Resources
Community
- Slack: The Dutch Games Industry Slack server is open to Dutch games industry professionals. You can request to join here.
- Calendar: View the calendar on dutchgameindustry.directory. Events organized by DGA can be found here.
- Network Lunch: The monthly DGA Network lunch is an excellent way to meet fellow game devs.
- INDIGO is the yearly conference where the Dutch games industry meets up with international visitors and each other.
- DGA Roundtables (formerly known as Industrieoverleg): informal meeting for all Dutch game developers that aims to discuss the most relevant topics for the Dutch game industry.
- DGA Talks: seminars with two or three expert speakers from the Dutch industry or with international presenters to help Dutch companies to discover new tracks.
Dutch Games Industry
- Companies: A list of Dutch games and game studios can be found in the Dutch Game Industry Directory.
- Industry Magazine: Control Online is the online trade magazine for the Dutch games industry. Control 500 is its sister site hosting micro articles, with many Dutch contributions.
- Industry Data: Information about the Dutch games industry can be found in the most recent Games Monitor (2024).
- Awards: Dutch Game Awards. Also check out the Dutch Digital Design showcase.
- Freelancegamedevs.com: overview of Dutch freelance game developers who are available for work.
- Werkplant.com: a movement to make the creative industry a better place for everyone involved.
Business Centers
- Game Bakery – cooperative association in Groningen that hosts 25+ game studios.
- Indietopia – non-profit games business hub and accelerator in the North.
Guides
- Starting a game company in NL – A practical beginners guide to starting a game company in the Netherlands.
- Finding a job in the (Dutch) games industry
- How to make your game studio more resilient
DGA
- DGA Vision: Our DGA Vision deck explains our high-level objectives.
- DGA Task Forces: We currently have the following dedicated Task Forces:
- Government relations.
- Dutch Games Industry Awards.
- Serious Games Council.
- Want to join a task force? Let us know.
- DGA Press Kit.
- DGA Members.
- DGA Partners.
- We offer regular discounts to a wide variety of (inter)national game industry events. These discounts are only available to our members.
- We offer trade missions and group representation at international events like GDC, Gamescom, Nordic Game and the Tokyo Games Show. These opportunities are open to all, but our members can participate for discounted prices.
- Not a member yet? Sign up here.
Funding & Support
- Midgame Fund: A fund created by more than 25+ successful Dutch game developers to finance games made in the Netherlands
- Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie – Regeling digitale cultuur
- International Support Index has an overview of the Dutch subsidy landscape.
- RVO has an overview of government support programs
- Safe In Our World: A mental health charity, with a mission to foster positive mental health wellbeing & deliver support for gamers and the games industry
Other
- Influencer Monitor: used by self-regulating organisations, as well as brands and influencer agencies.
- Market Report Japan: In 2024, the DGA conducted research into the opportunities for Dutch game developers in the Japanese market. Download the report by filling out the form here.
- Carbon Calculator: a validated, user-friendly carbon accounting tool which has been built with, and for, studios, publishers, and other games industry organisations. It enables organisations to measure emissions in alignment with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and highlights the emissions in need of greatest attention.