Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2025

The leading games industry conference, Pocket Gamer Connects, returns to Helsinki in 2025 for its 12th edition. And as with every year, we plan to do so bigger and better than before!

More than 1,500 delegates will gather for two programme-packed days to learn from 150 of the world’s leading authorities from the games industry. Filling 25+ packed conference tracks across multiple stages, they will share their expert insight on everything from monetisation, funding, and the latest development trends to html5, AI and beyond.

Your business is our business

Since launching in 2014, PG Connects has become the premier conference for the games industry. Our events are specifically designed to maximise networking, investing, business dealing, and knowledge-sharing, whilst maintaining our signature relaxed, 'games industry family' feel.

• One ticket, four events (PG Connects + Big Screen Gaming Summit + AI Gamechangers Summit + Beyond Games: The Transmedia Summit)
• Over 1,500 global games industry delegates
• Multitrack conference programme on multiple stages
• More than 150 expert speakers sharing their insight – in talks, panels, roundtables
• Mobile, PC, Console, AI, HTML5, XR and more
• A comprehensive expo area with booths and meeting spaces
• Indie showcase tables and pitching competition
• Integrated meeting system for business matchmaking (MeetToMatch)
• Specialised fringe events connecting investors, publishers, and developers
• Evening networking reception and a buzzing industry party

Whilst PG Connects has historically focused on mobile gaming (and that remains the case), we have always looked to support and celebrate the whole of the games industry and we are therefore thrilled to bring the Big Screen Gaming Summit to Finland alongside PG Connects Helsinki (1 ticket, 3 events – see below!).

Focusing squarely on the opportunities, challenges, and key trends in the world of console, PC, XR, and web3, the summit will deliver a dedicated 8-track forum for discussion, content, and connections within this gaming landscape. We’ll cover the cutting-edge technologies, developer insight, discoverability strategies, new business models, and the many other facets relating to both current and next generation game development.

Whether you’re a seasoned developer in this space or a mobile studio looking to expand your platform reach, the Big Screen Gaming Summit promises to ignite your imagination, inspire collaboration, and level up your understanding of this ever-evolving gaming sector.

PG Connects is excited to unveil its collaboration with the Helsinki Film Lab to bring some movie magic, animation insight and transmedia talk to the show.

Running on its own stage, the event will feature several sub-tracks containing talks and panels with professionals and thought leaders from the transmedia sector. Gazing into a cross-medial future, discussions will revolve around challenges and opportunities relating to IP, shared technology, new business models, investment programmes, and more.

• Connecting game companies with cross-media parties from film, TV, music, animation, and beyond
• Featuring talks and panels on current and future challenges plus opportunities in the transmedial landscape
• Summit programme co-produced with Helsinki Film Lab
• Dedicated, curated matchmaking session to connect participating sectors

With AI set to prove one of the most impactful arrivals to games development, the time is right to dedicate significant coverage to this sizzling topic as part of our industry event series. Enter the AI Gamechangers Summit. Focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence and the games industry, it covers PC, console, mobile, XR and even an occasional drop of web3. Featuring a curated programme delivered by leading experts in the field, this summit provides a unique and essential insider perspective on how AI and ML are shaping everything from narrative design to QA, monetisation, and UA – giving you the key lowdown on this evolving field and its implications for the games industry.

The most important aspect of any conference is who you will meet and do business with. Deals are done, and friendships are made. So we put networking at the heart of the conference.

Of course, the schedule will be packed with our trademark focused seminars. But the event is called Connects because that’s what we help you do: connect with the whole industry, from new indie studios to the media, international investors and publishers. Unlike other event organisers, we offer the MeetToMatch meeting scheduler free to all delegates, so you can find that perfect contact and arrange to meet them in person. Plus, there'll be at least one huge party and a few fringe events to help put people together.

We're using MeetToMatch as our meeting platform again, which will enable attendees to find each other and arrange meetings in our dedicated meeting zones.

Our fringe events are back! We'll be running Publisher SpeedMatch and Investor Connector live at the venue. These curated sessions pair mobile, PC, and console developers in rapid succession with a series of publishers and investors in a series of speed-dating style meetings.

These short, sharp encounters enable first contact for you to follow up with a longer meeting if you find a potential partner. It’s a shop window for devs to display their wares and a pipeline of prospects for anyone looking to sign up-and-coming talent.

