The Biggest 2025 Games Events in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

2025 is over, and with it a year of massive gaming events. But which were the biggest? We have collected all official numbers of events that include gaming and those events that only cover gaming. Only events with official numbers are listed. You can find the full list below, and a graphic of the Top 20 biggest events in Germany, Austria and Switzerland right here:

While the biggest five events took place in Germany, the visitor numbers of the Austrian and Swiss events are also nothing to sneeze at. The crown here takes Fantasy Basel, which combines different pop culture topics, among them gaming. The biggest gaming-exclusive event is Game City Vienna with 87,000 visitors in 2025, followed by Zurich Pop Con & Game Show with 46,000 people.

All Gaming Events 2025 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Ranked by visitor numbers. Events are only listed if they have given official visitor numbers. All info listed is taken from official sources.

Name - Visitor Numbers - Country - Location - Organiser - Theme - B2B or B2C

• gamescom - 335.000 - Germany - Cologne - KoelnMesse - Gaming - B2C, B2B
• Mannheimer Maimarkt - Games For Families - 250.000 - Germany - Mannheim MAG Mannheimer Ausstellungs-GmbH (Maimarkt), Games for Families (Games) - Products, Services - B2C
• IFA - 220.000 - Germany - Berlin - IFA Management GmbH - Tech - B2B, B2C
• SPIEL Essen - 220.000 - Germany - Essen - Merz Verlag GmbH & Co. KG - Toys - B2C
• DoKomi - 215.000 - Germany - Düsseldorf - AkibaDreams GmbH - Anime - B2C
• Fantasy Basel - 97.000 - Switzerland - Basel FantasyCon AG - Manga, Anime - B2C
• Game City Wien - 87.000 - Austria - Vienna - MICE & Men, WIENXTRA -Gaming - B2C
• CCON - Stuttgart - 55.000 - Germany - Stuttgart - Comic Con Germany GmbH - Comics - B2C
• Polaris - 50.000 - Germany - Hamburg - Hamburg Messe + Congress, Super Crowd - Gaming - B2C
• Zurich Pop Con & Game-Show - 46.000 - Switzerland - Zurich - Amazing Event AG - Games, Pop Culture - B2C
• Intel Extreme Masters Cologne - 41.000 - Germany - Cologne - ESL - Esports - B2C
• HeroFest - 30.000 - Switzerland - Bern - BernExpo - Gaming - B2C
• A1 Austrian Esports Festival - 25.500 - Austria - Vienna - skilled Events and New Media GmbH - Esports - B2C
• SimRacing Expo - 24.371 - Germany - Dortmund - (from 2026: Frankfurt) - South West Vision GmbH - Gaming, Sim Racing - B2C
• caggtus - 19.700 - Germany - Leipzig - Leipziger Messe - Gaming - B2C
• spielraum - 18.279 - Germany - Dresden - Messe Dresden - Toys - B2C
• MAG-C - 12.300 - Germany - Erfurt - Messe Erfurt - Anime - B2C
• Red Bull League of its Own - 11.500 - Germany - Munich - Red Bull - Esports - B2C
• Level Up - 11.000 - Austria - Salzburg - Messezentrum Salzburg GmbH - Gaming - B2C
• Games Ground - 6.500 - Germany - Berlin - Nerdic - Gaming - B2C
• A Maze. - 6.500 - Germany - Berlin - A Maze. GmbH - Art, Gaming - B2C
• GG Bavaria - 6.200 - Germany - Munich - Games/Bavaria - Gaming - B2C
• devcom (from 2026: gamescom dev) - 5.400 - Germany - Cologne - KoelnMesse/game - Gaming - B2B
• gamescom LAN - 3.500 - Germany - Cologne - KoelnMesse/game - Gaming - B2C
• Gamers Heaven - 3.500 - Austria - Telfs - Spielraum GmbH - Tabletop, Gaming - B2C
• Play! Con - 3.000 - Germany - Trier - Claw Events - Gaming - B2C
• LFG Con - 2.200 - Germany - Hof - Flowdust - Gaming, Tabletop - B2C
• Lange Nacht der Computerspiele - 2.000 - Germany - Leipzig - HTWK - Gaming - B2C
• Play! Con - 1.200 - Germany - Ulm - Claw Events - Gaming - B2C
• GDD German Dev Days - 1.100 - Germany - Frankfurt - Stefan Marcinek, Assemble Entertainment - Gaming - B2B
• Baltic Games Fest - 1.000 - Germany - Neumünster - Holstenhallen Neumünster - Gaming - B2B
• Geekscon - 1.000 - Germany - Aachen - Backseat Geeks /Walbert Schmitz - Gaming - B2C
• FS Conference - 500 - Germany - Paderborn - Aerosoft GmbH Luftfahrt-Datentechnik - Simulation - B2C
• GodotFest - 330 - Germany - Munich - GameDev Events Munich - B2B
• Portside Game Assembly - 300 - Germany - Hamburg - Gamecity Hamburg - Gaming - B2B
• Womenize! - 150 - Germany - Berlin - Womenize! - Gaming - B2B
• Nerdicon - 130 - Germany - Leipzig - Nerdic - Gaming - B2C

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