Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present

This is a compilation of the icv2.com retailer surveys of Top Five Roleplaying Games. They are generally compiled quarterly (with some exceptions). ICv2 notes that "the chart [are] based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers."

• These are not based on actual sales figures. With very few exceptions, sales figures are not available for any of these products.
• These do not take into account online sales, direct sales, Amazon, or anything other than hobby retail sales (although they do include Kickstarter).
• These are based on interviews with hobby game retailers and distributors.
• The RPG industry is tiny. ICv2 estimates its total size (US/Canada) as only $105M in 2020.
• Note the addition of Kickstarter sales included in the 2015 figures onwards.

Also see US/Canada Hobby Game Market ($ millions).

Rankings Chart​

In the below chart are listed games only for space reasons, unless more than one company produced games with the same or similar names (e.g. multiple Star Wars games), in which case the the company is noted in parenthesis. Where ties exist, the incumbent comes first.

*Mongoose Publishing is a company name rather than a game, but this is what ICv2 reported.
**Green Ronin is a company name rather than a game, but this is what ICv2 reported.