ICv2 Reports On RPGs Growth This Year

ICv2 has published its latest quarterly hobby channel game rankings for Spring 2022. The Top 5 contains D&D twice (once from WotC, and once from third parties Goodman Games and Darrington Press/Critical Role), along with two licensed Hasbro (owner of WotC) properties, plus Pathfinder.

"RPGs are the story of the year so far," a hobby distributor told ICv2. "D&D’s king by leaps and bounds, don’t get me wrong, but the number of RPGs that were [significant contributors to] sales was 40 different brands."

The chart is based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers. As always you can see the compiled chart going back to 2004 here.

RPGs the 'Story of the Year'

Explosive Growth in Players, Sales

icv2.com

 

[Parmandur]

D&D 5e takes the First and 3rd places with Pathfinder in 2nd and GI Joe and Power Rangers rounding out 4th and 5th.
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RPGs the 'Story of the Year'

Explosive Growth in Players, Sales

icv2.com

So, that's 3 Hasbro properties and 2 slots for OGL takes on Hasbronpropert. Dang.

 

[Retreater]

I flipped through the G.I. Joe book at GenCon and was pretty impressed with the production values. 10 year-old me would've loved that game.

 

[Reynard]

I flipped through the G.I. Joe book at GenCon and was pretty impressed with the production values. 10 year-old me would've loved that game.

There's a copy at my FLGS I keep eyeballing but I know I will never play it.

 

[trappedslider]

There's a PR RPG? :O

I flipped through the G.I. Joe book at GenCon and was pretty impressed with the production values. 10 year-old me would've loved that game.

What's the base system is it d20 or d6 or something else?

 

[payn]

There's a PR RPG? :O


What's the base system is it d20 or d6 or something else?

Sounds like D20.

 

[Leatherhead]

Renegade Studios also just (pre)released the Transformers RPG and I really want to play that one.

 

[TerraDave]

5e was always supposed to feed players to other RPGs. I guess it just had to get all the players first.

 

[Zardnaar]

What's the one in 3rd place?

 

[Maggan]

What's the one in 3rd place?

Darrington is Critical Role's publishing company, so I guess that it's their Tal'dorei stuff that's selling strong.

Goodman does 5e stuff, most notably the mammoth books in the Original Adventures Reincarnated series.

I think it's weird that ICv2 group them together like that.