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Individual memberships

Individual Membership CategoriesAnnual Membership Fee
Student (currently students from Ceruleum, HSLU Digital Ideation, Les Maîtres du Monde & Swiss SAE)Free *
Student (all students of Swiss schools and universities)CHF 60 **
Professional (developer, designer, artist, journalist, etc. active under personal, natural name)CHF 180
Game enthusiast (passive membership): Gamers & general supportersCHF 100

Important: the game enthusiast membership type is a passive membership (only the professional developer or artist membership comes with a voting right). As passive member you’ll be exclusively informed about the actions of the SGDA but you will not have voting rights in the association. As passive member you will receive favourable access to SGDA activities.

* As a student you can get a free membership if your school/institution is a participating member of the SGDA (see below where schools can register as a participating SGDA member to offer free membership for their students). The free membership comes without a voting right (the institution votes).

** No voting rights and no SGDA Swiss Game Awards gala ticket

Corporate memberships

Corporate Membership CategoriesAnnual Membership Fee
One-person company (active under jurisdictional company name)CHF 240
Company with up to 3 employeesCHF 390
Company with up to 6 employeesCHF 540
Company with 7 to 15 employeesCHF 860
Company with 16 to 30 employeesCHF 1'400
Company with 31 to 50 employeesCHF 3'200
Company with over 50 employeesPlease contact us

A corporate membership comes with a voting right (1 vote per company). Publisher-owned developers do not have voting rights. Corporate members receive exclusive invitations based on the tier (i.e. companies qualify for a limited amount of individual guests based on their company size). Companies see their logo featured on the SGDA website and member listing and can use the official SGDA membership logo in their communication.

Institutions/Schools

Educational InstitutionAnnual Membership Fee
School, University etc.CHF 1'800
Other institutionsPlease contact us

All students of participating schools and game design and development course providers may apply for a free membership of the association.

Institutions see their logo featured on the SGDA website and member listing and can use the official SGDA membership logo in their communication.

Become a member. Choose your membership!