From today 13:00 CET, submissions for the Indie Arena Booth at gamescom 2026 are opened.

Organisers Super Crowd are offering four booth options: a 9sqm Big Booth for 5,337€, a one monitor Small Booth for 3,337€, an Arcade Booth for 3,337€ and free spots at the Nintendo Switch Booth. There are also several free booth options from partner organisations, such as the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung's (bpb) Democracy at Play program, Catalonia, Flandern, Hesse, Northrhine-Westfalia, Baden-Württemberg, Hamburg and the nordmedia area (Lower Saxonia and Bremen).

Submissions will be reviewed by a jury of 100 industry experts and accepted based on their judgement.

The Indie Arena Booth this year will span 2037,5 sqm total.

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