2 Years Later, CDPR Finally Listened To My Best Cyberpunk 2077 Suggestion

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I am happy to see that CD Projekt Red and R. Talsorian Games have finally done some proper cross promotion with the inclusion of the “” PDF for those who own , the video game based on the tabletop RPG. While drew attention based on CDRP’s reputation built through video game series, at the time of its release it did not overtly draw attention to its pen-and-paper RPG source material. I wrote a Screen Rant article suggesting this very idea in 2022, and it’s nice to see it finally happen.

When I wrote about how has hidden TTRPG roots, I noted how it, and other video games, represented missed opportunities to support and grow the considerably smaller hobby of tabletop roleplaying. For perspective,, easily the market leader in TTRPGs, is estimated to have sold between 3 and 5 million copies of its 5th edition, which is ’s most successful edition of all time. has sold roughly 30 million copies. certainly benefited from the video game adaptation, but there remains a numbers gap between video game fans and TTRPG hobbyists.

As reported by Polygon, s December update added quick start rules for, the latest tabletop RPG edition of the game, along with a PDF of, the second edition of the TTRPG. had an expansion, capturing the vibe of the Netflix anime adaptation of the TTRPG, and it has certainly already benefited from the IP’s multimedia exposure. Some metrics had it as the number three TTRPG in 2023, behind and, which is an impressive benchmark for the previously niche game, certainly the height of its success to date.

I think it’s fair to say most TTRPG fans play video games, but numbers confirm that only a small portion of the video game audience plays tabletop RPGs.

There were already numerous cyberpunk genre tabletop RPGs available at the time launched in 2020, with more being released every year, like, or the TTRPG adaptations of and. Getting a free quick start PDF added four years after the game’s release (and two years after my article) is certainly better late than