THE 2024 EUROPEAN GAMES INDUSTRY INSIGHTS DATA HIGHLIGHTS THE RESILIENCE OF THE EUROPEAN GAME INDUSTRY Brussels, 21.08.2026 – The European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) has published the 2024 European Video Game Industry Insights Report. According to the data, the EU game industry has reached 6600 studios that employ over 95 000 people and generate a […]
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For this report, with the support of VGE, EGDF has aggregated national industry data for 2024 from 28 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, The United Kingdom, Turkiye Please note that aggregated […]
EGDF welcomes the Commission’s invitation to engage with the European games industry Closing a game is always a tragedy for both players playing it and game developers who designed it. EGDF welcomes the Commission’s invitation to engage with the European games industry to improve industry practices related to the end‑of‑life of games, as a follow‑up […]
1. EGDF calls on the EU to move forward and take action The US export controls on AI tools by the US government are a new kind of non‑tariff barrier that directly affects European creative production, research and innovation. The Fable 5 / Mythos 5 shutdown by the US government is yet another example of […]
18th of February 2026 EGDF organised a call with its members to map the state of the European games industry in 2026. Please see below, EGDF president Hendrik Lesser’s conclusions of the discussion. WE MUST FIGHT FORWARD – THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN GAMES INDUSTRY IN 2026 We are not survivors, we are fighters For […]
The European Game Developers Federation (EGDF) continues its expansion, as GBM, the Games Bavaria Munich, joined EGDF. The membership of the GBM strengthens our to defend European game developers. We are more than happy to have an even stronger relationship with Bavarian game developers in our network to share best practices, solve the industry’s challenges, [...]
The European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) continues its expansion, as IMIRT, The Irish Game Makers Association, joined EGDF. “Ireland is one of the key emerging game development hubs in the EU. We are more than happy to welcome Irish game developers into our network to share best practices, solve the industry’s challenges, and unite ourselves […]
EGDF, the European federation representing the European games industry, announced at Game Dev Rev conference that MGI, the Macedonian Games Industry Association, has become a member of EGDF The Macedonian game developer association is the 25th member of the Federation. The Federation has been steadily expanding its activities, especially in East and Southeast Europe, now […]
EGDF PUBLISHES 2023 EUROPEAN GAMES INDUSTRY INSIGHTS DATA Brussels, 12.08.2025 – The European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2023 European Video Game Industry Insights Report. The report finds that the studios and talent numbers are growing, despite a difficult market situation, and Turkey is emerging as one of […]
For this report, with the support of VGE, EGDF has aggregated national industry data for 2023 from 22 European countries:Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and The United Kingdom. Please note that aggregated EU level data also includes […]