Creative Wales — Games Development Fund

What it is

Non-repayable grant of £10,000–£50,000 for Wales-headquartered businesses developing video games or immersive content for commercial release — but the 2025/26 round closed on 5 June 2025 and no new round had been announced as of 21 Aug 2026. Creative Wales could support up to 100% of eligible costs while prioritising applications leveraging match funding; one application per company.

Verified 2026-08-21 from the funder's own guidance PDF fetched from creative.wales (the HTML fund page returns 403 to automated fetches; PDF parsed directly): 2025/26 round opened 24 Apr 2025, application deadline 12:00 midday 5 Jun 2025, no late applications; £10k–£50k; up to 100% of eligible costs but match funding prioritised; applicants must be headquartered in Wales, produce commercial digital content, and have been trading before 1 Apr 2024; limited companies, sole traders and partnerships eligible; one application per company; eligible costs limited to FY ending 31 Mar 2026. Deadline shown is the LAST round's — no 2026/27 round found anywhere on the live web today; TIGA reported £580k awarded to 12 studios from the closed round. A separate Creative Wales Games Scale Up Fund exists (creative.wales/games-scale-up-fund) — distinct fund, not this record. Apply-by-email process (CreativeWalesFundingSupport@gov.wales) when a round is open.