March 11, 2026
Road to gamescom 2026 - Apply until April 20!
Join us at gamescom: With our "Road to gamescom" program we offer spots at our joint Gamecity Hamburg booth at the Indie Arena Booth for Hamburg-based studios, teams and devs. Apply now until April 20!
gamescom will take place from August 26 to 30, 2026. It is the world's largest event for video games and Europe's leading business platform for the games industry. As every year, in 2026 we will again offer indie developers and companies from Hamburg the opportunity to present themselves and their games at the award-winning Indie Arena Booth, the world's biggest joint developer booth.
Gamecity Hamburg offers five free places at our joint booth at Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2026
Applications are open now until April 20. Please find details on how to apply here.
With the Road to gamescom program, Gamecity Hamburg offers five game developers and studios from Hamburg a free spot in a dedicated Gamecity Hamburg area at the Indie Arena Booth.
Benefits included:
- Show your game at the Gamecity Hamburg group booth
- Exhibitor passes and USK clearing
- Participating developers are part of the Indie Arena Booth platform sales event
- Get mentioned in a social media post by Indie Arena Booth
- Get listed in the Indie Arena Booth's lineup
- Media package from gamescom
- Participate in a Workshop Day in the run-up to gamescom
How to apply:
The application has to be entered via the Indie Arena Booth registration page:
https://indiearenabooth.de/apply
Important: In the title field the following information has to be entered: “[Gamecity] - Title of your game” and in the text field "Short Game Description" the following information must be entered in addition to your game decription: "We would like to participate in the Gamecity Hamburg program."
Who can apply?
- The headquarters or a branch office of the applicant must be located in Hamburg
- The game developer/game company must be commercially oriented and belong to the games industry
- A playable version of the submitted game must be available for gamescom 2026
In addition to the conditions listed here, the eligibility criteria of the Indie Arena Booth must be fulfilled as stated in the application process on the Indie Arena Booth website.
A jury will select the participating teams/studios. Information on the criteria can be found in the conditions of participation on the Indie Arena Booth website. The selected applicants will then be informed.
Apply now and be part of the next big Indie Arena Booth 2026 and connect with other developers, press, publishers and more!
For further questions about the program, please contact:
