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2019 EUROPEAN VIDEO GAMES INDUSTRY INSIGHTS REPORT By European Game Developers Federation (EGDF) Supported by Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE)
FOREWORD
From Olaf Coenen, Chair of ISFE and
Hendrik Lesser, President of EGDF
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2019
European Video Games Industry Insights report,
which contains useful insights for the video games
industry as well as European industry data. The
report supplements the first joint ISFE-EGDF Key
Facts report, published on 25 August, 2021. It also
represents an important step in the collaboration Hendrik Lesser
between Europe’s two main industry federations. The EGDF President
pooling of European industry data, from the smallest CEO, Remote Control Productions
European studios to the biggest companies, creates
an unprecedentedly clear and complete picture of
Europe’s video games sector.
Through the years, the video game industry has
always been a daring frontrunner, pushing the artistic,
technological, and business boundaries of games
as a creative medium — an industry where a single
visionary company in Europe has the power to become Dr. Olaf Coenen
a global success story. We hope you find these insights ISFE Chair
useful in your work and that they enable you to drive VP, Global Commercial
your work and in turn our industry forward. Management, Electronic Arts
2
Table of contents
Introduction4
European Video Games Industry 6
Number of European game developer studios 9
Number of game publishers 10
Percentage of games developed for various platforms 12
Number of people working in the industry 15
Percentage of women working in the industry 17
Total revenue earned by local game developer studios 19
Total revenue earned by top 10% studios 20
Number of companies that published new titles 22
Number of new titles published by local developers 23
Number of new self-published titles 24
Number of new titles published by external publishers25
Insights for the video games industry 26
Number of European educational institutions offering game development programmes 28
Public funding support for game developer studios 30
R&D aid for game developer studios 32
Aid for SMEs for launching a new studio 34
Video games industry reports by country 36
Methodology of data collection 46
Questionnaire 50
3
INTRODUCTION
4
Introduction
In many ways, the 2019 games industry data report is historic. For the
first time, EGDF and ISFE has collaborated to create this industry insights
report. According to the combined EGDF-ISFE data, the European digital
single market for games is far larger than the combined turnover of
European game developers and publishers. In the EU Member States,
the combined revenue of game developers and publishers is around €12
billion. The European Union imports more games than it produces.
France, Sweden, and Finland are the only three countries with national
game industry ecosystems worth more than €1 billion in terms of
revenue. However, when combined with the fact that the majority of
European game publishers are headquartered in France, this highlights
France's prominent role in the European games ecosystem. Germany, on
the other hand, should fare better in terms of game development studios
and publishers. This emphasises the significance of new assistance
measures implemented in Germany at the end of 2019.
Germany and France are also the only EU countries with more than ten
thousand people working in the industry. However, the rapid rise of Poland
and Romania among countries with the number of employees greater than
5000 people demonstrates that the industry has great potential in Eastern
Europe as well. The proportion of women employed in the industry is
highest in Eastern European countries. However, there is still much work
to be done in the industry to promote gender diversity and inclusion in
general, as no country has a female workforce that exceeds 30%.
5
EUROPEAN
VIDEO
GAMES
INDUSTRY
DATA
6
For this report, EGDF compiled national data from 2019 on the state of the local games
industry from 19 European countries: Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
In addition, the associations were able to collect 2018 industry data for the following
countries Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Turkey and the U.K. In the charts, 2018 data is high-
lighted in grey, while 2019 data is marked in yellow.
Some estimates in the EGDF 2018 report have now been replaced with precise data. This
report employs a methodology that makes data more comparable across countries. As
a result, data from national reports may not always be completely consistent with data
from this report.
Different national trade associations collect data using various methodologies. In
some countries, data is based on national surveys, while in others, data is gathered
from public registers. When data is based on estimates, the number is highlighted in
orange. Where data is marked #N/A, it means that EGDF did not have any available
from the respective countries. Links to national reports are available at Annex 1 and at
www.egdf.eu/data-and-studies
7
In 2019, Europe
was home to
4,913 game
developer studios
and 203 game
publishers.
8
Gr
ee
11
studios1
4913
Sl ce
game dev
ov #N/B
en
N ia 15
or 13
2018
w
Sl ay 17*
ov 27*
ak
ia 38
La 41
tv
#N/B
2019
Bu ia
lg 44
ar
Li i 47*
th a
ua #N/B
ni
a 23
Ire 49
la
n 66
Be d
lg 60
iu
Po m 61
rt 63
ug
a #N/B
Se l 72
r
Ro bia 68
m 100
an
90
Number of European
Cz ia
ec 100
hi
a 99
110
I
game developer studios
D taly
en 127
m #N/B
ar
141
142
Fi k
nl
an
d 220
Po 200
Sp lan
ai d 412
n 426*
* Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on
surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions Sp DE
ai V 375
n 420
AE
Sw VI 455
N 427
et ede
he n 382
rla 435
n
Ge ds 465
rm 475*
an
524
Fr y
an 614
ce 575
620
U
K 812
#N/B
9Po
game
203
rt
ug
#N/B
publishers1
al
1
Be
lg
2018
iu 3
m
1
Gr
ee
ce 1
#N/B
2019
Fi
nl
1
an
d 1
D
en
m
ar 3
k #N/B
Ro
m
an
ia 3
3
Li
th
ua
ni 5
a 5
Sl
ov
en
ia #N/B
5
Ire
la
nd 6
#N/B
Cz
ec
hi 10
Sp a 10
ai
n
D
Number of game publishers
EV 26
Sp 23
ai
n
#N/B
* Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on Ae
N vi 25
surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions et
he
rla
nd #N/B
s 25
Ge
rm
an 38
y 30
Po
la 24*
nd
36*
Fr
an
ce 78
80
10Jacks of all
trades: the
European games
industry builds
games across all
major platforms.
11Percentage of games developed
for various platforms
PLATFORMS
COUNTRY YEAR
PC/MAC CONSOLE MOBILE/ TABLET BROWSER VR/AR OTHER
2019 32% 15% 16% 17% 17%
Belgium
2018 29% 16% 18% 10% 27%
2019 67% 41% 16% 8%
Czechia
2018
2019 38% 7% 63% 1% 3% 50%
Finland
2018 52% 14% 59%
2019 80% 45% 70%
France
2018 80% 41% 60%
2019 50% 58% 25% 20%
Germany
2018
2019
Greece
2018 13% 39%
2019
Italy
2018 51.50% 15% 29% 2.50% 2%
2019 15% 5% 70% 10%
Lithuania
2018
12PLATFORMS
COUNTRY YEAR
PC/MAC CONSOLE MOBILE/ TABLET BROWSER VR/AR OTHER
2019
Netherlands
2018 75%/50% 35% 46%/ 40% 13% 6% 17%
2019 84%/41% 40% 55% 12% 18%
Poland
2018
2019 82% 51.70% 69% 27% 10%
Portugal
2018
2019
Romania
2018 23% 26% 39% 10%
2019 33.33% 5.56% 38.89% 6.94% 8.33% 6.94%
Serbia
2018 26% 11% 38% 10% 13% 4%
2019 73% 27% 60% 18% 9%
Slovakia
2018 53% 3% 36% 6% 3%
2019 15% 80% 5%
Slovenia
2018
2019 57.52% 28.76% 40.31% 2.88% 7.74% 1.99%
Spain AEVI
2018
2019 76%/36% 43% 68% 20% 7%
Spain DEV
2018 75%/45% 38% 67% 23% 11%
2019
Sweden
2018 56% 50% 48%/ 27% 17%
13In 2019, the video
games industry
employed 87,628
across Europe.
14La
people
tv
i #N/B
employed1
124
87628
Gr a
ee
250
N ce #N/B
2018
or
w 285*
342
Sl ay
ov
en
400
Sl ia
ov 390
ak 524
2019
Li
th ia 704
ua
n 539
721
Po ia
rt
#N/B
ug
D
en al 1000*
m
ar 1009
k 847
in the industry
Ita 1100
Be ly #N/B
lg
iu 1100
1100
Bu m
lg
1200*
ar
ia
Se #N/B
rb 1281
Cz ia 1325
ec
hi 1500*
Ire a 1748
la 2100
n
Fi d 2000*
N n
et lan 3200
he d 3400
Number of people working
rla
nd 3170
Sw s 3170
ed
Ro en 5320
* Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on m 5925
surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions Sp an 6000
ai ia
n 6000*
D
EV 6900
Po 7320
Sp lan 6400*
ai d 7800*
n
A
Ge EVI 6900
rm 9500
an 11705
Fr y 10487
an
ce 12000
15000
U 15000
K #N/B
15Women make up
a growing part
of the European
games industry
workforce.
16Sp
ai
n
AE
VI 16%
Be 7%
lg
iu 7%
m
Li 8%
2018
th
ua
ni #N/B
a 12%
N
or
w #N/B
ay
12,5%
2019
13%
Ita
ly #N/B
La
tv
ia #N/B
Cz 13%
ec
hi 17%
a 13%
Ire
la 15%
nd
Sl #N/B
ov
14%
ak
ia
16%
Fr
a
Sp nce 16,5%*
ai 16,5%*
n
N D 16%
et EV
18,5%
Percentage of women
he
rla
working in the industry
nd 19%*
s 19%
Fi
nl
an 20%
d 21%
Sw
ed
en 21%
Gr 23%
ee
ce 25%
* Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on #N/B
Po
surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions la #N/B
nd
Ge 25%*
rm
an #N/B
Sl y 25%
ov
27%
en
Ro ia 25%
m
an #N/B
i
Bu a 27%
lg
ar
ia 30%*
#N/B
Se
rb
ia 27,5%
30%
17Local developers
earned a total
of 12 billion
euros in 2019.
18euros
La
tv #N/B
12 BN
Po ia 30
rt
ug
#N/B
2018
al
N 30
or
w 38
ay
Sl 35*
ov
ak
ia 45,7
2019
Sl 50
ov
en
ia 18
57
Ita 60
l
Be y #N/B
lg
iu 93
m
59
Se
rb 80*
D ia
en 100
m
ar 124
Li k 177
th
ua
ni 84
a 138
Ire
la
nd 150
Cz #N/B
ec
h 116
Total revenue earned by
Ro ia 169,4
m
N an
et 165
he ia 186
rla
220*
nd
s
local game developer studios
#N/B
Po
la
364*
* Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on
nd
surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions Ge 479*
rm
Sp any #N/B
ai 618
n
D
EV 813
Fi 920
nl
2100
an
d 2200
Sw
ed
en 1872
2318
Fr
an
ce 3930
#N/B
19N
et
he
rla
#N/B
nd
s 50%*
N
or
w
2018
ay #N/B
70%
Se
rb
ia #N/B
Po 70%
rt
2019
ug
al #N/B
75%
Ire
la
nd 80%
#N/B
Be
lg
iu #N/B
m
80%
Sw
ed
en 79%
80%
Ita
ly 83%
#N/B
La
tv #N/B
Total revenue earned
ia
Ge 83%
by top 10% of studios
rm
#N/B
an
y 84%*
Sl
ov
ak
ia 86%
84%
Sl
ov
en
ia 95%
Ro 85%
* Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on m
an
surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions ia 85%
88%
Fr
an
ce 90%
Li #N/B
th
ua
ni
a #N/B
90%
Fi
nl
an
d 95%
D 94%
en
m
ak
r 98,5%
#N/B
20New title
releases came
to market
via range of
avenues.
21Li
th
ua
ni #N/B
a
9
Ire
la
2018
nd 10
Bu #N/B
lg
ar
ia 10
Sl #N/B
ov
2019
en
ia 12
N 6
or
w
ay 12
Po 9
rt
ug
al #N/B
Sl 13
ov
ak
ia #N/B
Ro 15
m
an
ia 16
Cz 16
ec
21
hi
a
#N/B
Se
rb
Number of companies
ia 30*
Gr 22
ee
that published new titles
ce 31*
Be #N/B
lg
iu
m 33*
D #N/B
en
m
70*
ar
k
* Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on 39
surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions Ita
ly 74
#N/B
Fi
nl
an
Sp d 81
ai 59
n
AE
VI #N/B
Sw 100*
ed
Sp en 100*
ai #N/B
n
D
EV 295
360
22Ire
la
nd 8
N #N/B
or
w
ay 12
2018
Gr 9
ee
17
#N/B
Ro ce
m
an
17
Po ia 19
2019
rt
ug
#N/B
Sl al
ov 20
en
Li ia 12
th 25
ua
ni #N/B
Be a 25
N lg
iu
et 37*
#N/B
he m
rla
nd
s #N/B
Sl 40*
ov
by local developers
ak
i 60
Cz a 43
ec
hi
a 23
Se 46
rb
D i 85
en a 46
m
82
ar
k
Fi 69
n
Sp lan
d 108
ai
n 80
AE
VI #N/B
* Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on 125
129*
Number of new titles published
surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions Sp Italy
ai
n #N/B
D
EV 141*
132*
U 150
K
Po #N/B
la
nd 452
Fr 480
an
Ge ce #N/B
rm 530
an #N/B
y
1500*
23Ire
la
nd 9
#N/B
Ro
m
2018
an
ia 12
13
Gr
ee
ce 15
#N/B
2019
Sl
ov
en
ia 12
20
Cz
ec
hi
a 21*
#N/B
Li
th
Number of new
ua
ni
a #N/B
23
Se
self-published titles
rb
ia 62
27
Sl
ov
ak
ia 25
40
D
en
m
72
ar
k
Sp 55
ai
n
AE
VI #N/B
73*
* Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on
surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions Ita
ly 84
#N/B
U 90*
K
#N/B
Fr
an
ce #N/B
318*
Ge
rm
an #N/B
y
1200*
24Number of new titles published
by external publishers
300*
2018 2019
212
60*
52*
45
23
19
14
#N/B
#N/B
#N/B
#N/B
#N/B
#N/B
#N/B
#N/B
10
10
2*
6
5
5
4
3
2
0
a
a
nd
ia
ia
ia
k
ia
ly
VI
K
ce
y
an
ar
hi
ni
Ita
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ak
en
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rb
AE
an
la
ec
ua
m
rm
Se
ov
ov
m
Ire
Fr
en
n
Cz
th
Sl
Ro
Sl
Ge
ai
Li
D
Sp
* Data based on estimations, approximations, not based on
surveys or not entirely complying with the provided definitions
25INSIGHTS
FOR THE
VIDEO
GAMES
INDUSTRY
26Game
development
programmes
are increasingly
available
across Europe.
27Latvia 1
Number of
European
Lithuania 2
Bulgaria 4
Norway 6 educational
Denmark 8 institutions
Belgium 8 offering game
Czechia 8
development
Romania 8
Slovakia 10
programmes
Serbia 12
Portugal 13
Sweden 15
Ireland 19*
Netherlands 21
Finland 39
Poland 44
Spain AEVI 55*
Spain DEV 59
Greece 70
Germany 115
France 130
Numbers are based on the latest available data
28Public funding is
helping support
new studios as
well as research
and development.
