Gaming grants for startups

5 grants, prizes and schemes written for Gaming startups. Grants open to every sector are on the main grants page.

Open all yearReimbursement
Karnataka AVGC-XR Early-Stage Startup Support
Department of Electronics, IT and BT, Government of Karnataka Karnataka
Up to ₹5.5 lakh in total (marketing ₹1 lakh, rent ₹2 lakh, servers ₹50,000, legal ₹2 lakh)Reimbursement of marketing, rent, server and legal costs for young animation, VFX, gaming, comics and XR startups
Open all yearReimbursement
Karnataka AVGC-XR Production Grants (Games, Animation, XR)
Department of Electronics, IT and BT, Government of Karnataka Karnataka
20% of qualified spend: games up to ₹5 lakh, series up to ₹30 lakh, films and XR up to ₹50 lakhPart reimbursement of production costs for games, animated films and series, and VR, AR or VFX projects
ClosedGrant
Create in India Challenge Season 2 (WAVES 2027)
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Up to ₹1 crore per selected challengeGrant to organisations, including startups, that run industry led creative challenges in animation, VFX, gaming and AI
ClosedGrant
Epic MegaGrants
Epic Games
USD 5,000 to 75,000 (up to USD 150,000 for exceptional projects)Grants for games, film, animation, architecture, education and open source tools built with Unreal Engine
ClosedGrant
Unity for Humanity Grant
Unity Technologies
Share of a US$600,000 pool (2026 round)Grants for social impact games, XR, film and 3D projects built with Unity

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