Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Role-playing games Audience in Germany

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Role-playing games in Germany — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Role-playing games has an estimated audience of 5,732,813 people in Germany.

#7among Gaming genre in Germany#533among Topic in Germany#16in Games

The average Role-playing games fan in Germany is 33.2 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

The audience is concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern, Baden-Württemberg.

Top brand affinities include Gaming computer, Pokémon (video game series), Tabletop game, with strongest over-indexing on Gaming computer (5.09× the country average).

Demographically, the Role-playing games audience skews more male with an average age of 33.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Need for Security.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 16 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Role-playing games fan in Germany is more male, around 33.2 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Gaming computer.

Category: Games · Type: Topic · Subtype: Gaming genre

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Role-playing games profile in Germany.

Audience size
5.7M
in Germany
Gender
34.0%♀
66.0% male
Age
33.2
average years
Country rank
#853
Topic in Germany
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+304%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Role-playing games fans

34.0% are female, 66.0% are male, average age 33.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

34.0%
Female
66.0%
Male
Demographic split for Role-playing games audience in Germany
MetricValue
Female34.0%
Male66.0%
Average age33.2
Estimated audience size5,732,813
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 33.2
average years
Age distribution of the Role-playing games audience in Germany
Age bracketShare%
16-1934%
20-2924%
30-3918%
40-4914%
50+10%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.3%

of the worldwide Role-playing games audience comes from Germany.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Role-playing games
CountryShare
United States16.9%
China7.7%
Japan7.2%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Germany average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Role-playing games audience in Germany is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Role-playing games fans by region: top regions in Germany
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Sachsen~400K1.25×
02Sachsen-Anhalt~200K1.15×
03Hamburg~100K1.11×
04Nordrhein-Westfalen~1.5M1.06×
05Thüringen~200K1.04×
06Niedersachsen~600K1.03×
07Berlin~300K1.02×
08Brandenburg~200K1.01×
09Mecklenburg-Vorpommern~100K1.00×
10Schleswig-Holstein~200K0.99×
11Rheinland-Pfalz~300K0.93×
12Saarland~70K0.92×
13Bremen~40K0.90×
14Bayern~800K0.89×
15Hessen~400K0.89×
16Baden-Württemberg~700K0.86×
Fig. 06

Affinity by region

Affinity by region — Role-playing games, Germany
0.86×1.00×1.25×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Role-playing games audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Role-playing games audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Tabletop role-playing gameGames5.69×
02Pokémon (video game series)Games5.12×
03Gaming computerTechnology & Electronics5.09×
04Tabletop gameGames4.86×
05Action role-playing gameGames4.50×
06CrunchyrollGames4.06×
07Massively multiplayer online role-playing gamesGames3.82×
08GamingGames3.51×
09GamerGames3.40×
10Epic GamesGames3.40×
11Anime conventionLiterature3.39×
12Anime and manga fandomLiterature3.09×
13Massively multiplayer online gamesGames3.06×
14PokémonGames2.90×
15One PieceMovies & TV2.82×
16Mobile gameGames2.72×
17PeacemakerMovies & TV2.69×
18PC gameGames2.59×
19TwitchGames2.45×
20TikTokInternet & Social Media1.59×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Role-playing games audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Role-playing games audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.22×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM1.03×
Social Media UsageJOY1.01×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Role-playing games audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.58×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.61×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.63×
0×1.00× baseline2×
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Role-playing games have in Germany?

Role-playing games has an estimated audience of 5,732,813 people in Germany, concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Bayern.

02

What is the gender split and age of Role-playing games fans?

34.0% of Role-playing games fans are female, 66.0% are male, with an average age of 33.2 years.

03

Which brands do Role-playing games fans like most?

Role-playing games fans show strongest brand affinity for Gaming computer (5.09×), Pokémon (video game series) (5.12×), and Tabletop game (4.86×) over the country average.

04

Where do Role-playing games fans live in Germany?

Role-playing games fans in Germany are most concentrated in Nordrhein-Westfalen (reach ~1.5M), Bayern (reach ~800K), and Baden-Württemberg (reach ~700K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Role-playing games fans also like?

Beyond Role-playing games itself, the audience over-indexes on Pokémon (video game series) (5.12×), Tabletop game (4.86×), Tabletop role-playing game (5.69×), and Gamer (3.4×) compared to the Germany average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Germany who actively search for Role-playing games. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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