29Public funding support for
game developer studios
COUNTRY CULTURAL STATE AID FOR VIDEO GAME PRODUCTION
Grants Loans Tax credits Equity funding None
Dedicated to Dedicated to dedicated to dedicated to
In general In general in general in general
game dev game dev game dev game dev
Belgium (all) VAF/
Gamefonds
Czechia
Denmark Spil-
ordningen
Finland
France FAJV FPJV Crédit
d'Impôt Jeu
Vidéo
Germany Computer-
spiele-
förderung
des Bundes
Italy First
playable
fund
COVID19
support
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
30COUNTRY CULTURAL STATE AID FOR VIDEO GAME PRODUCTION
Grants Loans Tax credits Equity funding None
Dedicated to Dedicated to dedicated to dedicated to
In general In general in general in general
game dev game dev game dev game dev
Netherlands Stimule-
ringsfonds
Creatieve
Industrie
Norway Norwegian
film
institute
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia Slovak Art
Council
Spain RED.ES CREA-SGR
(COVID19
support)
Sweden
Slovenia
UK UK Games Creative Game Tax
Fund England Relief
31R&D aid for game developer studios
COUNTRY R&D AID FOR INNOVATION
Grants Loans Tax credits Equity funding None
Dedicated to Dedicated to dedicated to dedicated to
In general In general in general in general
game dev game dev game dev game dev
Belgium
Czechia
Denmark
Finland Business Business
Finland Finland
Funding Funding
For Game For Game
Busines Busines
Develop-
ment
France Crédit
d'Impôt Jeu
Vidéo
Germany FAJV
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Netherlands
Poland GAMEINN
32COUNTRY R&D AID FOR INNOVATION
Grants Loans Tax credits Equity funding None
Dedicated to Dedicated to dedicated to dedicated to
In general In general in general in general
game dev game dev game dev game dev
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain R&D tax
credit for
advanced
software
devel-op-
ment
activities
Sweden
Norway
UK
33Aid for SMEs for launching a new studio
COUNTRY SME AID FOR LAUNCHING A NEW STUDIO
Grants Loans Tax credits Equity funding None
Dedicated to Dedicated to dedicated to dedicated to
In general In general in general in general
game dev game dev game dev game dev
Belgium
Czechia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Ireland
Italy
Poland
Portugal
Netherlands
Norway
Romania
Serbia
34COUNTRY SME AID FOR LAUNCHING A NEW STUDIO
Grants Loans Tax credits Equity funding None
Dedicated to Dedicated to dedicated to dedicated to
In general In general in general in general
game dev game dev game dev game dev
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
UK
35VIDEO GAMES
INDUSTRY
REPORTS
BY COUNTRY
36AUSTRIA ITALY SERBIA
2018: Game Development Studie 2018: Quarto censimento dei game devel- 2018: Serbian Gaming Industry Report
oper italiani 2019 2019: Serbian gaming industry report
BELGIUM
2019: Belgian Games Industry LATVIA SLOVAKIA
2019: Latvian game developer industry 2018: Slovak Game Industry
CZECH REPUBLIC data 2019: Latvijas spēļu izstrādātāju in- 2019: Slovak Game Development Industry
2018: Czech Video Game Industry dustrijas dati 2019
2019: Czech Games Industry Study SPAIN
LITHUANIA 2018: DEV: Libro Blanco del Desarrollo
DENMARK 2019: Lietuvos žaidimų industrijos kelrodis Español de Videojuegos de 2019
2019: Danske Indholdsproducenter Dan- 2019: DEV: Libro Blanco del Desarrollo
ske Indholdsproducenter.pdf (pro-f.dk) NORWAY Español de Videojuegos de 2019
2018: VIRKE SPILL-rapporen 2019/2020 2019: AEVI: Video Games Industry in
FINLAND 2019: Game Report Spain (AEVI)
2018: Finnish Game Industry 2018 Report
2019: Finish Game Industry 2019 Report POLAND SWEDEN
2019: The Game Industry of Poland – re- 2018: Spelutvecklarindex 2019: here and
FRANCE: port 2020 here
2019: Annual survey of the video game, 2019: Game Developer Index 2020
2020 edition, Industry in France PORTUGAL
2019: Atlas do setor dos videojogos em UKRAINE
GERMANY Portugal 2018: Game Development in Ukraine 2018
2018: The German Games Industry 2019
Report and Guide to the German Games ROMANIA
Industry 2018: Romanian Games Industry Report
2019: Market data 2019
2019: Romanian Game Development
Industry Snapshot 2020
37Annex 1: Educational institutions providing
study programs in game development in
Europe
Belgium: 8 institutions – Brno University of Technology, Faculty Universities
DIRECTORY – FLEGA of Information Technology – Aalto University
– AP Hogeschool – Czech Technical University in Prague – Tampere University
– Digital Arts and Entertainment – The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music in – LUT University
– Haute Ecole Albert Jacquard University of Ostrava – University of Eastern Finland
– Interface3 – Faculty of Multimedia Communications – University of Jyväskylä
– Karel de Grote-Hogeschool – University of Lapland
– LUCA School of Arts Denmark: 6 institutions – University of Turku
– Syntra Vlaanderen – Dania Games
– Technocité – IT university of Copenhagen Universities of Applied Sciences
– Aalborg University – Centria University of Applied Sciences
Czech Republic: 8 institutions – The University of Southern Denmark – Kajaani University of Applied Sciences
page 85 gamehighedO1report_v3_lowres.pdf – National Film School of Denmark – Karelia-ammattikorkeakoulu
