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Recap: Gamecity Hamburg at Polaris 2025
Gamecity Hamburg's presence at the fourth Polaris Convention, held October 10 to 12, 2025 at the Hamburg Exhibition Center, is recapped as its largest showing at the event to date.
- Gamecity Hamburg hosted its largest-ever booth at the Polaris Convention 2025, held October 10–12 in Hamburg, to showcase the regional gaming industry.
- The exhibition featured eight distinct Hamburg-developed titles, ranging from educational software and VR experiences to family-friendly racing and mature-themed games.
- The Gamecity Treff networking event at the Grüner Jäger attracted over 230 industry professionals and utilized structured speed-meeting sessions to foster regional collaboration.
Moi Rai Games Release Their New Game Aethermancer in Early Access
Hamburg-based indie studio moi rai games launched its second title, Aethermancer, into Steam Early Access on September 23, 2025, with publishing handled by offbrand games.
- Moi Rai Games launched their new title, Aethermancer, into Early Access on Steam on September 23, 2025.
- The game is a genre-blending title that combines monster-taming mechanics with roguelite elements and turn-based combat.
- Aethermancer is published by Offbrand Games, with a future release currently planned for the Nintendo Switch.
Shapes and Dreams Release Beacon Patrol as Digital Game
Hamburg studios Shapes and Dreams and BrutalHack released Beacon Patrol for PC on September 17, 2025, with Assemble Entertainment publishing.
- Hamburg-based studios Shapes and Dreams and BrutalHack released the digital version of the board game Beacon Patrol on September 17, 2025.
- Published by Assemble Entertainment, the PC title adapts a physical tabletop experience into a digital format centered on North Sea coast guard exploration.
- The digital adaptation expands on the original board game by introducing unlockable ships with unique abilities and multiple game modes to increase replayability.
Road to Polaris 2025: Indie Game Showcase in Hamburg
Gamecity Hamburg announces its participation in the fourth Polaris Convention, held October 10 to 12, 2025, at the Hamburg Messe, where it will host its largest joint booth to date under the "Road to Polaris" program.
- The Polaris Convention in Hamburg will take place from October 10–12, 2025, featuring over 20,000 square meters of exhibition space and approximately 150 exhibitors.
- Gamecity Hamburg is sponsoring a showcase of eight local indie titles, including Ed & Edda: GRAND PRIX, Mambio, Map Map, NeverLight, Super Chipflake Ü, The Amusement, The Regreening, and Vacunauts.
- The Road to Polaris program is designed to provide Hamburg-based developers with professional networking, public exposure, and direct access to industry funding resources.
InnoGames Reaches 2 Billion Euros in Lifetime Revenue
Hamburg-based developer InnoGames announced in August 2025 that it has reached 2 billion euros in lifetime revenue, a milestone driven by its long-running browser and mobile titles Forge of Empires, Tribal Wars, Grepolis, and Elvenar.
- InnoGames has surpassed 2 billion euros in lifetime revenue, driven by established titles including Forge of Empires, Tribal Wars, Grepolis, and Elvenar.
- In-app purchases account for 99 percent of the company's total revenue, cementing this as their primary economic model.
- Mobile device contributions to total earnings have grown significantly, rising from 27 percent to 43 percent.
Road to Polaris 2025: Hamburg
Gamecity Hamburg's Road to Polaris 2025 program offers Hamburg-based game developers free places at a joint booth at the Polaris community convention, held October 10-12, 2025.
- The Road to Polaris 2025 initiative provides Hamburg-based game developers with a subsidized joint booth at the Polaris convention, taking place from October 10–12, 2025.
- Applications for the program must be submitted by August 27, 2025, and are subject to a formal review process.
- To qualify, studios must be based in Hamburg, maintain an active Steam page, and provide both a playable game build and a trailer.
Gamecity Hamburg Prototype Funding 2025: Six Prototypes Funded
Gamecity Hamburg announced on May 19, 2025 the six digital games selected in the seventh round of its Prototype Funding program, each receiving a non-repayable grant of up to 80,000 euros.
