We’ve looked at the best selling community content on 5e’s DMsGuild, but that’s not the only community content site.
There’s also Starfinder Infinite and Pathfinder Infinite. These two are community content marketplaces for Pazio’s popular sci-fi and fantasy tabletop RPGs.
These sites are powered by Roll20, part of what last year we would have called the OneBookShelf network, siblings to the DMsGuild and DriveThruRPG. We have got the top 20 best sellers published this year from these two sites, at least according to the legend attached to the data, but as we’ll see, contributions to the larger of the two RPGs dominate.
Best selling community content on Pathfinder and Starfinder Infinite in 2023
- Archetypes+ by Derry Luttrell, Tony Saunders, Conner Berkheiser, Grady Wang, Arkon, Sasha Laranoa Harving.
- Barbarians+ by Derry Luttrell, Tony Saunders.
- Magus+ by Derry Luttrell, Tony Saunders.
- Firebrands+ by Derry Luttrell, Tony Saunders, Dana Ebert, Jamie Trollope, Dorji Sanjiev.
- NPC Index: Specialists by Jamie Trollope, Paul Steen.
- Inventors+ by Derry Luttrell, Tony Saunders.
- NPC Index: Specialists Foundry by Jamie Trollope, Paul Steen.
- Cooking Unleashed by Conner Berkheiser.
- Queerfinder Issue 2: Absalom Winter Traditions by Theo Thourson, The Gallant Goblin, Alysse Dalessandro, Anne Richmond, Azra Hawthorne, Ben Joah, Grady Wang, Irene D. B., Isabelle Thorne, MicahDraws, Michelle Jones, Shawn Banerjee, Simone D. Sallé, Vanessa Hoskins.
- Everything Archetypes: Wilderness by Tevis Woods.
- Minotaurs Unleashed: A Pathfinder 2nd Edition Ancestry by Conner Berkheiser.
- Non Animal Companions by Nikola Ninkovic.
- Inkfinder 2: Mark of the Harrow by W. Brian Lane.
- NPC Index: Monstrous Templates by Jamie Trollope, Paul Steen.
- Player Core 1 Expanded by Conner Berkheiser, Arkon, Sasha Laranoa Harving, Derry Luttrell.
- Orcs Strong Together by Helen Savore, Arkon, Avery Rae, Chris Handforth, , John Holmes, Kana Kuroko, Sasha Laranoa Harving, W. Brian Lane.
- Adventures in Jalmeray by Theo Thourson, Chirag Asnani, Ian Gopal Gould, Shubham Mehta, The Gallant Goblin
- Inkfinder 3: Stories on Your Skin by W. Brian Lane.
- Golarion Unseen: Ancestries by John Holmes.
- Divine Causes and Inquisitions by W. Brian Lane.
Wow. That’s a dominant performance by Tony Saunders and frequent collaborator Derry Luttrell.
Derry is the listed artist and the lead author on Archetypes+, a 55-page Pathfinder Gold Best Seller, and five other authors worked on the download, including Tony, who leads the whole “plus” range..
No two heroes are alike, and with Archetypes+, a massive supplement with 300+ Feats, you can expand your world of adventure like never before. Delve deep into dungeons to fight terrible foes, battle with new skills and abilities from beyond our realm, or sell some items for a bargain price. The choice is yours! Archetypes+ both expands archetypes with few feats, adds incredible flavour to ones with great mechanics but no real stories, and adds several brand new archetypes to play with!
The success of Archetypes+ is even more impressive, given it was only added to Pathfinder Infinite in August.
2023 best sellers
Previously, we’ve looked at the best-selling;
- Fantasy RPGs.
- Sci-Fi RPGs.
- Horror RPGs.
- Modern RPGs
- Historical RPGs.
- Miscellaneous RPGs.
- Family Gaming RPGs.
- Community Content on the DMsGuild.
Art credit: The Pool of Blood by Noxypia.
Update: 28th December – this post is no longer verbatim data from the PI and SFI sites. We have decided to list every collaboration author and use the author name as presented on the website, not the sales database. This seemed like a fairer way to portray the community effort.
Let us know what you think in the comment section below.
Hiya! I wanted to reach out and ask how you came to your decision to only credit one of the authors for each product. Derry has been fairly active in stating that his collaborations are… well, collaborations! And all of the products you attributed to him in the list are collaborations. You also credited Inkfinder 2, Inkfinder 3, and Divine Causes and Inquisitions incorrectly. The author publishes under the name W. Brian Lane. I would appreciate an update that corrects this and lists all of the authors on each of these products in the list, as one of the coauthors… Read more »
I’m using the data provided by PI verbatim. I wrestled with some of the points you’ve made and addressed the collaboration aspect in the post, noting that Derry was listed first in the lead author position (it’s not alphabetic).
That said, maybe I should go back through the top 20 and mention all the authors involved in every product. That’s a change from previous years and inconsistent with the approach taken with other community content sites, but it might be fairer. I’ll give it proper consideration.
For anyone interested – Post OBE now that the original article has been updated. Archetypes+ by Derry Luttrell, Tony Saunders, Conner BerkheiserBarbarians+ by Derry Luttrell, Tony SaundersMagus+ by Derry Luttrell, Tony SaundersFirebrands+ by Derry Luttrell,Tony Saunders, Dana Ebert, Jamie Trollope, Dorji SanjievNPC Index: Specialists by Jamie Trollope, Paul SteenInventors+ by Derry Luttrell, Tony SaundersNPC Index: Specialists Foundry by Jamie Trollope, Paul SteenCooking Unleashed by Conner Berkheiser.Queerfinder Issue 2: Absalom Winter Traditions by The Gallant Goblin, Alysse Dalessandro, Anne Richmond, Azra Hawthorne, Ben Joah, Grady Wang, Irene D. B., Isabelle Thorne, MicahDraws, Michelle Jones, Shawn Banerjee, Simone D. Sallé, Theo Thourson, Vanessa HoskinsEverything Archetypes: Wilderness by Tevis Woods.Minotaurs Unleashed: A Pathfinder… Read more »
Hey, this is an amazing thing to see! But I want to say I only ever do half the work at most on these books— Tony Saunders is the power house behind them, and books like Archetypes+ and Firebrands+ are colossal team efforts with incredible writers who deserve every bit of praise!
It’s really so great to see the community grow in the way it has. Everyone on this list should be extremely proud for putting out the work you guys have done!
Agreed. We initially used data-as-provided, which is generally best practice, but have now updated the post to include every author on every project.
I appreciate you making this list! Its great to get more coverage on Infinite, if I may ask though, as someone who participated in the creation of Player Core 1 Expanded and Archetypes+ that you include the full authors list! I think its important to acknowledge the work of all who took part and if you check the pages on infinite it should be easy to find! I feel bad that just because I was the one who made the store page on Player Core 1 my name was put above the others when I received so much help making… Read more »
Hiya, the first (only live briefly!) version of this post used data provided and sanitised by PI but, in agreement with you, it was swiftly updated to include the list of every author on every book.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
Hey just wanted to say thanks for this article and the updates!
These spotlights really are awesome and it’s cool to see how things shook out the last year.
I hope you keep writing articles like these and if you ever want to do an article that Team+ can help with, we’re happy to be a resource!
Happy gaming
I have noticed that Dorji Saniev, Dana Ebert, and Jamie Trollope are missing from the Firebrands+ credit. If it’s not too much trouble I would appreciate they get credit for their hard work!
Dorji Sanjiev***
Done!