DigiGame Expo 2026: Japan's Doujin & Indie Game Fair Returns to Akihabara UDX

Event dates: 2026-11-08 – 2026-11-08

Where: Akihabara UDX

Genre: Doujin & Indie Game Fair

DigiGame Expo (デジゲー博), Japan's doujin-and-indie-only game fair, holds its 14th edition on November 8, 2026, at Akihabara UDX -- a creator-focused counterpart to bigger, more commercial game shows.

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If Comic Market is Japan's famous doujinshi mega-event, DigiGame Expo is its focused, games-only counterpart -- and it's back for a 14th edition on November 8, 2026.

When and Where

DigiGame Expo 2026 (デジゲー博2026) is held November 8, 2026 (Sunday), with planned hours of 11:00 AM-4:00 PM, across two floors of Akihabara UDX: Akiba Square on the 2nd floor and UDX Gallery on the 4th floor.

What Makes It Different

DigiGame Expo is strictly doujin (self-published) and indie games only -- no commercial publisher pavilions, and no adult-content works permitted for display or sale. The event's official overview describes direct participation as roughly 250 exhibitor spaces, keeping the event at a scale where visitors can actually talk with the creators behind what they're playing.

Circle (exhibitor) application for this edition has already closed. As one confirmed example of who'll be there, game studio G-mode has announced it will show playable demos of three new, soon-to-release titles for the first time.

What's Not Confirmed

General-admission pricing for the 2026 edition was not independently confirmed from the event's own official channels as of this article's verification -- recent past editions have charged a general-admission fee, so checking the official site before attending is recommended rather than assuming free entry.

Marine's Take

What I like about an event like this is the scale -- 250 spaces is small enough that it still feels like a community gathering, not a trade show. For anyone curious about where Japan's indie game scene actually lives day to day, this is closer to the real thing than a big publisher-driven expo.

More About This Event

This Year's Highlights

• 14th edition. Doujin/indie games only -- no adult-content works permitted for display or sale.
• Roughly 250 direct-participation exhibitor spaces per the official overview.
• G-mode confirmed to show first playable demos of 3 new titles.

Scale & Past Events

• This is the 14th edition of DigiGame Expo.

Tickets

2026 general-admission pricing was not independently confirmed from official channels as of verification -- check the official site.

Access

Akihabara UDX, 4-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Akiba Square (2F) and UDX Gallery (4F), directly by Akihabara Station.

What To Know

DigiGame Expo occupies a specific niche in Japan's gaming event calendar: unlike Comic Market's broad doujinshi focus or Tokyo Game Show's commercial, publisher-driven scale, this is a dedicated, 14-edition-running space built purely around independently-made games -- the kind of event where a visitor might actually talk with the one or two people who made the game they're playing.

Japan's doujin (self-published/fan-made) culture extends well beyond manga and extends into games, music, and other creative media, with dedicated events like this one existing specifically because general-purpose conventions can't give indie game creators the focused spotlight a commercial show wouldn't. Akihabara UDX itself is a long-running multi-purpose event venue directly tied to the neighborhood's gaming/electronics identity, hosting this and similar niche fan-creator events regularly.

Easy Japanese

同人・インディーゲームの展示即売会「デジゲー博2026」が、11月8日に秋葉原UDXで開催されます。