Games for Families Attracts a Large Number of Visitors in Mannheim

With a fully booked hall, the roadshow for analogue games, interactive games and toys attracted visitors to the Maimarkt in Mannheim, which recorded an increase in visitor numbers compared to the previous year with 264,000 people over the eleven days of the event.

For a total of eleven days, Germany's "Games for Families" roadshow encouraged young and old to try out and buy the latest game innovations and toys. From 27 April to 7 May, visitors to Germany's largest regional exhibition in Mannheim found plenty of new products in the fully booked Games for Families hall. Both analogue and digital games were on show and, according to the organisers, met with great interest and record sales. 96.9 per cent of the 419 people surveyed in the Games for Families hall would recommend a visit to others. 81.15 per cent plan to buy games for themselves or others in the next three months (+4 per cent compared to last year). 73.75 per cent of visitors were accompanied by at least one child or grandchild (+2.3 per cent compared to last year).

"The Games for Families hall was almost overcrowded, as if no year had passed between the premiere in 2019 and the long break until 2024. The eleven days impressively showed that games - whether analogue or digital - have become even more popular and important to people during the pandemic years," says Michael Wegner, Managing Director of planetlan GmbH and organizer of Games for Families.

After a summer break, Games for Families will continue at offerta in Karlsruhe from 26 October to 3 November. "New exhibitors will be taking part in Games for Families for the first time, while almost all of last year's exhibitors have already booked their participation in Karlsruhe," says Games for Families. The last stop on the 2024 tour will be "spielraum" in Dresden from 9 to 10 November, which is celebrating its tenth Games for Families anniversary this year.

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