(gda.cz) – KADAK (The Royal Danish Academy – JAMK University of Applied Sciences
– Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, – Haaga-Helia
– University of West Bohemia (Pilsen) Design and Conservation) – LAB University of Applied Sciences
– Academy of Arts Architecture and – Lapland University of Applied Sciences
Design (Prague) Finland: 39 institutions – Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu
– Film and TV School of The Academy of Games education - Neogames – Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Performing Arts (Prague). – Savonia
38Finland: University of Applied Sciences – Suupohjan koulutuskuntayhtymä – Designschule Leipzig
– South-Eastern Finland University of – Taitotalo – Designschule Schwerin
Applied Sciences – Turun ammatti-instituutti – Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg
– Tampere University Ravensburg
– Turku University of Applied Sciences Germany: 115 institutions – Fachhochschule Aachen
game - Ausbildungskompass Games: game – Fachhochschule Aalen
Vocational Upper Secondary Education - Ausbildungskompass Games (ausbil- – Fachhochschule Potsdam
and Training dungskompass-games.de) – Fachhochschule Wedel Gemeinnützige
– Ahlmannin koulun säätiö Schulgesellschaft mbH
– Careeria – Akademie Deutsche Pop Hamburg – FH Dresden
– Business College Helsinki – Bauhaus Universität Weimar – Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
– Helsinki Vocational College – Berufliche Schule für Medien und – Filmuniversität Babelsberg
– HEO Kommunikation – Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD
– Kainuun ammattiopisto – bib International College Bergisch WOLF und Universität Potsdam in
– Kauhajoen evankelinen opisto Gladbach Kooperation mit dem Erich Pommer
– Kouvolan seudun ammattiopisto – bib International College Paderborn Institut
– Joutsenon opisto – bib International College Hannover – Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD
– Laajasalon opisto – btk Hochschule WOLF und Universität Potsdam in
– Lybeckerin opisto – Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Kooperation mit dem Erich Pommer
– Omnian ammattiopisto Halle Institut
– Oulun seudun ammattiopisto – design akademie berlin | SRH – Freie Universität Berlin
– Pohjois-Karjalan koulutuskuntayhtymä Hochschule für Kommunikation und – Friedrich-Albert-Lange Berufskolleg
– Prakticum Design Duisburg
– Sataedu – Designakademie Rostock – Games Academy Berlin
39Germany: – Hochschule Furtwangen – Hochschule Trier
– Games Academy Frankfurt – Hochschule für angewandtes – Hochschule Worms
– GPB - Gesellschaft für Management – HTK Academy
Personalentwicklung und Bildung – Hochschule für Bildende Künste – HTW Berlin
GmbH Braunschweig – HTW Dresden
– Hamburg Media School – Hochschule für Musik, Theater und – Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
– HAW Hamburg Medien Hannover – IUBH Internationale Hochschule
– HBK Essen – Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst – Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
– hdpk SRH Hochschule der populären Busch" – Kunsthochschule Kassel
Künste – Hochschule Hannover – Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
– HFBK Hamburg – Hochschule Harz – Macromedia Akademie
– HMKW Hochschule für Medien, – Hochschule Heilbronn – mAHS, media Akademie – Hochschule
Kommunikation und Wirtschaft – Hochschule Kaiserslautern Stuttgart
– HMKW Hochschule für Medien, – Hochschule Kempten – Mediadesign Hochschule Berlin
Kommunikation und Wirtschaft – Hochschule Macromedia – Mediadesign Hochschule Düsseldorf
– Hochschule Anhalt – Hochschule Macromedia – Mediadesign Hochschule München
– Hochschule Aschaffenburg – Hochschule Macromedia – Merz Akademie
– Hochschule Augsburg – Hochschule Mainz - Fachbereich – Ostbayrische Hochschule
– Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg Gestaltung – OSZ IMT
– Hochschule Bremerhaven – Hochschule Mittweida – PIXL VISN
– Hochschule Darmstadt – Hochschule Neu-Ulm – S4G School for Games GmbH
– Hochschule der Medien – Hochschule Offenburg – SAE Insititute Hamburg
– Hochschule Flensburg – Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten – SAE Insititute München
– Hochschule Fulda – Hochschule RheinMain – SAE Institute
40Germany: Ireland: 19 institutions – RĪGAS MĀKSLAS UN MEDIJU
– SAE Institute Berlin – Pulse College TEHNIKUMS
– SAE Institute Bochum – Northern Regional College
– SAE Institute Köln – Athlone Institute of Technology Lithuania: 2 institutions
– School of Games – Carlow Institute of Technology – Game Development – Vilniaus Verslo
– SRH Hochschule Heidelberg – Waterford Institute of Technology kolegija
– Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung – Tralee Institute of Technology – Vilnius Business College
Karlsruhe – Limerick Institute of Technology
– TH Brandenburg – Dundalk Institute of Technology Norway: 6 institutions
– TH Köln / Cologne Game Lab – Letterkenny Institute of Technology – INN – Inland Norway University of
– TU München – Dublin Institute of Technology Applied Sciences
– University of Applied Sciences Europe – TU Dublin – NTNU – Norwegian University of
– Universität Bayreuth – University College Limerick Science and Technology
