Video games in Germany

Germany has the second-largest video games player base in Europe, with 44.3 million gamers in 2018, after Russia.[1][2][3] Consumers in Germany spent €5.87 billion on video games over the course of 2021, a 3 percent year-on-year increase from 2020.[4] The video game market in Germany grew by 6 percent to €6.2 billion ($6.7 billion) in 2019.[5]

The annual Gamescom in Cologne is the world's largest video game expo by number of attendees.[6]

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  6. ^ Tatár, Susanna (14 August 2014). "How Nvidia Will Be Going Big at Gamescom, the World's Biggest Gaming Show" (Press release). Nvidia. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2014.