Screen Australia games funding
Screen Australia Games Expansion Pack
Closed for now
The funder has not said when this reopens.
Games Expansion Pack funding supports Australian game development studios with production grants; funding caps are set in the current guidelines. Screen Australia also administers the Digital Games Tax Offset eligibility certificates.
Screen Australia
public · national
Deadline: Closed — Ended: Games: Expansion Pack was replaced in 2023 by the Games Production Fund (up to $100,000) and Emerging Gamemakers Fund (up to $30,000).
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: creative
- Stage: pre-seed, seed and Series A
- Locally registered entity required
Australian companies; the Digital Games Tax Offset provides a separate refundable tax offset on qualifying Australian development expenditure.
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-support/games
"Replacing Screen Australia's Games: Expansion Pack, the new programs include"
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.screenaustralia.gov.au
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