SDCC 2025: Video Games Guide

San Diego Comic-Con is back, and with it comes a wide variety of things to do. Whether it has to do with movies, TV shows, anime, and, of course, comics, there’s something for everyone at the show. Video games don’t always have as big of a presence as these other mediums, but every year there’s always something for the gamers. There’s a wide variety of panels, offsite activations, booths, and more, so I’ve broken down everything to do with video games at San Diego Comic-Con for you right here!

Check out the full San Diego Comic-Con schedule here.

The Show Floor

The map below doesn’t show every small vendor, so I’ve listed them out for you here:

• Booth 100: Atari
• Booth 129: Bandai Namco Entertainment, Inc.
• Booth 2615: Limited Run Games at the Dark Horse Comics booth
• Booth 4145: Jada Toys
• Booth 3713: Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
• Booth 2020: Lilac Grove Entertainment
• Booth 1435: Mega64
• Booth 140: Mecha BREAK/ HoYoverse
• Booth TBD Sega of America, Inc.
• Booth 1703: Songbird Ocarina
• Booth 235: The Pokemon Company International
• Booth 100: UDON Entertainment

Panels

Thursday July 24

Full Thursday schedule.

• Jada Toys: Pushing Collecting to the Next Level. 3PM-4PM, Room 9
• VS 25 Years of PlayStation 2. 11AM-12PM, Neil Morgan Auditorium San Diego Central Library
• Sneak Peak at Peacock’s Action Comedy Twisted Metal Season 2. 3PM-4PM, Ballroom 20.
• Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. 4:15PM-5:15PM, Hall H.
• Marvel Cosmic Invasion Deep Dive: A Nostalgia Driven Approach to Your Favorite Characters. 4:45PM-5:45PM, Room 6BCF.
• Alternative Career Options in Video Games. 4:30PM-5:30PM, Room 10.
• Marvel Rivals: Meet the Cast. 6PM-7PM, Room 6BCF.
• SteetPass OC: Nintendo Quizbowl X. 8PM-9PM, Grand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina.

Friday July 25

Full Friday schedule.

• Marvel Rivals: Hero Creation from Concept to Showcase. 10:15AM-11:15AM, Room 6BCF.
• Video Game Actors Unmasked. 11:30AM-12:30PM, Room 6BCF.
• Career Paths into Game Development. 12:30PM-1:30PM, Room 29CD.
• Clash: From Games to Books to Streaming. 12:45PM-1:45PM, Room 6BCF.
• Gaming and the Space Age. 1PM-2PM, Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina.
• Brawl Stars: Welcome to Starr Park. 2PM-3PM, Room 6BCF.
• How Video Games Are Changing the Lives of Students and Monarch High School. 5PM-6PM, Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library.
• Mega64 Panel of Fallen Angels. 6:45PM-7:45PM, Room 6DE.
• Breaking Into Voice Acting for Games and Animation. 7PM-8PM, Grand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina.
• It’s Me and It’s This Game’s Fault! 8PM-9PM, Room 29AB.

Saturday July 26

Full Saturday schedule.

• Game Pitch Review. 10:30AM-12PM, Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina.
• The Art of Marvel SNAP. 12PM-1PM, Room 7AB.
• Gaming Creator Connection. 1PM-3PM, Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina.
• Scott Pilgrim EX with Bryan Lee O’Malley and Tribute Games. 1:30PM-2:30PM, Room 5AB.
• Netflix’s The Cuphead Show!: Inkwell Isle Revisited. 5:30PM-6:30PM, Room 24ABC.

Sunday 27

Full Sunday schedule.

• American Caper: New Crime Comic from Grand Theft Auto Series Writers. 12PM-1PM, Room 7AB.
• Heroes of Might and Magic: 30th Anniversary. 12:15PM-1:15PM, Room 5AB.
• Middle-Earth: The Adventure Ahead. 2:15PM-3:15PM, Room 6BCF.

Activations and Offsite

Aside from the panels and things to do on the show floor, there are plenty of offsite activities. A lot of them don’t even require a Comic-Con badge!

• Anamanaguchi x Scott Pilgrim EX. Thursday July 24 7PM, at the House of Blues.
• Fallout Cosplay Photoshoot. Friday July 25 11AM, on the convention center mezzanine.
• Pokemon Maid Cafe. Friday July 25 6PM-10PM, at Tito Rick’s.
• Oops! All Luigi Cosplay Photoshoot. Saturday July 26 1:30PM, near LunaSea Studios Booth #5535.
• Twisted Metal Bumper Battle. Every day 12PM-4PM, on the corner of First St. and J.
• Brawl Stars. Every day 11AM-7P, at 5th avenue.
• Pac-Man Cafe. Every day 11AM-8PM, at 323 Seventh Ave.
• SDCC Digital Game Room. Every day 6PM-10PM, at the Marriott Marquis and Marina.
• Arc Systems Works Interactive Zone. Every day 10AM-5PM, at the Petco Interactive Zone.

For nightlife during San Diego Comic-Con, check out our list of all of the cool after parties you can find.