ICO Partners has analyzed Kickstarter's tabletop games category and observed that tabletop games have made more money this year so far than ever before -- however, there are caveats!
While more money has been raised by the category there are two modifying factors:
While more money has been raised by the category there are two modifying factors:
- There was a steep 24% decline in products launched (3863 in March 2019, down to 2040 in March 2020). April's decline was 34%, and May's 30%.
- Correspondingly, the amount of pledges dropped sharply.
- The boardgame Frosthaven made a third of the total money raised ($13M) in May, making May the biggest ever month for the tabletop games category. It raised 10% of the total for the year so far.