WriteStructuredClone(rq, JS::NullHandleValue)), const std::bad_variant_access&);
 	}
+
+	void test_OpenRequest()
+	{
+		const ScriptRequest rq{g_GUI->GetScriptInterface()};
+		g_GUI->OpenChildPage(L"OpenRequest/Root/Page.xml",
+			Script::WriteStructuredClone(rq, JS::UndefinedHandleValue));
+		TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(g_GUI->GetPageCount(), 2);
+
+		g_GUI->TickObjects();
+
+		const ScriptRequest pageRq{g_GUI->GetActiveGUI()->GetScriptInterface()};
+		JS::RootedValue global{pageRq.cx, pageRq.globalValue()};
+		std::string result;
+		TS_ASSERT(ScriptFunction::Call(pageRq, global, "closePageCallback", result));
+
+		TS_ASSERT_STR_EQUALS(result, "Entry Continuation");
+	}
 };