The Top 20 Most Played TTRPGs of 2025
Added 2025-08-14 14:47:40 +0000 UTCWhere do Daggerheart, Shadowdark, and Pirate Borg rank? PDM analyzes.
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I own many of these but have not played, e.g. Mork Borg, DCC, Cyberpunk, Savage Worlds. I have played and am fan of CoC, Shadowdark, and EZD6. I also enjoy D&D B/X or OSE, Mothership, Star Frontiers, Traveller, Gamma World, and HarnMaster. I have never played Blade Runner but it sounds fun. Pathfinder, Starfinder, D&D 2/3/4/5 have no appeal to me.
MrGunn
2025-08-16 21:58:34 +0000 UTC@Lee Dunning Meh Shadowdark / Shadowrun, tomAY-toe / toe-mAH-toe, is it a fruit or vegetable, I cannot distinguish a medieval RPG from a Cyberpunk Fantasy RPG either. 🤣🤣🤣
MrGunn
2025-08-16 21:35:59 +0000 UTCYou kept saying Shadowdark when you meant to say Shadowrun.
John Robinson
2025-08-16 00:50:18 +0000 UTCI'm glad Savage Worlds made it into the top twenty. While Hero is my favorite (I'm so alone), some of my friends are involved in a Savage Worlds campaign and I'm hoping when our current D&D campaign dies, we can move onto that. I dream of exploding dice, though with my luck, I'll never experience them.
Lee Dunning
2025-08-15 22:48:38 +0000 UTCI was too late to get anything for Pirate Borg, Shadowdark, or Daggerheart. I was mainly playing Pathfinder or Starfinder. Maybe next year. There is a story link between the Edgerunner Mission Kit and the anime, but it's not necessary to watch it first.
Walter Wooten
2025-08-15 19:08:18 +0000 UTCIt IS really good! I've been playing it since January and have no plans to stop!
Matthew Crismali
2025-08-14 21:59:32 +0000 UTCAs Shadowrun is my favorite game ever (2nd and 4th are my favorite editions to run), it was really nice to see such a strong showing!
Brian Griesbach
2025-08-14 21:30:17 +0000 UTCA great breakdown, thank you!
Scott
2025-08-14 18:34:06 +0000 UTCThat was very insightful and some surprises in there for sure. Too bad Krull did not make the cut.
Pyram King
2025-08-14 16:49:51 +0000 UTCWell done! Would be interested to hear what Stephen Glicker has to say about the Avatar showing, It's level of popularity is frequently brought up on his streams.
madcurry
2025-08-14 16:21:23 +0000 UTCI have the Star Trek Adventures Beginner Box. I have a few friends that want to play but after reading it, it looks REALLY good! Intuitive and cinematic.
The Mando Commando
2025-08-14 16:02:14 +0000 UTCI noticed this list was slightly different than the list you shared in your front porch lecture. For example, I believe Dragonbane was ranked 16 on your previous list and is now 17 and Avatar The Last Airbender was not on the list at all and it's now ranked in the top 20. Curious to know about these changes.
Matthew Crismali
2025-08-14 15:46:44 +0000 UTCMany would agree with you.
Daniel Defazio
2025-08-14 15:31:04 +0000 UTCMy wife corrected me in the You Tube versions. Thanks!
Daniel Defazio
2025-08-14 15:30:20 +0000 UTCThanks!
Daniel Defazio
2025-08-14 15:29:51 +0000 UTCI have to agree about MORK BORG (haha) in that it is really difficult to figure out the rules. I suspect that's part of the allure for some people, which gives a "puzzle book" vibe. Just my opinion... obviously done on purpose and that's what makes sense to me. We haven't ran it yet and I don't think we have any plans to do it.
HCPookie
2025-08-14 15:16:12 +0000 UTCFYI - you said Shadowdark instead of Shadowrun.
Matthew Crismali
2025-08-14 14:57:57 +0000 UTCExcited to hear your takes on these systems
Bagel-Man
2025-08-14 14:55:25 +0000 UTC
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