– Universität Bonn – Ballyfermot College of Further – UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
– Universität Bremen Education – Nord University
– Universität der Künste Berlin – University of Ulster – Kristiania University College
– Universität Hamburg – Bray Institute of Higher Education – Noroff – School of technology and
– Universität Koblenz-Landau – St. John's Central College of Further digital media
– Universität Magdeburg Education and Training
– Universität Paderborn – Cenit College Poland: 44 institutions
– Universität Würzburg polskigamedev.pl/
– WAVE AKADEMIE für Digitale Medien Latvia: 1 institution ksztalcenie-dla-branzy-gier/
– Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule Datorspēļu dizains un grafika - – The Strzemiński Academy of Art in
Ekonomikas un Kultūras augstskola Lodz
41Poland: Gliwice in Szczecin
– Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in – Poznan University of Technology – University of Economics in Katowice
Lublin – University of Silesia in Katowice – School of Computer Science and Skills
– University of Information Technology – Cracow University of Technology in Lodz,
and Management in Rzeszow – West Pomeranian University of – The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art
– College of Economics and Computer Technology in Szczecin and Design in Wroclaw
Science in Krakow – University of Applied Sciences in Nysa – Collegium Da Vinci in Poznan
– University of Information Technology – University of Zielona Gora – Warsaw Film School
and Management "Copernicus" in – WSB-NLU (Higher School of Business – Katowice Institute of Information
Wroclaw – National-Louis University) in Nowy Technologies
– University of Social Sciences in Lodz, Sacz – Jagiellonian University in Krakow
– The Maritime University of Szczecin – Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice – WSB University in Gdansk
– Lodz University of Technology – Academy of Art in Szczecin – The University of Economics and
– Pedagogical University in Krakow – The Karol Godula Upper Silesian Human Sciences in Warsaw
– University of Lower Silesia in Wroclaw Academy of Entrepreneurship in – Polish-Japanese Academy of
– Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Chorzow Information Technology in Warsaw
– Vistula University in Warsaw – University of Silesia in Cieszyn
– University of Opole – Kozminski University in Warsaw Portugal: 13 institutions
– Tischner European University in – University of Bialystok page 25 Atlas_VJ_Portugal_2020.pdf -
Kraków – Kazimierz Wielki University in Google Drive
– Kielce University of Technology Bydgoszcz
– University of Technology in Koszalin – University of Humanities and Tecnico Sup. Profissional
– Czestochowa University of Technology Economics in Lodz – Instituto Politécnico Da Maia
– Silesian University of Technology in – The West Pomeranian Business School – Instituto Politécnico De Tomar
42Portugal: – National University of Theatre Arts and – Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad
– Instituto Politécnico Do Porto Cinematography – Metropolitan University, Faculty of
– Instituto Politécnico De Tomar Information Technology
– Instituto Politécnico De Setúbal Private academies – SAE Institute Belgrade
– Game Dev Academy – Singidunum University, Faculty of
Licenciatura – Amc Ro Studio Media and Communications
– Instituto Politécnico De Bragança – Amber Academy – University of Belgrade, Faculties of
– Instituto Politécnico De Leiria – Gameloft Learning Center Organizational Sciences and Electrical
– Universidade Lusófona Do Porto – Ubisoft Engineering
– Instituto Politécnico Do Cávado E Ave – Link Academy – University of Niš
– Universidade Europeia – Pixellab Training Center – University of Novi Sad, Academy of Arts
– Media Academy
Mestrado Slovakia: 10 institutions
– Universidade Da Beira Interior Serbia: 12 institutions page 66 Slovak-Game-Industry-2019.pdf
– Universidade Do Porto page 93 SGA-Report-2019.pdf (sgda.sk)
– Universidade Técnica De Lisboa – “Master 4.0” program for IT and – University of St. Cyril and Methodius in
Business Trnava
Romania: 11 institutions – “Master 4.0” program for Creative – Academy of Fine Arts and Design
page 46 RGDA_2019-report.pdf Industries/Gaming – Butterfly Effect
– College of Vocational Studies, Belgrade – Academy of Filmmaking and
State Universities Polytechnic Multimedia
– Politehnica University of Bucharest – Faculty of Contemporary Arts Belgrade, – Vocational Art School (Škola ume-
– Ion Mincu University of Urbanism and Graphic Design department leckého priemyslu)
Architecture – Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade
43Slovakia: (UNIR) – e-Squad Academy
– Creative Arts Secondary School in – Creanavarra- Pamplona – Escuela CES - Escuela Superior de
Trenčín (Stredná umelecká škola v – CPA Salduie Imagen y Sonido
Trenčíne) – MasterD – Escuela Trazos
– Academy of Animation (Súkromná – Universidad San Jorge (USJ) – ESNE
stredná umelecká škola animovanej – Unreal Training Hub – Gametopia
tvorby) – Akiba School – The Global eSports Academy
– Gamecamp / Gamecraft / LevelUp – Centro de la Imagen y la Tecnología – U-tad
– OpenLab technological accelerator for Multimedia (CITM - UPC) – Universidad Complutense de Madrid
