About Portside
All you need to know about Portside Game Assembly: program, events, timings and how to participate, at a glance.
Portside Game Assembly - That's the new industry conference for leading indie game makers and studios, organized by Gamecity Hamburg, which will set sail for the first time on June 27, 2025. Quite literally: The main event invites selected decision-makers from the international indie games industry on board of a ship, which will cruise through the expansive port of Hamburg. The board program: Selected keynote speeches, impulse talks and productive roundtables by and for indie experts to encourage a targeted exchange in this sub-sector of the games industry.
Conference, Networking, Party
But Portside Game Assembly is more: The conference is accompanied by networking events in selected Hamburg locations that bring conference participants, publishers, games industry experts and the lively indie scene together to meet and to exchange. Whether it's a networking brunch or an evening party with Hamburg’s games scene.
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TL;DR
What?
Where indie game leaders meet.
When?
June 27, 2025
Where?
Hamburg Harbour & City
Elements of the Event
Opening Mixer, Networking Brunch, Conference, Games Industry Party
Join Portside Game Assembly
Register now for the conference or buy a ticket for the Networking Brunch or Games Industry Party.