Who asks whom: meeting requests at DevGAMM Lisbon 2025 by audience group
DevGAMM Lisbon 2025 had 1,187 meeting requests. Of the 867 requests that fit the five audience groups, service companies sent 315, and 248 of those went to studios.
Our headline figure for DevGAMM Lisbon 2025 is 1,187 scheduled meetings, and the report behind these tables also totals 1,187. It counts meeting requests, grouped by the audience group of the sender and the recipient.
01.Key takeaways
- The report shows 1,187 meeting requests, and 867 of them are in the breakdown by audience group.
- Studios to studios is the largest flow in the matrix, at 266 requests.
- Of the 315 requests in the breakdown that service companies sent, 248 went to studios, which is 79%.
- The flow between publishers and studios is uneven: 122 requests from publishers to studios and 89 the other way.
- Investors are in 10 requests and platforms are in 8.
- Engage! at DevGAMM Lisbon 2025 brought together 150 developers and 30 representatives from publishers, investors and platforms.
02.What does the report count?
Our report counts all meeting requests, and a request is not a confirmed meeting. It lists 1,187 requests in total. A request is in the breakdown when it fits the five audience groups: studios, publishers, investors, platforms and service companies.
| Meeting requests | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| In the breakdown by audience group | 867 | 73% |
| Left out: no audience information | 275 | 23% |
| Left out: company outside the five groups | 45 | 4% |
| Total meeting requests | 1,187 | 100% |
Companies are grouped by what they offer, and a company can belong to more than one group.
03.Who sent requests to whom?
Studios to studios is the largest flow, at 266 requests. The table shows the sender in each row and the recipient in each column.
| Sender / Recipient | Studios | Publishers | Investors | Platforms | Service companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studios | 266 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 44 |
| Publishers | 122 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Investors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Platforms | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Service companies | 248 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
The four largest flows are studios to studios (266), service companies to studios (248), publishers to studios (122) and studios to publishers (89). Studios are the recipient in three of them.
04.Where did service companies send their requests?
Of the 315 requests in the breakdown that service companies sent, 248 went to studios, which is 79%. They sent 36 to publishers, 23 to other service companies, 5 to investors and 3 to platforms.
For studios the split is different: 266 of their 402 requests went to other studios, which is 66%, and 89 went to publishers. Studios sent 44 requests to service companies, 2 to platforms and 1 to investors.
05.How do studios and publishers compare?
The flow from publishers to studios is larger than the flow back: 122 requests against 89. Of the 145 requests publishers sent, 122 went to studios, which is 84%. Publishers sent 13 requests to other publishers, 8 to service companies and 1 each to investors and platforms.
06.How many requests involved investors and platforms?
Investors and platforms are small groups: investors appear in 10 requests (3 sent, 7 received) and platforms in 8 (2 sent, 6 received). Service companies sent 5 of the 7 requests investors received and 3 of the 6 that platforms received.
07.Where else did publishers, investors and platforms meet developers?
Publishers, investors and platforms are less represented in the report. We also run Engage! with Publishers and Investors, a matchmaking format that connects game developers, publishers, investors and platforms. At DevGAMM Lisbon 2025, Engage! brought together 150 developers and 30 representatives from publishers, investors and platforms, and participants took part in multiple one-to-one meetings.
Publishers, investors and platform representatives often prefer to meet developers directly in the Showcase area rather than schedule formal 30-minute meetings. At DevGAMM Lisbon 2025, the Showcase featured over 80 games.
Developers made up 60% of our attendees, followed by publishers (11%), investors (6%) and platforms and stores (4%).
08.Questions about the data
Are these confirmed meetings?
The counts are requests, and a request is not a confirmed meeting.
Do the counts show job titles or people?
The counts are by company audience group, not by job title or number of people.
Why are only 867 requests in the matrix?
The other 320 requests are left out: 275 have no audience information, and 45 involve a company outside the five groups.
How do requests relate to scheduled meetings?
MeetToMatch logged 1,187 scheduled meetings at Lisbon 2025. The report behind these tables totals 1,187 meeting requests. The report counts requests, so we do not call them confirmed meetings.
We hold DevGAMM Lisbon 2026 on November 17-18 at Pavilhão Carlos Lopes. BUSINESS and VIP tickets include full access to MeetToMatch, and INDIE DEV passes can receive meeting requests.
