Declaration of Use & License

This database is an open, curated project by me, Veronika Gasser, that collects, consolidates, and makes accessible information about the German games industry, mostly in form of fundings, games and companies. It was created on my own initiative, with considerable time investment and the aim of promoting transparency, research, and exchange. More about the project.

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License

The data in this database is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0).

That means you may copy, share, and adapt the data, including analyses, visualisations, and your own datasets built on it, as long as:

• you credit the source and link to it where possible (see below), and
• what you share is non-commercial: research, teaching, study, personal projects, non-commercial publications.

Simply looking things up and citing them, also at work or in (commercial) news media, is always fine; see Professional & commercial use below.

How to credit:
Source: Veronika Gasser – Games Database (link to the page you used), CC BY-NC 4.0

Not covered by this license (these belong to their respective owners and are shown for reference only):

• game descriptions and header images from Steam
• funding descriptions quoted from the funding institutions
• sales estimates from Gamalytic, used with permission for non-commercial purposes

Professional & commercial use

Using and citing is always fine, also at work. You may look things up here and use what you find in your work, for example in news reporting, market analyses, internal decisions, reports, or presentations to customers, investors, or policy-makers, as long as you name the source.

If you or your organisation use the database regularly or professionally, please consider supporting the project. Its creation and maintenance are not free of charge, and a contribution helps keep the database open and up to date for everyone.

Taking over larger parts of the data commercially needs my permission first. This includes, for example:

• building a commercial product or service on the data
• using larger parts of the data in a paid study, report, or database
• reselling the data (in whole or in part)

For this, a financial contribution is the condition. Please contact me by email. If you are unsure which case applies to you, just ask.

Transparency & Liability

The data has been compiled to the best of my knowledge and information available, but may contain errors or omissions. There is no guarantee of accuracy or completeness, so please don't treat it as such. Corrections and comments are welcome at any time.
To do so see Report.

Why public?

Why not? This started as a private project and still is. I just want to give something back to this community :)

If you use this project and somehow benefit from it, I would be delighted if you would contribute to its continuation or share it with other people so that it gets more visibility.