Once again, our Gaming Room is waiting for you this year – and this time with very special support!
In cooperation with the Hannover Game Development Meetup group, we bring you exciting insights into the world of game development and create a place where the gaming community and creativity come together.
A special highlight: our Gaming Room is sponsored by the interactive video game museum HI-SCORE Hannover!
Nothing has been announced for HanaCon 2027 yet. Until then, here is what we had at HanaCon 2026 – check back soon!
Aztec Empire is a historical city-building simulation for PC. Build great cities, experience the history of the Aztecs and make sacrifices to the gods. The city mechanics are inspired by old classics of the genre such as Caesar or Pharaoh.
Age rating: 12+ (contains human sacrifice, but depicted very abstractly)
Platform: PC
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Genre: Tower Defense, Metroidvania, Voxel, RPG
Demo playtime at HanaCon: 20 min
Rocky Island is in danger, and it is up to you to defend the island with your tower-building skills! Unlock new biomes with your newly collected towers, meet and help other stranded dinos and gear up together with your friends for an unforgettable tower defense adventure. Upgrade your towers throughout the overworld using crafting, alchemy and a little bit of your adventurous spirit and imagination. Every hidden chest opened and puzzle solved brings you and your friends closer to unmasking the dark mystery which lies deep beneath the island.
Age rating: 6+
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Genre: Visual Novel, Mystery, Romance, Point-and-Click
Make the courtroom your stage in this magical courtroom drama!
Take on the role of the gifted and theatrical mage Daon and investigate various criminal cases using his spells. Daon is joined by various allies who have tricks of their own up their sleeves, and if he plays his cards right, he might even win their hearts~
Age rating: 12+
Platform: Windows, Linux
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Genre: 3D Jump’n’run narrative driven adventure
You won’t survive this game. Let yourself pull into this atmospheric narrative focussed experience .. If you are ready.
Age rating: 12+
Platform: PC
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Genre: Roguelike deck builder
Roguelette is a roguelike deck builder for PC that revolves entirely around the wheel of fortune. Modify your own roulette wheel, tip the odds in your favor and beat the casino at its own game. Grow stronger with every run and go all in!
Age rating: 12+
Platform: PC
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Genre: RPG, bullet-hell, pixelart, multiple-endings
Tiny Tied is a role-playing game based on a karma system, where all your decisions have consequences. Discover the world through the eyes of Mi, a little fox, and experience new adventures with her. A narrator accompanies you, showing you the way and commenting on your decisions. Fight extraordinary enemies in a turn-based bullet-hell combat system, or make them your friends who will join you on your further adventures!
Age rating: 12+
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Genre: Real-time strategy with pause, roguelike, management, choose-your-own-adventure
Atomic Drifter is a strategy roguelike in which you command your airship in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and manage your crew, upgrade your nuclear-powered ship, fight raiders, mutants and renegades, discover lost pre-war technologies and survive the relentless attacks of the Guardians.
Age rating: 16+
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Genre: Simulation
Recycle and process spaceships that have crashed on your farm. Use various tools to take the ships apart and search them for valuable parts before blasting the whole wreck to pieces.
Explore the surroundings and find more crashed spaceships. Help the people in the village with their tasks. Upgrade your tools, expand your farm, unlock new tools and help the nearby village grow. Play alone or with friends!
Age rating: 12+
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