Horizon Zero Dawn Board Game Crushes Kickstarter Goal
A crowdfunding campaign for a board game adaptation of PS4 exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn launched a few days ago and has already surpassed its funding goal.
The Kickstarter for Horizon Zero Dawn – The Board Game, which is being developed by Steamforged Games, launched on September 6th and met its £155,000(approximately $200,000) funding goal in roughly two hours. The game is described as “a semi co-operative tactical action game” where 1-4 players hunt a variety of machines from Guerrilla Games’ Horizon universe. The campaign will wrap up on Friday, September 28th at 11:00am PDT, with a minimum pledge of £95(approximately $123) netting backers a Kickstarter-exclusive version of the game. The Limited Edition Seeker Pledge includes the following:
- Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game
- The Lawless Badlands Expansion
- The Sacred Land Expansion
- Kickstarter Exclusive Aloy model
- All Unlocked Stretch Goals
Backers also can also pledge additional money to receive a variety of expansions, including one based off of the PS4 game’s The Frozen Wilds DLC. Pledges will ship to most countries, and are currently scheduled for delivery in March 2020.
A demo playthrough of the game, which showcases prototype miniatures and gameplay mechanics, can be viewed below.
Steamforged games, the UK-based company that launched the campaign, has used Kickstarter to launch several board game projects. Their campaign for Dark Souls – The Board Game was particularly successful, and raised over $5 million in 2016. Steamforged also ran a campaign for a board game based off of Resident Evil 2, which is scheduled to ship to backers later this month.
The enthusiasm for Horizon Zero Dawn – The Board Game comes as no surprise. Sony announced back in February that Horizon Zero Dawn had sold over 7.6 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling exclusives on the PS4.
Kyle Flory
Kyle is a lifelong gamer and writer who studied English at Cal State San Bernardino. He has been a PlayStation fan since the release of Sony's original console and puts most of his game time in on his PS5. He loves Metal Gear Solid, and is currently working on getting platinum trophies for every game in the series.
