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German Games Industry 2025 (2): Employees And Salary Development

More companies, more revenue, but still many problems – the study presented by Goldmedia on behalf of game provides a detailed look at the German gaming market. GamesMarkt takes a deeper dive in a multi-part series of articles for subscribers.

Stephan Steininger

Stephan Steininger

February 23, 2026 – 5 min read

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German Games Industry 2025 (2): Employees And Salary Development — Picture: Pexels/Lukas Blazek/GamesMarkt

On behalf of game and funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, Goldmedia has conducted the most comprehensive study of the German games industry since 2017. The second part of our analysis for GamesMarkt subscribers deals with the interesting topic of employee numbers and salaries.

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