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Grants

German federal computer games funding

Computerspieleförderung des Bundes

Status

Paused by the funder

Status depends on the annual federal budget. Check the BMWE and BAFA pages and the game industry association (game - Verband der deutschen Games-Branche) for the current intake. Regional games funds in Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg and Berlin-Brandenburg remain separate and continue to run.

Paused by the funder
Amount
Not published

Grants covering a share of eligible development costs for games produced in Germany, with different rates by project size. Support intensity has historically been up to 50% (higher for small projects and prototypes).

You must co-fund 50%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE), administered by the Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)

public · national

Deadline: Closed — The federal games funding programme has been repeatedly suspended and resumed as federal budget allocations changed; application intakes were halted in 2023 and reopened in modified form thereafter.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

You fund 50% yourself.

Who can apply

German-established games developers; the project must be developed substantially in Germany.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.bmwk.de/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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