{"id":1831266,"date":"2026-03-17T17:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1831266"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:09:51","slug":"cd-projekt-reds-cyberpunk-trading-card-game-is-making-so-much-money-on-kickstarter-the-total-never-stops-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1831266","title":{"rendered":"CD Projekt Red&#8217;s Cyberpunk Trading Card Game is making so much money on Kickstarter the total never stops moving"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">CD Projekt Red&#8217;s Cyberpunk Trading Card Game is making so much money on Kickstarter the total never stops moving<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">V impressive.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/jackie-cyberpunk-2077.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A tough looking biker leans against their futuristic sports bike, arms crossed, as the sun goes down on the city around them. It's Jackie from Cyberpunk 2077.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"jackie-cyberpunk-2077.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>CD Projekt Red \/ WeirdCo<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-17T17:09:51+00:00\">March 17, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cd-projekt-red-cyberpunk-trading-card-game?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          5 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c177243e-1a0c-42f8-9d7b-0169323adfa3\" data-name=\"Cyberpunk 2077\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Cyberpunk 2077\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Cyberpunk 2077\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077\" title=\"Follow Cyberpunk 2077\"><br \/>\n  Follow Cyberpunk 2077<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>CD Projekt Red has announced a Cyberpunk trading card game this afternoon, and the Kickstarter pledges are rising so fast the total never stops growing. The goal was a paltry \u00a375,174. The total was \u00a31.3 million when I started writing this and it&#8217;s since soared past \u00a32.7m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/cyberpunktcg\/the-official-cyberpunk-trading-card-game\">The Cyberpunk Trading Card Game<\/a> is being made by CD Projekt Red in collaboration with WeirdCo, which is a smallish Seattle-based company that apparently specialises in making trading card games, though this looks to be its first one. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weirdco.net\/about\">WeirdCo&#8217;s website<\/a> says it doesn&#8217;t use AI and that its goal is &#8220;to make games that remind us what it means to be human&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s debut set of cards focuses on characters from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>, like Johnny Silverhand, V, and Judy \u00c1lvarez, whereas the second set will focus on characters from the Netflix anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. That first deck, Welcome to Night City, is due to arrive later in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Pledges start at $49 for two pre-built starter decks, but scale all the way up to a face-melting $7999 &#8211; a mega-bundle that has eight starter decks, 1,944 booster packs, dice, rare cards, metal cards, play mats, a binder, and more.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A how to play video shows an example of the Cyberpunk Trading Card Game in action, and it looks like it uses a blend of dice and cards to create a fairly complex, Magic The Gathering-like experience. You can browse through all of the cards on <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberpunktcg.com\/\">the Cyberpunk Trading Card Game website<\/a>; the art is very nice.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"How To Play Video | Cyberpunk Trading Card Game\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2ne3975HbY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/C2ne3975HbY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">How To Play Video | Cyberpunk Trading Card Game<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C2ne3975HbY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-has-sold-a-lot-more-copies-than-you-think-and-faster-than-the-witcher-3\">Cyberpunk 2077 passed 35m sales<\/a> late last year, enjoying a lift from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playing-cyberpunk-2077-for-the-first-time-on-switch-2-reminds-me-of-one-of-gta-onlines-greatest-quirks\">a well received Switch 2 release<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phantom-liberty-is-a-remarkable-expansion-and-a-bittersweet-end-for-cyberpunk-2077\">the relatively recent Phantom Liberty game expansion and accompanying game overhaul<\/a>. A sequel is in pre-production at CD Projekt Red&#8217;s new Cyberpunk headquarters in Boston, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-sequel-will-feature-second-city-thats-like-chicago-gone-wrong-says-series-creator\">Cyberpunk 2 will feature a second city<\/a> that we&#8217;ve heard &#8220;is like Chicago gone wrong&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>CD Projekt Red is also, meanwhile, in full production on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-whole-new-witcher-trilogy-of-games-released-within-six-years-of-each-other-is-that-even-possible-cd-projekt-red-thinks-so\">The Witcher 4, which we&#8217;ve been told not to expect before 2027<\/a> &#8211; though CD Projekt Red is bullish about the likelihood of following it with subsequent Witcher games quickly afterwards. We&#8217;ll apparently get our next look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-4\">The Witcher 4<\/a> this summer in Unreal&#8217;s annual showcase.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>CD Projekt Red has announced a Cyberpunk trading card game this afternoon, and the Kickstarter pledges are rising so fast the total never stops growing. The goal was a paltry \u00a375,174. The total was \u00a31.3 million when I started writing this and it&#8217;s since soared past \u00a32.7m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/cyberpunktcg\/the-official-cyberpunk-trading-card-game\">The Cyberpunk Trading Card Game<\/a> is being made by CD Projekt Red in collaboration with WeirdCo, which is a smallish Seattle-based company that apparently specialises in making trading card games, though this looks to be its first one. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weirdco.net\/about\">WeirdCo&#8217;s website<\/a> says it doesn&#8217;t use AI and that its goal is &#8220;to make games that remind us what it means to be human&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s debut set of cards focuses on characters from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>, like Johnny Silverhand, V, and Judy \u00c1lvarez, whereas the second set will focus on characters from the Netflix anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. That first deck, Welcome to Night City, is due to arrive later in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Pledges start at $49 for two pre-built starter decks, but scale all the way up to a face-melting $7999 &#8211; a mega-bundle that has eight starter decks, 1,944 booster packs, dice, rare cards, metal cards, play mats, a binder, and more.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A how to play video shows an example of the Cyberpunk Trading Card Game in action, and it looks like it uses a blend of dice and cards to create a fairly complex, Magic The Gathering-like experience. You can browse through all of the cards on <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberpunktcg.com\/\">the Cyberpunk Trading Card Game website<\/a>; the art is very nice.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"How To Play Video | Cyberpunk Trading Card Game\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2ne3975HbY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/C2ne3975HbY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">How To Play Video | Cyberpunk Trading Card Game<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C2ne3975HbY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-has-sold-a-lot-more-copies-than-you-think-and-faster-than-the-witcher-3\">Cyberpunk 2077 passed 35m sales<\/a> late last year, enjoying a lift from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playing-cyberpunk-2077-for-the-first-time-on-switch-2-reminds-me-of-one-of-gta-onlines-greatest-quirks\">a well received Switch 2 release<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/phantom-liberty-is-a-remarkable-expansion-and-a-bittersweet-end-for-cyberpunk-2077\">the relatively recent Phantom Liberty game expansion and accompanying game overhaul<\/a>. A sequel is in pre-production at CD Projekt Red&#8217;s new Cyberpunk headquarters in Boston, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-sequel-will-feature-second-city-thats-like-chicago-gone-wrong-says-series-creator\">Cyberpunk 2 will feature a second city<\/a> that we&#8217;ve heard &#8220;is like Chicago gone wrong&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>CD Projekt Red is also, meanwhile, in full production on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-whole-new-witcher-trilogy-of-games-released-within-six-years-of-each-other-is-that-even-possible-cd-projekt-red-thinks-so\">The Witcher 4, which we&#8217;ve been told not to expect before 2027<\/a> &#8211; though CD Projekt Red is bullish about the likelihood of following it with subsequent Witcher games quickly afterwards. We&#8217;ll apparently get our next look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-4\">The Witcher 4<\/a> this summer in Unreal&#8217;s annual showcase.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News CD Projekt Red&#8217;s Cyberpunk Trading Card Game is making so much money on Kickstarter the total never stops moving V impressive. 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