Back in the 90s, it seemed like Germany could become a major producer and exporter of videogames, but that seems to have fizzled out in the 2000s.
The Anno series is still around, and Piranha Bytes still had some success with Risen and Elex until they closed 2 years ago. Crysis 3 is already 13 years old now.
Are there any other German games from the last 20 years that one might have heard of?
#videogames
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