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1 EUR of tax-based games funding would bring around 4.80 EUR of additional investment, 8.70 EUR of gross value added and 3.40 EUR of tax revenue and social contributions.
The German games market generated around 9.4 billion euros in 2024, a decline of 6 percent versus the previous year.
Around 900 development and publishing companies form the core market of the German games industry in mid-2025, and with games-specific service providers the extended core market comprises around 1,200 companies.
The German games market grew 6 percent in 2023 to around €9.97 billion, after growing only 1 percent the year before.
Almost all games funded in Germany until the end of 2022 had budgets below €10 million (99.3%), suggesting larger companies are unwilling to take the risk of developing bigger titles under the German funding landscape.