- Gamecity Hamburg awarded a total of 372,000 euros in non-repayable grants to six local game studios in its 2025 Prototype Funding round.
- Nightless Games (NeverLight), Tivola Games (Pet Universe), and gameXcite (Space Station Manager) received the maximum grant amount of 80,000 euros each.
- Additional funding was awarded to Buckfish (70,000 euros for Unbreachable), Symmetry Break Studio (32,000 euros for Deep Fog Signals), and Zinktank Labs (30,000 euros for Cosmic Run).
Tiny Roar Release Into the Emberlands as Full Version
Hamburg-based indie studio Tiny Roar launched version 1.0 of its cozy exploration game "Into the Emberlands" on Steam on January 21, 2025, following an Early Access debut in June 2024.
- Hamburg-based indie studio Tiny Roar has officially launched the 1.0 full version of its cozy rogue-lite exploration game, Into the Emberlands, on Steam.
- The project received critical early-stage support through prototype funding from Gamecity Hamburg in 2022, which helped the studio secure a publishing partnership with Daedalic Entertainment.
- Tiny Roar, founded in 2015, has scaled its operations to a team of more than 27 employees.
Games Lift: More Successful Than Ever
Gamecity Hamburg's May 2024 announcement promotes the Games Lift Incubator by pointing to alumni success and opening applications for the 2024 round.
- The Games Lift Incubator provides early-stage German game studios with financial support, professional mentorship, and strategic networking to improve commercial viability.
- Alumni success is demonstrated by Symmetry Break, a 2021 participant whose project 'Misgiven' won the 2024 German Computer Game Award for best prototype.
- The program mandates a diversity checklist for all participants to ensure inclusive development practices throughout the incubation period.
Games Lift Alumni: Why You Should Go for the Incubator
Gamecity Hamburg's April 2024 promotional article makes the case for applying to the Games Lift Incubator, a funding and mentoring program for early-stage indie game concepts based in Hamburg, Germany.
- The Games Lift Incubator selects five indie teams annually to receive 15,000 euros in direct funding and a 1,000-euro individual coaching budget.
- The program provides a comprehensive support structure consisting of a three-month intensive workshop phase followed by one year of dedicated professional mentoring.
- The incubator focuses on accelerating project development from concept to market-ready status by improving commercial viability, presentation skills, and technical proficiency.
Road to Polaris: Gamecity Hamburg Indie Showcase
Gamecity Hamburg announced its participation in Polaris, Hamburg's community convention for gaming, anime, manga, and Asian pop culture, returning for its second edition from October 13 to 15, 2023.
- Gamecity Hamburg’s 'Road to Polaris' program facilitates regional industry growth by providing local indie developers with free booth space and delegation support at the Polaris convention.
- The Polaris convention serves as a major industry hub, spanning over 20,000 square meters and hosting approximately 150 exhibitors.
- The 2023 showcase featured five Hamburg-based indie titles: Reddie (Curvature Games), Beacon Patrol (Shapes and Dreams), About Cannons & Sparrows (Cannons + Sparrows), Light of Atlantis (DrownTown), and Turbo Shell (Radioactive Dreams).
Gamecity Hamburg Funds 6 Digital Game Prototypes in Its 20th Anniversary Year
Gamecity Hamburg, celebrating its 20th anniversary, has allocated 410,000 euros in its 2023 Prototype Funding round to support six digital game projects.
- Gamecity Hamburg awarded 410,000 euros in prototype funding to six digital game projects in 2023.
- Since 2020, the Prototype Funding program has supported 27 projects with a total investment of 1,536,000 euros.
- The 2023 funding recipients include Amberdive Interactive (€80,000), Tiny Roar (€80,000), Curvature Games (€80,000), DrownTown (€70,000), Godcomplex Games (€70,000), and Beardshaker Games (€30,000).