Bootcamp 2026 Applications are open!
Want to release a commercially viable game within a year? Our 2-month bootcamp helps solo developers and small teams take the next step. Develop your own game concept through weekly sessions at the Hub.
More info and application: www.swissgamehub.com/bootcamp/
The April gaming event list is here ✨
💖 Huge thanks to Cool Code and the Swiss Game Hub for hosting this event!
✨ Amazing energy at our Game Design 101 for Kids workshop at Informatiktage!
🎮 In just 2 hours, kids programmed their own games and discovered how creative and fun coding is!
💡A perfect reminder that games are not only entertainment, but also a wonderful tool to learn and grow.
Artwork for Grimoire Groves showing two characters holding hands in a field of sunflowers. One of the characters has pink hair and is holding a watering can up to the sky.
Artwork for Flora Corner showing a cream wall with the logo on and various plant leaves, flowers and tendrils framing it.
Artwork for Hozy showing a white room filled with furniture and plants. The word "hozy" is written in the middle in white text.
Artwork for Puzzle Spy International showing a woman with short black hair holding a brown envelope. Behind her is the Coliseum and the Taj Mahal and she's surrounded by mysterious looking characters.
New cozy games this week🧵(2/2)
🌱Grimoire Groves - 26 Mar - Switch @stardustgames.bsky.social
🪴Flora Corner - 27 Mar - PC
🖼️Hozy - 30 Mar - PC @hozygame.bsky.social
🔍Puzzle Spy International - 30 Mar - PC @agentepsilon.bsky.social
How to turn #indiegames into hits: An interview with Swiss publisher Metaroot (paywall). www.games.ch/swissgames/a... #SwissGames #gamesCHweiz #games #publishing www.games.ch/swissgames/a... @metaroot.bsky.social @swissgamehub.com @oldcakefactory.bsky.social @sgdach.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social
🌼March is a busy month for games!
If you can't visit GDC this year, don't be sad. There are a whole range of gaming events happening in Switzerland in March:
Saturday , March 21st:
If your kid always wanted to create their own game, this is the chance! With game developer Dani Stefania from Cool Code, kids can learn the basic concepts of coding and create their very own game – in only two hours!
Register here: informatiktage.ch/sgda/game-de...
Wednesday, March 18th:
Want to play a whole range of cool Swiss games and talk to the developers? Join us for our "Let's Play Games Made in Züri!" event at the Swiss Game Hub!
Register here: informatiktage.ch/sgda/let-s-p...
👀Our program for the Informatik Tage
An interview with Swiss studio Optimotter, the developer of #SwiftraceCanyon (paywall). #SwissGames #ProHelvetia #gamesCHweiz #racinggame #indiegames #games #gamedev #gamedesign www.games.ch/swissgames/a... @sgdach.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social @swissgamehub.com
The first funding round of the Züricher Filmstiftung's (Zurich Film Fund) "Digitale Kultur" programme delivered a clear message: The Swiss game industry is full of talent, passion and knowledge, but gets underestimated. Here are our thoughts on the matter:
Swiss Game Hub has announced its own gaming conference: The Gamespace Conference will bring the international games industry together in Zurich, Switzerland, for two days from 8 to 9 October 2026. @swissgamehub.bsky.social
www.gamesmarket.global/swiss-game-h...
We are organizing our own industry conference: Gamespace! | 8. + 9. October 2026
The Gamespace Conference will bring together the international gaming industry in Zurich, Switzerland, for two days from 8 to 9 October 2026!
FOR FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS SIGN UP HERE: gamespace.ch
In a week, Switzerland votes on less funding for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Here's why you should vote NO on that, if you want to support video games:
✏️ Register on our Discord server (link in bio)
🎮💬🍹 Join the next Find Your Team event on March 13th!
We just RELEASED our first game on Steam!! So excited!!
Pls go play it and leave a review:
store.steampowered.com/app/2276130/...
The Swiss Game Developers Association @sgdach.bsky.social is opposing the cuts to Swiss Radio & TV association SRG in an initiative vote on 8 March. SGDA states that the games industry will suffer from reduced resources in Switzerland's culture reporting.
www.gamesmarket.global/sgda-opposes...
Don't know what to play this weekend? There are plenty of cool new Swiss game demos! Today's pick: RatSpiderFrog by Flawberry Studio
Don't know what to play this weekend? There are plenty of cool new Swiss game demos! This tonight's pick: In Full Bloom by Obleak Games
Don't know what to play this weekend? There are plenty of cool new Swiss game demos! Today's pick: Nocturnal II by Sunnyside Games
Don't know what to play this weekend? There are plenty of cool new Swiss game demos! Today's pick: Pin Keep by Okomotive
An interview with Swiss studio Mac n Cheese Games, currently developing #VoidMartyrs (paywall). #Munch #SwissGames #ProHelvetia #gamesCHweiz #gamedev #gamedesign #games www.games.ch/swissgames/a... @sgdach.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social @swissgamehub.bsky.social
❗ Swiss game devs, don't miss Pro Helvetia's work grant submission❗
Applications are open until 1st of March 2026
❓ There will also be an information session on Tuesday the 3rd February 2026 from 17:00-19:00
More info here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/pro-he...
❗ Only a few more days to apply for EVA❗
The European Videogame Accelerator is an annual pan-European intense program of business support, workshops, networking, and 1-on-1 mentoring, hosted by SpielFabrique.
Applications open until February 2nd here:
spielfabrique.eu/Thunderfox/e...
❗ Only a few more days to apply for Pro Helvetia's Gamescom delegation❗
The deadline is February 1st, 2026, so if you want to showcase your game at the world's biggest gaming event, apply now!
More info here:
prohelvetia.ch/en/find-supp...
An interview with Swiss #gamedev Lena Frei (Plaid Games), who is currently working on #Skyfarm (paywall). #SwissGames #ProHelvetia #SheGotGame #gamesCHweiz #gamedev #games #permaculture #gardening #cozy www.games.ch/swissgames/a... @sgdach.bsky.social @igda-ch.bsky.social @swissgamehub.bsky.social