Following on from the best selling horror RPGs list, which was topped by a sci-fi horror, Geek Native can now reveal the best selling modern setting RPGs from DriveThruRPG.
All the RPGs, supplements and accessories in this list were published on DriveThruRPG this year and tagged by the publisher or author as modern. That might mean a contemporary setting or an alternative one.
Best selling modern RPGs in 2023
- Delta Green: God’s Teeth by Arc Dream Publishing.
- Tome of the Pentacle by Onyx Path Publishing.
- Whitehack Fourth Edition by WhitehackRPG.
- Realms of Magic and Mystery (A Terra Incognita Sourcebook for Scion Second Edition) by Onyx Path Publishing.
- M20 Lore of the Traditions by Onyx Path Publishing.
- The Silt Verses Roleplaying Game by The Gauntlet.
- Monster of the Week: Codex of Worlds by Evil Hat Productions, LLC.
- Adventure Crucible — Building Stronger Scenarios for any RPG by Tentacles Press.
- Shadowrun: Astral Ways (Sixth World Setting Book) by Catalyst Game Labs.
- Apocalypse Keys by Evil Hat Productions, LLC.
- Delta Green: Convergence by Arc Dream Publishing.
- Pasión de las Pasiones by Magpie Games.
- Shadowrun: Null Value (Runner Resource Book) by Catalyst Game Labs.
- Shadowrun: Shoot Straight (Runner Resource Book) by Catalyst Game Labs.
- Bloodpunk – A Guide to Tolia 5E by Dream Realm Storytellers.
- Magi-Knights Awakening Core Rulebook by Magi-Knights Project.
- Demigods by Probably OK Games.
- Nephews in Peril (Kickstarter Edition) by The Gauntlet.
- Delta Green: Presence – APU8165 by Arc Dream Publishing.
- Highlander Cinematic Adventure by Evil Genius Games.
We’re only a few tables into the 2023 reveals and already the second overlap, as Delta Green: God’s Teeth by Arc Dream Publishing, which tops this league, came second in the horror table.
Delta Green: God’s Teeth is set across decades and pits Agents against a terrible evil.
The second place listing here is Onyx Path’s Tome of the Pentacle, a supplement for Mage the Awakening 2nd Edition. So, is that a theme in 2024? Are we buying games where our heroes are mere everyday people against unnatural foes and uncertain realities?
No one can do it all alone. Anyone who tells you they have all the answers is Lying.
Throughout the millennia, the mages of the Pentacle Orders have gathered – to share knowledge, to protect one another, to seek Mysteries, and to push back against the servants of the Lie.
But it didn’t happen all at once, or without struggle. Nothing good ever does.
2023 best sellers
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Correction: 23rd December – This post originally and incorrectly said Tome of the Pentacle was a supplement for Hunter: The Vigil.
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Hi! Tome of the Pentacle is a supplement for Mage: The Awakening 2nd Edition; it looks like Andrew might have gotten confused ’cause there’s an ad for Hunter at the bottom of the description for the Tome. Easy mistake to make!
D’oh! I did and I was. I’ve fixed the post, added the dated correction stamp and updated the ‘Hall of Shame‘ too for transparency.
Appreciate you taking the time to point me in the right direction.