A MAZE. / Berlin is an international festival, a platform for independent and arthouse games and explores the world and culture of playful media. With our annual festival we are celebrating the convergence of games, art and other media.
Find all details of the previous festitval in Berlin. Festival website
Check out our 2026 festival video and get your 2027 festival ticket.
A MAZE. / Berlin is back in 2027 for the 16th time, bringing together the worldwide independent games community, arthouse game developers, artistic world-builders, digital artists and playful media creators. From May 5-8, 2027 the international Games and Playful Media Festival will take place in Silent Green, Panke Club (Berlin Wedding), a performance at HAU3.
A MAZE. / Berlin 2027 is also building out the industry side of arthouse games and playful media. The plan is to get a third stage with industry related content, networking and match making.
A MAZE. / Berlin invites artists and creatives from diverse fields to share their vision and projects, exchange knowledge, play, connect, and collaborate. A MAZE. / Berlin represents and celebrates the new art movement, made up of arthouse games, artistic virtual reality, and a playful media culture beyond the mainstream.
A MAZE. / Berlin is also a public event. Each evening the location are open to visitors. Thisfore we offer an evening ticket for the exhibitions and the performances that night.
A MAZE. / Berlin - one highlight of the festival are the A MAZE. Awards. We premiere Games and Playful Media
The A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 is funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
