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Exhibitors
Trade exhibitors The business halls — publishing, dev services, platforms. Trade & media badge only
Halls 2–4 are gamescom's business area: around 800 exhibitors doing the industry's trading — publishers taking pitches, outsourcing and localisation studios, engines and platforms, national pavilions and associations. It runs Wednesday to Friday and is closed at the weekend.
A trade or media badge opens it. A consumer ticket does not, so it stays off by default — turn it on and these booths become saveable, plannable stops like any other, with their own list below and their own cards in the grid above.
Full directory Every booth registered with gamescom, not just the curated ones
When to visit what
Rough strategy based on expected crowd levels. High-demand booths (queue index 4–5) mean long waits — hit those first thing in the morning or accept the queue. Calm booths are good afternoon fillers.
01 The five days
02 Your plan
Give each saved booth and game a day. Unassigned items sit at the top until you place them.
03 Queue priority
Busiest booths first. If any of these matter to you, make one your first stop of the day.
04 18+ wristband
Booths with 18+ demos check ID and hand out a red wristband — get it on arrival, not at the front of the queue.
05 General crowd tips
Event info
Data updates
This guide is refreshed every few days until the show as exhibitors announce lineups and booth locations. What changed in each revision:
Live queues
Report the line you are standing in, and read what everyone else is reporting. Nothing here needs an account — reports carry a random ID for this device and nothing else.
01 Queues you are in
Your timer runs on this device. Tell the queue you got in and the wait becomes a measurement everyone can see.