gamescom 2025 Closes With 357,000 Visitors and a New Trade Visitor Record

Gamescom 2025 set numerous new records, particularly in terms of internationality (70% of visitors came from abroad, as did exhibitors from 72 countries), digital reach (more than 630 million views worldwide by Saturday evening alone), exhibition space (233,000 square metres), and number of exhibitors (1,568). A total of 357,000 people visited the world's largest festival of games culture on site in Cologne. This is an increase on the 335,000 visitors in the previous year (2024) and the 320,000 visitors (2023) the year before that. In total, this is the third-highest visitor number ever, after 2018 (370,000) and 2019 (373,000), before the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of trade visitors increased to 34,000, with significant growth in participants from the USA, China, Canada and Japan. This is the highest number in gamescom's long history; last year, it was 32,000.

Gamescom 2025 set numerous new records, particularly in terms of internationality (70% of visitors came from abroad, as did exhibitors from 72 countries), digital reach (more than 630 million views worldwide by Saturday evening alone), exhibition space (233,000 square metres), and number of exhibitors (1,568). A total of 357,000 people visited the world's largest festival of games culture on site in Cologne. This is an increase on the 335,000 visitors in the previous year (2024) and the 320,000 visitors (2023) the year before that. In total, this is the third-highest visitor number ever, after 2018 (370,000) and 2019 (373,000), before the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of trade visitors increased to 34,000, with significant growth in participants from the USA, China, Canada and Japan. This is the highest number in gamescom's long history; last year, it was 32,000.