high school students – Escola de Noves Tecnologies (UCM)
– Summer Game De Interactives (ENTI) – Universidad de Alcalá
– Escola Pia Granollers – Universidad Europea de Madrid
Spain: 60 institutions – Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño – Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
www.devuego.es/bd/mapa-centros/ Deià – Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
– Escuela IDesigner – Voxel School
– Escuela de Imagen y Sonido de Vigo – Fundación Obicex – Escuela Superior de Arte y Tecnología
(EISV) – Level Up (Game Development Hub) (ESAT)
– European Business Factory (EBF) – Tecnocampus – Florida Replay
– Universidade da Coruña – Universitat de Vic (UVic) – Primer Frame
– ESNE Asturias – Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) – UA School (Universal Arts School)
– DigiPen Europe-Bilbao – UPC School – Universitat Jaume I
– Escuela Superior de Imagen y Sonido – CEV - Escuela Superior de – Cesur Murcia Audiovisual
ACEIMAR Comunicación, Imagen y Sonido – Escuela Superior Internacional de
– Universidad Internacional de la Rioja – CICE Diseño (ESI Murcia)
44Spain: – Chalmers
– Arcan Studios – University of Skövde
– Arcan Studios – Luleå University of Technology
– Aula Arcade – Stockholm University of the Arts
– Aula de Videojuegos – Uppsala University: Campus Gotland
– Centro ArteBit
– Escuela Superior de Arte y Diseño YH educations
(ESADA) – Forsbergs Skola (Stockholm)
– Escuela Superior de Comunicación – PlaygroundSquad (Falun)
Audiovisual (ESCAV) – The Game Assembly (Malmö /
– Escuela Superior de Videojuegos y Arte Stockholm)
Digital (EVAD) – Yrgo (Gothenburg)
– Gamia – Futuregames (Stockholm)
– Polo Nacional de Contenidos Digitales – Futuregames - QA / GAME TESTER
– Universidad de Málaga (UMA) (Boden)
– V-ART Escuela Audiovisual – Futuregames - GAME PROGRAMS,
– Frogames- Palma de Mallorca PROJECT MANAGER IT & GAMES
– Universidad de La Laguna- Teneri and FUTUREGAMES GAME & UX
DESIGNER (Skellefteå)
Sweden: 15 institutions – Visual Magic - VFX artist - 3D visualiza-
Utbildningar — Spelutbildningar.se tion (Skellefteå)
– Experience Designer - Games & Stories
Universities & Colleges (Karlstad)
– Blekinge Institute of Technology
45METHODOLOGY
OF DATA
COLLECTION
46Annex 2: Metodology of data collection
BASED ON A SURVEY BASED ON A DATA AVAILABLE IN NATIONAL
COUNTRY AND/OR INTERVIEWS NOTES
BUSINESS REGISTER OR STATISTICS
Belgium
The survey is sent to all active game studios in
Belgium.
Czechia The data does not include publishers.
Companies are identified through their regis-
tration in the central business register (CVR)
Denmark and have undergone a manual check to validate
their central business purpose as game develop-
ment or similar.
Data is collected bi-annually and includes only
Finland
active game developer studios.
Based on a joint data with regional industry
France
associations in France.
Data is collected through multiple ways: own
surveys, buying data from private sources
Germany
like GfK and YouGov and studies done by
universities.
Ireland
The association has collected a list of known
Latvia
game developers registered in Latvia that is
updated whenever they find out about new
developers.
47BASED ON A SURVEY BASED ON A DATA AVAILABLE IN NATIONAL
COUNTRY NOTES
AND/OR INTERVIEWS BUSINESS REGISTER OR STATISTICS
Data includes all the companies that are active
Lithuania
in the games industry.
Data is collected through Dutch Game Garden
which has a register of active game companies
Netherlands in the Netherlands. Only active companies are
included. Student teams are not part of the
database.
The data includes members of local game
Norway developer association and other established
companies in the industry with actual turnover.
Data is based on studies prepared by PARP,
GIC & IGP. Some numbers for 2019 are
different than what we received from Spirdor
because they did not correspond exactly to
our definitions, especially where there were
big differences between 2018 data and 2019.
Poland
Some numbers for 2018 were changed because
at the moment when the 2018 EGDF report
was released the numbers were estimates and
meantime we got the right numbers. And for
some questions the answers are still estimates
because the latest data was from 2017.
The survey is sent to all the active developers’
Portugal
studios and publisher.
48BASED ON A SURVEY BASED ON A DATA AVAILABLE IN NATIONAL
COUNTRY NOTES
AND/OR INTERVIEWS BUSINESS REGISTER OR STATISTICS
Data includes both the member and the active
Romania
non-member studios
Data includes both SGA members and several
Serbia bigger studios/service providers which are
non-members.
Data is collected through a survey sent to all the
Slovakia game industry companies that the association
knows.
Data is based on a survey from 2018 and it is
Slovenia updated with data obtained from industry
contacts each year.
The survey is sent to all Spanish game develop-
Spain (DEV)
ment studios (established as companies or not)
Data is collected through a business register
and from Devuego. Devuego is one of the
Spain (AEVI) largest Spanish online databases for games,
businesses, workers and events in the video
game industry.
