Best PC & Console Gaming Companies in Germany
The 178 best PC & Console Gaming companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: keen games.
Germany's PC & Console Gaming sector is the focus here, with 178 tracked companies ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum. Total disclosed funding across the field sits at $58M, which sounds modest until you notice how concentrated it is: keen games leads at $10M, Rockfish Games follows at $9M, and Nefta and Legendary Play each pulled $6M. No unicorns yet, but the funding curve is steeper at the top than the aggregate suggests. According to ResearchAndMarkets.com, the global market is worth roughly $60.3B in 2025, though it's forecast to contract toward $47.0B by 2030 at a CAGR of around 7.2%, which tells you the growth story here is about positioning, not just volume.
So where's the real heat? Hardware is pulling focus fast. Gaming laptops, high-performance notebooks, and GPU-optimized portable rigs are the themes dominating search and coverage right now, even as overall editorial attention to the sector stays flat. Median install growth across 23 tracked gaming apps is running at roughly +11% YoY, which I'd call a quiet signal that engagement hasn't stalled. Newzoo's recent read on the shifting PC and console landscape captures exactly this tension between a maturing market and pockets of real momentum. If you're mapping the German scene, the active investor list, Europa, WERK1, HTGF, 1Up Ventures, and Bmp Ventures, tells you where the conviction money is sitting.
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Ranked: Best PC & Console Gaming companies in Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keen games Video game developer focusing on casual games | $10M | 59 mo ago | Series B | Jan Jockel CEO | 2005 | RubyAnimate.cssTailwind CSS+15 | — | — |
| 2 | Rockfish Games German video game developer for PC and console devices | $9M | 2 mo ago | Funding Raised | Christian Lohr CFO / COO & Co-Founder | 2014 | WordPressZohoMySQL+10 | — | 1 award |
| 3 | iOpener Media Indie game development company based in Germany | $7M | 190 mo ago | Deadpooled | Bernd Geiger CEO | 2008 | — | 17 patents AR/VR platforms for virtual advertising and simulated live event experiences | — |
| 4 | Nefta Provider of a platform to launch and manage the web3 gaming industry | $6M | 40 mo ago | Seed | Fernando Pernica Co-Founder | 2022 | TypeScriptBootstrapZone.js+8 | — | — |
| 5 | Legendary Play Developer of mobile-based multi-player eSports games | $6M | 50 mo ago | Series A | Arvid Hahn Co-Founder | 2002 | GravPHPYouTube+6 | — | — |
| 6 | Nomadland Developer of blockchain-based NFT Action RPG and strategy game | $3M | 49 mo ago | Funding Raised | Alexandre Suciu CEO | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 7 | The Football Club Provider of an NFT-based fantasy football manager | $3M | 49 mo ago | Seed | — | 2002 | — | — | — |
| 8 | STYLE Protocol Online platform for NFTs and virtual assets across the metaverse | $2M | 25 mo ago | Seed | Leo Hilse Founder | 2022 | — | — | — |
| 9 | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND WITCHCRAFT Developer of PC and console-based core games | $2M | 50 mo ago | Seed | Thilo Hardt Co-Founder | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Flying Sheep HTML5 game development studio | $1M | 39 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Zeedz Provider of NFT-based monster collectible game | $998K | 32 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Fabwelt Online gaming and NFT collectibles platform for individuals | $995K | 55 mo ago | Seed | Loet Hooge Co-Founder | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 13 | Aitainment Independent game development company based in Germany | $816K | — | Acqui-Hired | Ubbo Visser Co-Founder | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Polychain Monsters Provider of virtual character-based NFT game | $740K | 62 mo ago | Seed | Leif Leiser Co-Founder and CEO | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Aesir Interactive Developer of games and non-game applications using game technology | $675K | 68 mo ago | Funding Raised | Wolfgang Emmer Founder & CEO | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | 1 launch |
| 16 | Telescope Animation Developer of casual games | $591K | 52 mo ago | Funding Raised | Reza Memari Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 2018 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+15 | — | — |
| 17 | Torpor Games Developer of narrative-driven video games set in a shared universe | $541K | 6 mo ago | Seed | Ilke Karademir Founder | 2019 | TurbopackEmotionSentry+20 | — | — |
| 18 | Forest Knight Provider of turn-based strategy NFT game for PC and mobile platforms | $340K | 56 mo ago | Funding Raised | Behfar Iranmanesh Founder & CEO | 2018 | WebflowBeehiiv RSS feedProton Mail+16 | — | — |
| 19 | Aeria Games Game development and publishing company | $288K | 170 mo ago | Acquired | Lan Hoang Founder | 2006 | — | — | 2 job openings |
| 20 | Aeria Games Game publishing company | $288K | 170 mo ago | Acquired | Remco Westermann CEO | 2006 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Threaks Developer of digital games for various platforms and online distribution | $266K | 104 mo ago | Funding Raised | Sebastian Bulas Co-CEO | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Bigpoint Video game developer and publisher of core games | $207K | 146 mo ago | Acquired | Mary Gatzka-Enck Founder & CEO | 2002 | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | 3 patents Networked online gaming platforms and real-time multiplayer game service architecture | — |
| 23 | Realmforge Studios Console game developer specializing in core games | $186K | 99 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2008 | DebianOpenSSLmod_ssl+3 | — | — |
| 24 | HandyGames Game development studio | $170K | 90 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2000 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
| 25 | Daedalic Entertainment German video game developer and publisher | $164K | 123 mo ago | Acquired | Carsten Fichtelmann Founder & Co-CEO | 2007 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365PHP+10 | — | — |
| 26 | Osmotic Studios Independent game development company for adventure games | $164K | 79 mo ago | Funding Raised | Michael Kluge CEO | 2014 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+10 | — | — |
| 27 | Fairytale Distillery Video game developer focusing on MMORPGs | $136K | 144 mo ago | Public | Alexander Zacherl MD & Co-founder | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 28 | SOFTGAMES Developer of instant play casual games across all platforms | $109K | 108 mo ago | Funding Raised | Andre Krug COO & Co-Founder SOFTGAMES | 2003 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | 10 job openings |
Top 12 PC & Console Gaming companies in Germany
#1
Funding Raised · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2014$9.3Mraised▾
Rockfish Games is a German video game developer for PC and console devices. The company has developed "Everspace", which is a 3D space combat game for PC and console. The game also has VR support for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The game is available on the Steam. It generates revenue through the paid games.
