The Indie Arena Booth European Games Showcase brings 35 indie developers from across Europe to POLARIS. All games were hand-picked by an independent jury, and the showcase is presented by Indie Arena Booth. The lineup ranges from solo developers to larger teams, and from early prototypes to titles close to release, covering genres from cozy puzzlers and narrative games to action and hard-to-categorize experiments. The goal is to show how diverse Europe's indie scene really is.

To make that possible, we're supporting 10 teams from Low-Capacity Countries with a travel grant and hosting the other 25 European teams free of charge.

POLARIS is one of the biggest meeting points for gaming and content creators in the German-speaking region, which makes it a great place for developers to connect with creators from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On top of the showcase, we've built formats focused on creators and indie developers, like the Pitch Perfect competition on the main stage and the Dev2Creator mingle, to help bring European talent in front of both players and creators.