Sweden
49Annex 3: Questionnaire
0. Methodology: main source of turnover is coming from developing games
0.1. How the data was collected? For example is data based on (e.g. either developing their own IP or subcontracting
information collected from a business register or on inter- game development to other studios) . This includes one
viewing companies? (Open question) man teams. Both studios doing self publishing and using
0.2. How did you identify companies that were included in your external publishers are taken into account.
data sets? E.g. did you only include your members or do you --> A publisher publishes third-party games on behalf of game
have a register of active game developer studios and pub- developer studios that developed them.
lishers in your country? (Open question) --> A service provider, that is not a game developer studio or
0.3. All in all, what is the number of companies you were able to publisher, is a company that does not develop new games.
get data from? (Number) Instead, it is, for example, only creating assets for other
0.4. How well do the companies included in your survey/data game developer studios or only porting existing games for
base collection represent different types of companies in the new platforms.
national games ecosystem: e.g. large companies, mediums --> An active company is a company that is registered in a trade
size companies, one man studios or early stage start-ups register, has people working for the company and is gen-
and established companies or mobile, console, PC, VR etc. erating turnover. In practice, this has to often be evaluated
game developers? (Open question) case by case.
0.5. If you have published a report on 2019 data, please send us a
link to it: 1.1. What was the total number of game developer studios and
publishers located in your country in 2019? (Number)
1. Number of game developer studios and publishers in your 1.2. What was the number of publishers located in your country
country in 2019? (Number)
Definitions:
--> A game developer studio- is a game developer studio, whose
502. Number of people working for game developer studios and exchange rate for the year
publishers in your country
Definitions: 3.1. What was the total turnover of local game developer studios
--> By number of people working in the industry in your and publisher located in your country in 2019? (Number in
country, we mean full time equivalent (FTE) of employees, million euros)
entrepreneurs, in-house freelancers etc. employed by game 3.2. How much of that revenue was generated by the biggest
developer studios and publishers located in your country. (in terms of revenue) 10% of studios and publishers?
This number should include remote workers. (Percentage)
--> If a game developer studios / publisher established in your
country owns studios in other countries, people working 4. New games
in those studios based in foreign countries should not be Definitions
included in this number. --> What is a new game? Only a new game for global launch.
Not alpha or soft launch or early access game. If a game is
2.1. What was the number of people working for game developer ported on a new platform, it is a new game only if it is signif-
studios and publishers in your country in 2019? (Number) icantly different from the old version.
2.2. What percentage of the people, working for the local game
developer studios and publishers, were females in 2019? 4.1. What was the number of game developer studios located in
(Percentage) your country that published new games during 2019? Please
include both the companies that self-published new games
3. Revenue generated by the industry and companies that used third-party publisher for publish-
Definitions: ing new games. (Number)
--> Turnover means the net revenue generated by all game 4.2. What was the number of new titles published by game
developer studios and publishers located in the country. For developer studios in your country in 2019? Please include
non-euro countries, please use annual average currency both the companies that self-published new games and
51companies that used third-party publisher for publishing 6. Public Support
new games. (Number) Definitions:
4.2.1. How many of these new titles were self-published? --> Cultural aid: de minimis funding available for video game
(Number) production, funding notified as cultural state aid in Brussels
4.2.2. How many of these new titles were published by an --> R&D aid: de minimis aid available for technological inno-
external publisher? (Number) vation and business model development, R&D&I aid under
4.3. What is the percentage of local game developer studios GBER
that develop games for the following platforms: PC/MAC, --> SME aid: de minimis funding targeted for starting a
Console/Handheld consoles, mobile/tablet, browser, VR/AR company, SME aid under GBER
or other? (Percentage) --> A dedicated funding instrument is a public funding instru-
ment that specifically mentions game developer studios and
5. Game education publishers as its target groups
Definitions 6.1. Do you have in your country (click all the boxes that apply to
--> Game education program: a degree program focused on your country): Cultural state aid for video game production:
game development (from arts, programming, game design
or any other perspective) or offering students an opportu- 6.1.1. Cultural grants in general
nity to specialize in game development 6.1.2. Cultural grants dedicated for game developer studios
6.1.3. Cultural loans and loan guarantees in general
5.1. What is the number of educational institutions providing 6.1.4. Cultural loans and loan guarantees dedicated for
educational programs focused on game development? game developer studios
(Number) 6.1.5. Cultural tax credits in general
5.2. Do you have a publicly available link to education institu- 6.1.6. Cultural tax credits dedicated for game developer
tions providing games education in your country? If yes, studios
please share the link with us. 6.1.7. Cultural equity funding in general
526.1.8. Cultural equity funding dedicated for game developer developer studios
studios 6.3.5. SME tax credits in general
6.1.9. None of the above 6.3.6. SME tax credits dedicated for game developer studios
6.3.7. SME equity funding in general
6.2. Do you have in your country (click all the boxes that apply 6.3.8. SME equity funding dedicated for game developer
to your country): R&D Aid for innovation : studios
6.2.1. R&D grants in general 6.3.9. None of the above
6.2.2. R&D grants dedicated for game developer studios
6.2.3. R&D loans and loan guarantees in general
6.2.4. R&D loans and loan guarantees dedicated for game
developer studios
6.2.5. R&D tax credits in general
6.2.6. R&D tax credits dedicated for game developer studios
6.2.7. R&D equity funding in general
6.2.8 R&D equity funding dedicated for game developer
studios
6.2.9. None of the above
6.3. Do you have in your country (click all the boxes that apply to
your country): SME aid for launching a new studio:
6.3.1. SME grants in general
6.3.2. SME grants dedicated for game developer studios
6.3.3. SME loans and loan guarantees in general
6.3.4. SME loans and loan guarantees dedicated for game
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