Envision Entertainment, headquartered in Ingelheim am Rhein, has received €687,560 in funding from the German Federal Government's Games Funding Programme. The funding will go towards two DLCs for Pioneers of Pagonia: one with the working title Westerberg (€363,525), and one titled Mainzer Berg (€324,035). According to the funding code, this funding originates from the Federal Government's Department for Culture and Media (BKM). The funding period runs until the end of July and September 2026, respectively. Pioneers of Pagonia, the main game whose production was funded with almost €1.06 million, will be released on Steam on 11 December 2025 with the story campaign. The latest major Early Access update, featuring a map editor and Mod.io integration, has recently been released.
kr3m. media has also secured funding. The Karlsruhe-based company has received €231,061 for Mahjong 2.0, and has previously received funding for Modern Snake (€176,776), Idle Zoo Manager (€200,000) and Oma Hühner Run (€171,937).
Federal Games Funding Confirmations Since July 2025, Sorted for Highest Amount:
- Wild River Games GmbH for Horse Club World: €404,895
- Just2D Interactive GmbH for Topas: €404,805
- ViewApp GmbH Zweigniederlassung Deutschland for Schwarzwald: €401,752
- SparklingBit GmbH for JRPG Mini: €397,140
- Chimera Entertainment GmbH for Songs of Silence DLC Paket 2 & Switch2 Port: €393.632
- Envision Entertainment GmbH for Pioneers of Pagonia DLC - Westerberg: €363,525
- Chronos North GmbH for Projekt Globus: €351,857
- Bitfall Studios for Chromatica: €345.456
- Honig Studios for The Lost Glitches - Story Erweiterung: €343,394
- Bippinbits for Tristram: €335.098
- Envision Entertainment GmbH for Pioneers of Pagonia DLC - Mainzer Berg: €324,035
- Pumpernickel Studio Software GmbH & Co. KG for "a roguelike realtime 4X game with city builder Elements": €305,513
- Litejoy Games for Journey of Words: €300.636
- ByteRockers' Games GmbH & Co. KG for Dicebound: €287,990
- Studio Seufz Enterprises GmbH & Co. KG for Lucky Tower Ultimate: Beyond the Tower (Working Title): €259,421
- Korion Interactive GmbH for Bibi und Tina - Das große Reitturnier: €240,147
- kr3m. media GmbH for Mahjong 2.0: €231,061
- Mortian UG (haftungsbeschränkt) for Mortian Online: €194,042
- Markt + Technik Verlag GmbH for Bibi und Tina - Das große Reitturnier: €142,161
- Edurino GmbH for "New Edurino episode as a continuation of an existing series": €141.637
- Edurino GmbH for Ari 2 - Kochen und Gesunde Ernährung: €137,293
- WastedStudios UG (haftungsbeschränkt) for Restless: €135,621
- Tunermaxx Media for Sub State Sleepers (WT): €135.471
