Alien & Fate Join ICv2's Top 5 RPGs

Alien and Fate join ICv2's tabletop RPG sales chart, while Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder maintain 1st and 2nd places as usual, positions 3-5 always change. Cyberpunk, from R. Talsorian, has climbed from 5th place last time, to 3rd place. This chart is for September-December 2020, based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers.

Position​	Game	Publisher
1​	Dungeons & Dragons	Wizards of the Coast
2​	Pathfinder	Paizo
3​	Cyberpunk	R. Talsorian
4​	Alien	Free League
5​	Fate	Evil Hat Productions

As always you can see all the historical charts here.

 

[Aldarc]

Fate probably got a boost from the release of Fate Condensed in Nov. 2020.

 

[Umbran]

Also, Fate has this weirdness that it both is and isn't "a game".

 

[Arilyn]

Glad to see Fate in top 5. It's such a flexible system, and I find it one of the better systems to introduce new RPGers to.

 

[vivsavage]

The question I have is, what percent of Pathfinder's share is from 2nd edition?

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Congratulations Cyberpunk for the "bronze medal"!
I remember the second half of 90's when World of Darkness was the "silver medal", the second most popular RPG after D&D.

 

[Morrus]

The question I have is, what percent of Pathfinder's share is from 2nd edition?

I don't think Paizo is selling any 1E is it? So all of it. This is about games in stores now. There may be some old stock some retailers are selling, I guess.

 

[bedir than]

Did they drop 5e compatible as a category, or did the 3rd party in-store sales really drop from 3rd to 6th at best?

 

[Morrus]

Did they drop 5e compatible as a category, or did the 3rd party in-store sales really drop from 3rd to 6th at best?

Positions 3-5 always churn a lot.

 

[teitan]

I don't think Paizo is selling any 1E is it? So all of it. This is about games in stores now. There may be some old stock some retailers are selling, I guess.

Pocket guide for 1e have some impact but not much at this stage I would think since the 2e pockets are now released. I think 2e is going to be an extremely steady no. 2. I wonder where Starfinder ranks?