International GM’s Day: The best selling RPGs in the sales

It’s the 4th of March and therefore International GM’s Day. As they do every year, DriveThruRPG has a generous sale.

Four bundles make the headlines there;

• Let the GM Play, too – GM-less games, and $30.98 reduced to $8.99.
• GM Starter Pack – Advice and tools for GMs, and with 70% off so $28.99 is reduced to $9.99.
• GMing into the Wilds – Travel, encounters, maps and minis, with $12.74 reduced to $3.99.
• GMing in SPACE! – Pew Pew! Sci-fi inspiration and another 70% off, reducing $52.93 to $14.99.

However, there are 72,911 items in the GM’s Day sale at DriveThruRPG and not just these bundles.

• There are 16,518 downloads in the event at DMsGuild.
• 450 discounted offers at the new Pathfinder Infinite.
• At the Storytellers Vault there are a further 2,126 downloads on offer.

I make that 92,005 RPGs, accessories, supplements and tools on offer for the 2022 GM’s Day sale.

Which are the best sellers, though? Which of these discounts has taken the early lead in attracting interest from gamers?

DriveThruRPG’s top 5 GM’s Day titles

1. Traveller: Explorer’s Edition by Mongoose Publishing, reduced to only $0.85.
2. Cyberpunk RED by R. Talsorian Games.
3. Minsc and Boo’s Journal of Villainy (5e) by Wizards of the Coast.
4. Worlds Without Number by Sine Nomine Publishing.
5. The One Ring Core Rules by Free League Publishing.

DMsGuild’s top 5 GM’s Day titles

1. Minsc and Boo’s Journal of Villainy (5e) by Wizards of the Coast in a rare but legit “both sites at once” product.
2. Domains of Delight (5e) by Wizards of the Coast.
3. Home-Field Advantage – A Compendium of Lair Actions by community designers such as Trekiros, Sean Vas Terra and others.
4. Strixhaven: A Syllabus of Sorcery by Arcane Eye (Mike Bernier).
5. Exploring Eberron by KB Presents (Keith Baker).

Pathfinder Infinite’s top 5 GM’s Day titles

1. Lost Omens Ancestries: Dragonkin by Luis Loza.
2. Kitsune of Golarion by community authors such as Alexander Augunas, Aly Chen and others.
3. Abomination Vaults GMs Guide by Ron Lundeen.
4. Vellum & Lace Ep 00 Moving Day by Vanessa Hoskins and Helen Savore.
5. The Hive of Corruption by Tom Robinson.

Storytellers Vault’s top 5 GM’s Day titles

1. V5 Vampire Player’s Guide by TableGoth.
2. V5 Storyteller Resources by Ian E Muller and Ken Kimbrough.
3. The Sword of Caine: A V5 Guide to the Sabbat by Raymond Jenkins.
4. Consequences by Brandon Parigo.
5. V5: Bloodlines Unbound Volume 1 by Cat Evans, Sven Truckenbrodt and Steffie de Vaan.

OneBookShelf, which runs all the sites with partners, will keep the GMs Day sales live for 10 days. As a result, these top 5 bestseller lists will ebb and flow; there will be changes. The lists above are a snapshot in time.

Itch don’t yet seem to be doing anything for International GM’s Day, but you can see their top-selling physical games and that tends to be where tabletop RPGs go.

Creative Commons credit Orbital Horror by Kat Machiavelli.