May 19, 2025
Gamecity Hamburg Prototype Funding 2025: Six Prototypes Funded
In the latest round of funding 2025, Gamecity Hamburg supports six promising digital games with up to 80,000 euros each as a non-repayable grant.
We can now announce the six promising digital games that are funded with the Prototype Funding in the latest funding round 2025.
The awarding committee selected the projects with the greatest market potential from the many applications. Including this seventh round of funding, the development of 37 prototypes has been supported as part of Prototype Funding since 2020.
The Funded Projects 2025
- NeverLight by Nightless Games - € 80,000
- Pet Universe by Tivola Games - € 80,000
- Space Station Manager by gameXcite - € 80,000
- Unbreachable by Buckfish - € 70,000
- Deep Fog Signals by Symmetry Break Studio - € 32,000
- Cosmic Run by Zinktank Labs - € 30,000
NeverLight is a dark, cooperative role-playing game with fantasy and extraction elements, in which up to three players act as hunters in an endless night in search of terrifying monsters and collect valuable loot. The game combines monster hunting with the excitement of having to bring each reward to safety with the team to receive it.
In the 3D animal shelter simulation game “Pet Universe”, players build their animal shelter from the ground up, organize animal care, collect donations, and design the shelter grounds according to their own ideas. The aim is to care for the animals with their individual needs and to find them a loving home.
Space Station Manager by gameXcite
In this building strategy game with real-time space battles, players manage a space station that serves as a base for spaceships, battles, recruitment, and a strategy hub for missions. In addition to organizing the base, players manage their limited resources and various upgrades, improve crew morale, and explore the galaxy with their individual fleets.
In the multiplayer strategy game “Unbreachable”, players build a fortress in each run that competes with ten castles of rival players. Players strategically construct the different fortress buildings to increase attack power or minimize weaknesses to climb the leaderboard in competition with other players.
Deep Fog Signals by Symmetry Break Studio
In this sci-fi horror game with puzzle mechanics, players are trapped in the comms room of a remote research station during a toxic storm. To escape, they must coordinate the various crew members, decipher cryptic transmissions, and complete the research as the threatening situation escalates over several days.
In this humorous and fast-paced roguelite, players fight their way through space with their ship to escape from a capitalist alien dictatorship. Weapons, shields, upgrades for the engine, and customization of the ship determine the narrative of the game. Depending on the character chosen, the course of the game and the story told vary in several runs.
All detailed information on the teams and games can be found at:
The application phase for the next funding round will start in spring 2026. Find all info here: Funding.
