SPIEL 2026 in Essen: 1,871 new games from the official catalogue

All new releases from the SPIEL.

We read the official SPIEL Essen fair catalogue – and add the prices from our partner shops: which new games can already be pre-ordered, what do they cost, when do they appear? Plus publisher, hall, stand, designers, player count, playing time, age, RRP and mechanics from the publishers' data.

1,871 new releases · 451 already in shops · 1,712 with RRP

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SPIEL new release · Inside Up Games

Kalypso

Halle 3 · 3R400 Players: 1–4 Age: 14+

€60.00 RRP

Kalypso is a tile-laying survival game where players build floating settlements in a world swallowed by the sea. With Earth’s surface lost beneath rising waters…

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SPIEL new release · Inside Up Games

Tricky Traps

Halle 3 · 3R400 Players: 2–5 Age: 10+

€20.00 RRP

In Tricky Traps , it's easy to score points. The real challenge is to hold onto them! The game plays over 3 rounds. Each round, you’ll draft 9 cards (3 at a ti…

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SPIEL new release · Inside Up Games

Crits & Tricks

Halle 3 · 3R400 Players: 1–4 Age: 14+

€40.00 RRP

Take a seat at the most dangerous card table in Eldris. In the shadowed corners of The Gutter’s End, every shuffle of the deck could lead to riches or ruin. C…

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