Name: Games Ground Berlin 2026
Start: 2026-11-05T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-08T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Alte Münze Berlin

Games Ground

About Games Ground

Games Ground Berlin is Europe's fastest-growing festival for games, industry, and community. For four days, the Alte Münze at Molkenmarkt transforms into a playground for professionals and the public: Thursday and Friday are B2B days with conferences, matchmaking, and career sessions, while Saturday and Sunday are open to the public with three main stages, cosplay, esports, live music, XR, retrogaming, and an indie showcase. In 2026, the festival runs from November 5th to 8th.

Dates 05 Nov — 08 Nov 2026

Venue Berlin (11000)

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Edition 2026

Games Ground — edition 2026

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Games Ground Berlin 2026 runs from November 5th to 8th at the Alte Münze. Thursday and Friday (Nov 5th/6th) are industry days with conferences, Mentor Ground, Publisher Connect, Career Ground, and Indie Ground. Saturday and Sunday (Nov 7th/8th) open to the public with three main stages, cosplay, esports, live music, XR, retrogaming, and indie showcase. Early bird tickets available.

The third edition of Games Ground builds on the success of the previous year's event (6,500+ visitors, 127 exhibitors, 147 speakers). The format and day structure remain unchanged; the program will be gradually refined throughout the summer of 2026 and published on gamesground.de.

Those wishing to attend the festival should secure tickets early – industry passes often sell out weeks in advance, and public days have limited capacity. Cosplay competitions and esports tournaments have their own registration deadlines.

Highlights Games Ground 2026

Three public stages with over 100 performances; Cosplay competition; XR Zone with VR/AR experiences; Retrogaming area by Haus der Computerspiele; Indie showcase with dozens of small studios.

Programme Games Ground 2026

Thursday, November 5th, 2026 — B2B Day 1

Conference Program with international industry speakers
Mentor Ground — One-on-one mentoring by experienced industry professionals
Indie Ground — Showcase of independent developers

Friday, November 6th, 2026 — B2B Day 2

Publisher Connect — Pitches and publisher meetings
Career Ground — One-on-one career sessions
Networking Events in the evening

Saturday, November 7th, 2026 — Public Day 1

Three Main Stages with performances, game showcases, and live music sets
Cosplay Competition with its own stage
Esports Tournaments in multiple disciplines
XR Zone — VR/AR experiences to try out
Retrogaming Area — historical consoles and arcade machines (curated by Haus der Computerspiele)
Indie Showcase — dozens of small studios with demo stations

Sunday, November 8th, 2026 — Public Day 2

Full program as on Saturday, with different day guests and performances
Cosplay Finale
Award Ceremonies and festival closing

Specific speaker lists, sponsors, and showcase studios will be continuously published on gamesground.de.

Prices Games Ground 2026

Industry Pass (Thursday to Sunday, industry access): Premium rate. Standard Pass (Thursday to Sunday, public): Mid-range rate. Day Ticket Saturday or Sunday: Entry-level rate. Early bird discounts available until shortly before the festival. Specific prices on gamesground.de.

Practical information

Practical information — Games Ground

Getting There

Subway U2 or U5 to Alexanderplatz or U5 to Rotes Rathaus, then a five-minute walk to Molkenmarkt. S-Bahn S5/S7/S9 to S+U Alexanderplatz. Bus 200, 248, M48 to Spandauer Straße.

Admission

Early bird tickets available via gamesground.de. B2B days (Thu/Fri) for registered industry participants with a pass; public days (Sat/Sun) with on-site and online tickets. Rates differ between Industry Pass, Standard Pass, and Day Ticket.

What to Bring

Cosplay outfits are explicitly welcome (competition on Saturday). Those wishing to test XR experiences should expect some waiting time – VR stations are usually busy.

The New Berlin Games Main Stage

With its second edition in 2025, Games Ground has risen to become Berlin's leading games festival – a mix of industry trade fair, community gathering, and public festival. The venue is the Alte Münze, a brick complex at Molkenmarkt in the Mitte district, which has been developed as a cultural space by the city. With over 6,500 visitors, 127 exhibitors, and 65 publishers/investors at the previous year's event, the format has become one of Europe's central industry dates.

B2B Days: Industry, Mentoring, Matchmaking

Thursday and Friday (November 5th/6th, 2026) are designed as industry days. The program includes conferences, the Mentor Ground format with one-on-one mentoring by international industry experts, Publisher Connect for pitches and deals, Career Ground with individual career sessions, and Indie Ground as a showcase for independent developers. Last year's event featured 147 announced speakers – an indicator of the program's breadth.

Public Days: Three Stages, Cosplay, Retrogaming

On Saturday and Sunday (November 7th/8th, 2026), the doors open to the public. Three main stages with over 100 performances, nearly 100 featured games, cosplay competitions, esports tournaments, live music with game soundtracks, XR experiences (VR/AR stations), retrogaming zones, and an indie showcase with dozens of small studios. The Haus der Computerspiele (House of Computer Games), a Berlin association dedicated to preserving computer game history, operates its own retrogaming corner with historical consoles and arcade machines to play.

Berlin as a European Gaming Hub

Berlin is considered one of Europe's densest ecosystems for game studios and game tech – the German Games Industry Association is based in the city, and alongside major studios like Wooga and Yager Development, there are dozens of indie and mid-size developers. Games Ground is the festival that makes this scene visible annually during an industry week. The fact that the festival takes place in the historic Alte Münze – a 19th-century industrial monument that used to be the city's mint – is a piece of Berlin's contrast: industrial heritage meets the digital future industry.