Brandon Sanderson on possible Cytoverse tabletop games and Cosmere projects
In brief
- Brandon Sanderson told IGN he'd love Cytoverse tabletop adaptations. He said it's been discussed, but announced no new project.
The author is already involved in several official tabletop projects around his Cosmere universe through Brotherwise Games, including the Cosmere RPG, the Mistborn Deckbuilding Game, and Stormlight Premium Miniatures.
IGN frames Sanderson's comments as an expression of interest, not an official announcement. Based on the available sources, there is still no publisher, title, or release date for a Cytoverse tabletop game.
What happened
IGN asked Brandon Sanderson whether his Cytoverse, including Skyward, could ever get a tabletop adaptation. Sanderson replied that he would "love to" do that and that the topic has already been discussed. In the response quoted by IGN, he also said he wants to be careful about how much he asks of fans and doesn't want everything to be "all Brandon Sanderson all the time."
That confirms interest in a possible game, but Sanderson did not name a publisher, title, or release date for any Cytoverse project. IGN's coverage stresses that his comments are not an official announcement and mainly show that the idea has already come up internally.
In the same context, IGN points to Sanderson's existing tabletop work around the Cosmere. Brotherwise Games calls itself the official game partner for the Cosmere universe and says it is working with Dragonsteel on projects including the Cosmere RPG, the Mistborn Deckbuilding Game, and Stormlight Premium Miniatures. Brotherwise links those projects to a multi-year partnership with Dragonsteel and also says more projects are coming in 2025 and beyond.
The available sources also mention Blightfall as the first official Cytoverse book expansion and refer to a Skyward TV series in development. Those points are included as franchise context, but they do not change the central fact that no official Cytoverse tabletop adaptation has been announced yet.
Timeline
2024: Brotherwise Games and Brandon Sanderson work together on official Cosmere tabletop projects, including the Cosmere RPG. Brotherwise positions itself as the official games partner for the Cosmere universe.
2025: Brotherwise Games says it is working with Dragonsteel on Stormlight Premium Miniatures, the Mistborn Deckbuilding Game, and the Cosmere RPG, and says more projects are coming in 2025 and beyond.
2026-09-17: IGN publishes the interview in which Sanderson says he would like to make Cytoverse tabletop adaptations, that the idea has already been discussed, and that he is not announcing a concrete new project.
2026-09-17: In the same IGN context, Blightfall is mentioned as the first official Cytoverse book expansion and a Skyward TV series in development is cited as additional franchise context.
Background
The Cytoverse is Sanderson's science-fiction series centered on Skyward and related books. It is separate from the Cosmere, his larger fantasy universe. That distinction matters because Brotherwise Games is already developing several official tabletop projects for the Cosmere, but based on the available sources has not announced anything for the Cytoverse.
Brotherwise Games says on its Cosmere page that it is the official games partner for Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe. The company explicitly says it is working with Dragonsteel on Stormlight Premium Miniatures, the Mistborn Deckbuilding Game, and the Cosmere RPG. On its separate Cosmere TTRPG page, Brotherwise describes the role-playing release as a new system covering the entire universe of Sanderson's bestselling novels.
IGN's reporting places Sanderson's comment in a broader commercial context: there is already a tabletop infrastructure around his work, but so far it is focused on the Cosmere rather than the Cytoverse. The only hard confirmation in the available sources is that Sanderson likes the idea of a Cytoverse tabletop adaptation and that the topic has already been discussed.
The sources provide no concrete information about a developer, licensing partner, or product format for a Cytoverse project. The status of the mentioned Skyward TV series is also limited in the available context to the note that it is in development. So the current state remains: interest confirmed, but no official announcement.
Sources
- IGN: Brandon Sanderson Says He 'Would Love to' Create Tabletop Adaptations of His Cytoverse Books
- Brotherwise Games: The Cosmere
- Brotherwise Games: The Cosmere TTRPG