These activities require sign-up in advance because space is very limited. Once you have your ticket, look out for the application forms on our website.

And there's the Very Big Indie Pitch too...

Indie devs are the lifeblood of the games industry and Pocket Gamer Connects champions their work. The show floor has a dedicated Big Indie Zone for known names and newcomers alike to display their talent to the audience. This is a vibrant and varied expo area for publishers looking to sign promising titles. In order to support the community, we always keep a few tables in reserve to give away free to deserving developers, so watch the official website for details of how to apply.

And, of course, our popular Very Big Indie Pitches will be back in force with indie devs competing to impress a panel of expert judges. The pitching competition is open to mobile, PC, console, XR developers this year.

The winners could walk away with prizes and online marketing worth thousands of dollars, coverage on the site, useful feedback, plus the warm glow of celebration. It's also a chance to sit down with the most experienced judges in the business.

These activities require sign-up in advance because space is very limited. Once you have your ticket, look out for the pitch application forms on our website.

If that sounds a bit serious, day one closes with our wonderful Global Connects party – that’s where the networking goes on into the night, and you might just make lifelong friends, fortunes, and memories.

Pocket Gamer Connects launched in 2014, with the first-ever conference of this sort taking place in London that year, followed by Helsinki soon after. Well over 64,000 industry professionals have attended the PG Connects international conference series since 2014. The roadshow has also landed in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, Jordan, Dubai, India, Spain, and China with a genuinely international client base; on average, delegates from more than 45 countries attend each event.

In 2016, we became the biggest dedicated mobile games industry conference series in Europe and have stayed on top ever since. Not only have our previous delegates voted Connects the 'best value conference', but 97% would recommend it to a colleague, and 96% tell us they’ll come back for more.

Previous speakers and delegates from all the key industry players include Supercell, King, Tencent, Telltale, Apple, Rovio, Disney, Wargaming, Kabam, NTT Docomo, Ubisoft, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Gameloft, Sega, Capcom, Unity, Twitter, Twitch and many, many, many more.

• Entry to the PGC conference, Big Screen Gaming Summit, AI Gamechangers Summit, including access to all content tracks, roundtables, expo, and dedicated meeting area on both days
• A personal profile on the MeetToMatch meeting system and unlimited meeting invites
• The chance to access fringe events such as Investor Connector, Publisher SpeedMatch, and The Very Big Indie Pitch (if eligible – additional application is required)
• Entry to the Global Connects Party after the first day of the conference
• Free coffee, tea, refreshments, and lunch option on both days
• Free wifi at the venue

The price of tickets rises in a series of tiers from Super Early Bird to Full Price, so the sooner you book, the cheaper your ticket will be!

Select Get Tickets above and follow the simple online booking system. Please select the appropriate ticket type: tickets for indies and developers are discounted. Payment is required at the time of booking, so please have your credit or debit card ready.

Volunteers: We always need extra pairs of hands to help, and it's a way to gain access to the event for free. Drop a line to [email protected] if you are interested.

Block bookings: To arrange a discount on block bookings, please contact us if you wish to purchase 5 or more tickets – [email protected] can help.

Students: Heavily discounted student tickets are available, and numbers are limited. This ticket applies to anyone currently enrolled in a games industry-related course (and NOT currently in employment within the games-related industry – i.e. not a developer/UA manager/etc, in possession of a student card!). This is checked and ineligible tickets will be cancelled. Please note that students need to be over the age of 18 to attend the conference and over the age of 21 to attend any of the networking sessions where alcohol may be available. Access to the MeetToMatch platform will be restricted for students and full access to the venue may be kept to a limited number of days at our discretion. We run a programme for free student tickets, organised in conjunction with recognised places of study: if you represent a university and would like to inquire about complimentary tickets for your students, please contact [email protected].

Journalists: Please apply for accreditation here or email [email protected]

Terms and conditions apply. Please read the notices on the order form. For full details, please visit www.pgconnects.com/helsinki/terms-conditions.

More information: You can find details of the fringe event schedule and party venue, as well as FAQs to help with the meeting platform, at https://www.pgconnects.com/helsinki/ in the days before the conference. Coverage of the event and details of our sponsors will appear at our editorial site.

Host or Publisher Steel Media (Publishers of Pocket Gamer, PC Games Insider, Blockchain Gamer)