Setting Up Titles On DrivethruRPG

DrivethruRPG.com is the largest online tabletop RPG marketplace around. It is the flagship site in a family of interconnected sites which include DrivethruCards, DrivethruComics, and DMsGuild.

Why should you sell on DrivethruRPG? Put simply, volume. More people use DTRPG than any other market, and while other sites like itch.io are optimized for presenting games, DTRPG is optimized to create sales. It has a lot of powerful promotion tools, it carries a robust recommendation engine, and the catalog is pretty easy to sort through to discover new things. It’s also a pretty convenient repository for buyers, making it easy to access everything you’ve already bought. On top of all of that, they’re the premier RPG site that offers print-on-demand sales, and are easily the best thing around on that front.

Unfortunately, it’s not all perfect. You only get about two-thirds of your selling price in profit, and there’s a number of annoying rules to deal with. The worst part though is that the publishing system is ridiculously byzantine. It takes some effort to figure out how to get your game up on DrivethruRPG, and it isn’t explained very clearly. That’s where this guide comes in: I want to help you get going. It’s worth it.