Focus on Pragmatic Growth and Category Breakthroughs | Gamesforum Hamburg 2026 Kicks Off in June

The rules for mobile game success are evolving rapidly. Category differentiation is now profoundly impacting user acquisition, retention, and monetization, serving as the core foundation for teams shaping their Q4 and long-term growth strategies. In response, the Gamesforum Hamburg 2026 will take place on June 9–10, 2026, at the NORD EVENT Panoramadeck in Hamburg, Germany. The event will bring together over 250 mobile growth leaders from Europe and around the world, delivering actionable growth solutions for teams working in casual, hybrid-casual, mid-core, and other major genres—through purely hands-on, highly vertical, and precisely targeted content.

Rejecting vague trend forecasts and redundant agendas, the forum is structured around practical sharing, closed-door discussions, and targeted networking. It features four main formats: keynote speeches, hands-on workshops, closed-door roundtables, and peer benchmarking. Attendees will move from passive listening to active problem-solving, working alongside industry peers who have faced the same challenges to unlock growth pain points and quickly optimize their full-funnel strategies for user acquisition, retention, and monetization.

Industry Leaders Gather to Discuss Core Growth Strategies

The forum has assembled growth leaders from top global gaming companies, covering publishing, development, and monetization, to share frontline experience and cutting-edge insights:

Minwoo Lee – Game Lead, Supercell

Otto Simola – Head of User Acquisition & Monetization, Fingersoft

Terra Clarke Olsen – Growth Lead, Tactile Games

Jukka Hilvonen – Growth Director, Metamoki

Jeremy Widdowson – Growth Lead, Rovio

Christoph Sachsenhausen – Co-Founder, Sunday

…and many more.

These experts will focus on category-specific growth logic, breaking down key methodologies for UA campaigns, retention improvement, and monetization optimization, while sharing real data and replicable case studies.

Three Core Topics Tackling Industry Growth Pain Points

The forum features three high-value sessions covering product design, ad quality, and data infrastructure—solving real team challenges with precision:

Growth-Driven Design: Market Adaptation Across the Lifecycle & Diversified Publishing
Embed growth DNA from the early stages of development, balance market competitiveness for both new and existing titles, and adapt to emerging distribution channels such as Netflix Games, H5, and web. Help products break through traffic bottlenecks.

The Cost of Bad Ads: Balancing User Experience and Store Conversion
Analyze the negative impact of low-quality ads on player experience, store conversion rates, retention metrics, and algorithmic ranking. Share practical solutions for balancing ad quality and user experience.

Building an Efficient Data Infrastructure from Scratch
Covering everything from foundational setup for startups to optimization for mature studios, deconstruct the core building blocks of data infrastructure and help teams upgrade their data-driven decision-making.

Precision Networking for Efficient European Connections

Attendees come from 28 countries and over 120 companies, with core decision-makers including managers, leads, directors, and executives, all deeply engaged in casual, hyper-casual, hybrid-casual, mid-core, and other key genres. The forum replaces the inefficient socializing of crowded expos with a refined, high-end networking environment, enabling in-depth conversations and long-term partnerships, and quickly opening up collaboration channels into the European gaming market. Past attendees have praised the forum’s professional and focused atmosphere, noting that every conversation delivers exceptional value—making it the premier platform for connecting with Europe’s gaming ecosystem.

Supported by Global Top Partners, Building a Growth Ecosystem

The forum is proudly supported by global industry leaders including Google, Xsolla, SpinX, Crackle, TyrAds, Moloco, and more, covering the entire value chain from ad monetization and payment settlement to user acquisition and data technology—offering one-stop growth solutions for attending teams.

Ticket Sales Now Open – Limited Early Bird Offers

Tickets are available exclusively for mobile game publishers and developers. Service providers may participate through sponsorship. Ticketing details:

Super Early Bird: €149 (save €150 by booking before March 27)

Early Bird: €249 (save €50 by booking before May 8)

Standard Ticket: €299 (effective after May 8)

Group Discounts: 15% off for groups of 3; 30% off for groups of 4 or more

Gamesforum Hamburg 2026 is built on vertical focus, hands-on content, and precision networking—helping mobile game teams solidify their growth foundation and seize the early advantage in the Q4 market. We cordially invite mobile growth leaders from around the globe to gather in Hamburg and explore new paths to category growth, unlocking shared opportunities in the global gaming market!