- Apr 2026Grant (prize money)$9.3M
#2
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2019$540.6Kraised▾
Developer of narrative-driven video games set in a shared universe. The company creates thought-provoking entertainment through interactive storytelling. It focuses on political strategy games with detailed and convincing backdrops. The developer supports associations fostering growth within the games industry. It also contributes to environmental initiatives through tree planting programs.
- Nov 2025Seed—
- Jul 2025Seed$540.6K
#3
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022$2.5Mraised▾
Online platform for NFTs and virtual assets across the metaverse. It provides a platform for Brands that allows them to facilitate the creation and curation of branded assets across multiple metaverse platforms. Its features include fashion and wearable NFTs, NFTs to the multiverse as pets, and 2D NFTs into the protocol to get metaverse versions as skin, asset, companion, and more.
- May 2024Seed$2.5M
- Apr 2024ICO$2M
#4
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022 · 26 employees$6Mraised▾
Provider of a platform to launch and manage the web3 gaming industry. It offers tools that include the NFT toolbox for the management of in-game assets, wallet services, tokenomics, and the marketplace. It is used for blockchain game development, publishing, and scaling.
- Feb 2023Seed$5M
- Jun 2022Seed$1M
#5
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2002 · 16 employees$6Mraised▾
Developer of mobile-based multi-player eSports games. The company offers "RIVALS Esports" a PvP multiplier manager game in which players can own Esports legacy by acquiring the best sponsorship deals, skilled coaching staff, and building a show-off gaming house. The game is available for iOS and Android users and monetizes through in-game purchases.
- Apr 2022Series A$4M
- Aug 2020Seed$190.8K
- Oct 2019Seed$2M
- Dec 2018Seed$150K
#6
Series B · Frankfurt Am Main, Hesse · founded 2005 · 35 employees$10Mraised▾
Video game developer focusing on casual games. It develops racing and strategy games for console devices such as Nintendo and Xbox. It has developed a game known as Anno 1701 Dawn of Discovery, a strategy game. It generates revenue through paid games.
- Jul 2021Series B$10M
#7
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 8 employees$998.3Kraised▾
Provider of NFT-based monster collectible game. Players can collect plant-inspired creatures called Zeedles and take action to reduce global carbon emissions. The game is available on both Android and iOS platforms.
- Oct 2023Seed$998.3K
#8
Funding Raised · Germany · founded 2020 · 3 employees$3Mraised▾
Developer of blockchain-based NFT Action RPG and strategy game. The game allows players to buy land, build farms, produce mystic flames, battle epic monsters, and carnivore plants, capture and train the captured monsters, and fight in the arena against other players.
- Apr 2022ICO$3M
#9
Seed · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2002 · 13 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Provider of an NFT-based fantasy football manager. It provides users with an online fantasy club management platform that enables users to create a digital fan identity and compete against others. It also facilitates users to collect, trade, and win NFT items. Its app is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- May 2022Seed$2.6M
#10
Acquired · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2014 · 20 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Flying Sheep Studios is a Germany-based game development game development studio focusing on the development of HTML5 games for mobile and web platforms. The studio has a portfolio of over 35 games as on October 2016 and popular games from the studio include 'Angelo Flinker' - a platformer game and 'Bugs Bunny' - an infinite runner game. The studio also offers licensing, re-skinning and development services.
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$1.2M
#11
Deadpooled · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2008$7.1Mraised▾
iOpener Media is an indie game development company based in Germany. The company has developed "Reality", which is a car racing game through which players can compete in real time against the cars in real races. The games basically map real-world competitions such as Formula 1 to the virtual world. Has won multiple awards including "Ernst&Young Best Business Case Award 2007" and "Innovation Award of the Aachen Region 2008".
- Aug 2010Series A$1.1M
- Feb 2008Series A$6M
#12
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2019 · 5 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Developer of PC and console-based core games. The company's games include Domineon 2 which is a fast-paced couch party game based on voxels and pixels.
- Mar 2022Seed$1.9M
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