Unlike the Million Dollar Kickstarter Club which lists individual TTRPG campaigns which have broken the $1M mark, this list compiles the total raised by crowdfunding by each creator.
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These are all the creators I could find which had a TTRPG Kickstarter or Backerkit and had totalled over $2M in crowdfunding. I've noted the total number of campaigns and also the number which were TTRPG -- so 12 (7) means that they have 12 crowdfunding campaigns, 7 of which were for a TTRPG. This is just Kickstarter and Backerkit; I am aware that several other platforms exist.
I cut it off at $2M as the number of entries grows rapidly below that. As it is there are approaching 600 crowdfunding campaigns represented in the table below.
Somewhat arbitrarily I have highlighted the ones which have 50% or more of their crowdfunders in TTRPGS (as opposed to boardgames and other tabletop games). This creates a TTRPG-specific list as follows:
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter Club
Avatar Legends leads the pack in an exclusive club -- Kickstarters for tabletop roleplaying game products which have broken the $1M barrier! It is currently the most successful TTRPG Kickstarter in history with a funding total of nearly $10M, and over 80,000 backers. [UPDATE--Backerkit started...
www.enworld.org
These are all the creators I could find which had a TTRPG Kickstarter or Backerkit and had totalled over $2M in crowdfunding. I've noted the total number of campaigns and also the number which were TTRPG -- so 12 (7) means that they have 12 crowdfunding campaigns, 7 of which were for a TTRPG. This is just Kickstarter and Backerkit; I am aware that several other platforms exist.
I cut it off at $2M as the number of entries grows rapidly below that. As it is there are approaching 600 crowdfunding campaigns represented in the table below.
Somewhat arbitrarily I have highlighted the ones which have 50% or more of their crowdfunders in TTRPGS (as opposed to boardgames and other tabletop games). This creates a TTRPG-specific list as follows:
- Monte Cook Games
- Free League
- Magpie Games
- Hit Point Press
- Richard Thomas
- Kobold Press
- Matt Colville
- Exalted Funeral
- Shane Hensley
- Goodman Games
- Ghostfire Gaming
- DnD Shorts
- Modiphius
- Morrus
- Jim Searcy
- Loot Tavern
- MonkeyDM
- Eldermancy
- Nord Games
- Dungeon Dudes
- Russ Charles
- Palladium Books
| Position | Creator | Total $ (KICKSTARTER) | # Campaigns (#RPG) (KICKSTARTER) | Total $ (BACKERKIT) | # Campaigns ($RPG) (BACKERKIT) | TOTAL $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steamforged Games | $31,780,647 | 16 (1) | $31,780,647 | ||
| 2 | Monte Cook Games | $9,814,568 | 22 (22) | $3,399,472 | 4 (4) | $13,214,040 |
| 3 | Reaper Miniatures | $12,537,425 | 7 (1) | $12,537,425 | ||
| 4 | Free League (+ Fria Ligan) | $11,926,219 | 27 (23) | $11,926,219 | ||
| 5 | Mantic Games | $11,767,381 | 21 (1) | $629,460 | 1 (0) | $12,395,841 |
| 6 | Magpie Games | $10,333,950 | 3 (2) | $10,333,950 | ||
| 7 | Stronghold Games | $9,310,408 | 11 (1) | $9,310,408 | ||
| 8 | Sandy Petersen | $8,170,100 | 24 (3) | $8,170,100 | ||
| 9 | Hit Point Press | $7,618,393 | 11 (10) | $7,618,393 | ||
| 10 | Richard Thomas | $7,559,980 | 48 (46) | $7,559,980 | ||
| 11 | Kobold Press | $6,931,005 | 24 (24) | $6,931,005 | ||
| 12 | A.J. Porfirio | $6,504,064 | 23 (1) | $6,604,064 | ||
| 13 | Dragori Games | $6,022,675 | 4 (1) | $6,022,675 | ||
| 14 | Matt Colville | $5,578,267 | 3 (3) | $344,651 | 1 (1) | $5,922,918 |
| 15 | Exalted Funeral | $5,624,838 | 12 (12) | $240,520 | 1 (1) | $5,865,258 |
| 16 | Cephalofair Games | - | - | $5,053,380 | 1 (0.5) | $5,053,380 |
| 17 | Shane Hensley | $4,654,324 | 29 (29) | $4,654,324 | ||
| 18 | Steve Jackson Games | $4,544,505 | 35 (3) | $4,544,505 | ||
| 19 | Legends of Avantris | $4,020,234 | 1 (1) | $4,020,234 | ||
| 20 | 1985 Games | $3,904,319 | 7 (3) | $108,950 | 1 (0) | $4,013,269 |
| 21 | Goodman Games | $3,642,988 | 33 (33) | $133,331 | 1 (1) | $3,776,319 |
| 22 | Ghostfire Gaming | $3,615,442 | 6 (6) | $159,085 | 1 (1) | $3,774,537 |
| 23 | DnD Shorts | $3,327,204 | 1 (1) | $3,327,204 | ||
| 24 | Chris Birch (Modiphius) | $3,254,709 | 9 (6) | $3,254,709 | ||
| 25 | Privateer Press | $3,192,760 | 12 (4) | $3,192,760 | ||
| 26 | Morrus | $2,929,561 | 43 (43) | $2,929,561 | ||
| 27 | Jim Searcy | $2,923,720 | 12 (11) | $2,923,720 | ||
| 28 | Loot Tavern | $2,729,246 | 4 (2) | $2,729,246 | ||
| 29 | MonkeyDM | $2,692,698 | 1 (1) | $2,692,698 | ||
| 30 | Horrible Guild | $2,620,565 | 8 (2) | $2,620,565 | ||
| 31 | Eldermancy | $2,496,478 | 3 (3) | $2,496,478 | ||
| 32 | GAME START | $2,495,476 | 12 (2) | $2,495,476 | ||
| 33 | Nord Games | $2,458,241 | 25 (22) | $2,458,241 | ||
| 34 | Everything Epic | $2,340,870 | 20 (1) | $2,340,870 | ||
| 35 | Mike Gnade | $2,340,377 | 17 (3) | $2,340,377 | ||
| 36 | Dungeon Dudes | $2,304,515 | 2 (2) | $2,304,515 | ||
| 37 | Atlas Games | $2,284,136 | 13 (4) | $2,284,136 | ||
| 38 | Russ Charles | $2,251,388 | 5 (5) | $2,251,388 | ||
| 39 | Certifiable Studios | $2,159,498 | 8 (1) | $2,159,498 | ||
| 40 | Palladium Books | $2,084,928 | 3 (2) | $2,084,928 |
