Madrid has a powerful audio-visual and video game industry, with a long history of developments and productions behind it.
Well-trained and prestigious professionals. Great technical, artistic and creative ability.
Privileged characteristics to attract talent and host ecosystems based on digital technologies
Internationalized industry with strong connections to international markets.
Madrid is the great Spanish-speaking hub for the creative and audiovisual industries, acting as a node for the rest of the national industry and as a launching pad for the Spanish industry in international video game markets.
Madrid has powerful and well-established local studios, such as Mercury Steam (Castlevania, Metroid) or Tequila Works (Rime, Deadlight, GYLT), as well as top-tier international companies employing hundreds of developers in the city (EA, Epic Games, Saber Interactive, 2K, Unity3D, etc.).
Madrid has around 100 small studios and indie teams, a good part of them made up of graduates from the growing number of training programs in the city.
The audio-visual sector is considered strategic, and is backed by a support plan of more than 1.6 billion €. Companies in the sector can take advantage of the different tax deductions available for R&D and innovation, as well as benefit from specific support and financing programs.
