ICv2 has released its latest industry report, including the top 5 roleplaying games for Spring 2018. Unsurprisingly, D&D holds the top spot still (it has for some years now), with Starfinder still outpacing Pathfinder, possibly due to people waiting on Pathfinder 2nd Edition. These are followed by FFG's Star Wars RPG, and their in-house Genesys generic game system (based on the Star Wars system).
That's three companies taking the top five spots. I've added those to my compiled year-on-year table which goes back to 2004.
In other news, ICv2 reports that the North American hobby games market has grown again, reaching $1.55 billion, growing 8% since 2016. You can see last year's stats here. Here's how that breaks down:
Roleplaying games have increased from $45M to $55M! Note that these figures do include Kickstarter. Here's how that looks year on year:
US Hobby Game Market 2013-2017 ($ millions); based on figures from ICv2
Interestingly, despite large growth overall, the Collectible Games segment dropped by 3%.
| 1 | Dungeons & Dragons (WotC) |
| 2 | Starfinder (Paizo) |
| 3 | Pathfinder (Paizo) |
| 4 | Star Wars (FFG) |
| 5 | Genesysy (FFG) |
That's three companies taking the top five spots. I've added those to my compiled year-on-year table which goes back to 2004.
In other news, ICv2 reports that the North American hobby games market has grown again, reaching $1.55 billion, growing 8% since 2016. You can see last year's stats here. Here's how that breaks down:
| Collectible Games | $725M |
| Non-Collectible Miniatures Games | $270M |
| Board Games | $345M |
| Card & Dice Games | $150M |
| Roleplaying Games | $55M |
| Total | $1 545M |
Roleplaying games have increased from $45M to $55M! Note that these figures do include Kickstarter. Here's how that looks year on year:
US Hobby Game Market 2013-2017 ($ millions); based on figures from ICv2
| Category | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Collectible games | $450 | $550 | $625 (+14%) | $750 (+12%) | $725 (-3%) |
| Miniatures | $125 | $125 | $175 (+40%) | $205 (+17%) | $270 (+32%) |
| Boardgames | $75 | $125 ($160) | $250 (+56%) | $305 (+22%) | $345 (+13%) |
| Card & dice games | $35 | $55 ($60) | $105 (+75%) | $130 (+24%) | $150 (+15%) |
| Roleplaying games | $15 | $25 | $35 (+40%) | $45 (+28%) | $55 (+22%) |
| Total | $700 | $880 ($920) | $1,190 (+29%) | $1,435 (+21%) | $1,545 (+8%) |
Interestingly, despite large growth overall, the Collectible Games segment dropped by 3%.
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