
Image: Steamforged GamesĪlso notable is the fact that the majority of its projects have been for games based on video game licenses, among them Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil, and Devil May Cry. Newly-revealed box art shows the in-game map from Elden Ring. The company has since moved from strength to strength on Kickstarter, with a total of 14 successful campaigns raising more than $22 million. That sum placed it among the largest crowdfunding campaigns in platform history at that time.

The company burst onto the scene in 2016 with a campaign for Dark Souls: The Board Game, which raised an astonishing $5.4 million. One of the reasons that Steamforged has been able to activate so many thousands of backers is because of the deep connections with consumers from past projects.

For comparison, Steamforged’s highest earning campaign so far had just over 31,000 backers when it concluded. 22 - will likely push them over 20,000 in short order. Today’s announcement of a launch date for the campaign - Nov. With that, the British company has earned more than 19,000 followers on its Kickstarter campaign page.
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The project was announced in September with little more than the title of the game and a render of a single miniature: Margit, the Fell Omen, one of Elden Ring’s very first boss monsters. Today’s case in point is the campaign for Elden Ring: The Board Game, from Steamforged Games, which hasn’t even launched yet and is already closing in on big numbers. Board game publishers in particular have gotten better and better at fueling this particular hype machine. Kickstarter has proved year after year the campaigns hosted on its platform can motivate consumers from all around the world.
