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.

 

[darjr]

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?

Six or beyond in this chart.

 

[Stacie GmrGrl]

Nice to see Cyberpunk on the list and surprised Fate is on it.

 

[imagineGod]

This could prove to Wizards of the Coast the SciFi DnD is not worth it if Paizo's Pathfinder 2e already thrashers Paizo's Starfinder that has a two year headstart.

 

[GreyLord]

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.

They have the most of the 1e line still in print and for sale.

These are the oversized paperback versions. I have many of them.

In addition, there are still some of the later printings of the 1e hardbacks still on the shelves.

 

[Stacie GmrGrl]

They have the most of the 1e line still in print and for sale.

These are the oversized paperback versions. I have many of them.

In addition, there are still some of the later printings of the 1e hardbacks still on the shelves.

My FLGS still has PF1e stuff.

 

[Emirikol Prime]

So good to see Free League doing well. What a quality game maker.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I doubt Hasbro dares to publish a sci-fi franchise if Disney doesn't forgive a new rival for his Star Wars franchise. But adding elements from Gamma World to Spelljammer revival may be possible.

 

[Sunsword]

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

I'm unfamiliar with that distinction what happened?

 

[Sunsword]

I'm assuming Starfinder is separate from Pathfinder?

 

[Umbran]

I'm unfamiliar with that distinction what happened?

Nothing happened. It is that Fate is a game you can play, but it is an engine used for games as well - Fate of Cthulhu, Atomic Robo, The Dresden Files, Tachyon Squadron - and then there's Fate Accelerated and a few titles under it, and Fate Condensed just came out...

So, it may be hard to say what, exactly, they are counting under that title.