CMON, the Hong Kong-based publisher behind Zombicide (the cooperative zombie-survival game with a mountain of plastic miniatures), Marvel United and Massive Darkness, is preparing to return to Kickstarter in the second half of 2026. That's a significant pivot for a company whose financial filings just revealed $19.9 million in losses for 2025, with revenue collapsing by more than 73 percent to $9.9 million year-on-year, per Boardgame Wire.
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Find events near youCMON has been a crowdfunding juggernaut for over a decade. Its heyday campaigns pulled in tens of millions of dollars for plastic-packed boxes like Zombicide: Black Plague and Cthulhu: Death May Die. That model started creaking under tariff pressure, production cost hikes, and a growing backlog of undelivered projects. The publisher sold off IPs (including Zombicide and Cthulhu: Death May Die), raised $1.2m in a share sale in February, and paused new crowdfunding while it caught up on shipping.
The plan now, according to Wargamer, is to spend the first half of 2026 fulfilling existing promises, then come back to backers with titles from current game lines. Auditors still note "material uncertainty" about whether CMON can keep trading, so this is a comeback under pressure rather than a victory lap.
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Start organising for freeFor UK gamers sitting on late CMON pledges, this at least signals intent to deliver before launching anything new. Whether the next wave of campaigns can convince burned backers to pledge again is the real question, and the second half of 2026 will answer it.
Sources: Boardgame Wire | Wargamer | Boardgame Wire - Share Sale
