#powerofpride2026

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It's here! The Power of Pride Bundle 2026 is now live on Itchio! All in support of 284 queer creators and their 396 creations.

View the bundle on Itchio here (until July 6):

$60 Bundle: https://itch.io/b/3682/the-power-of-pride-bundle-2026-60-edition

$10 Pay-What-You-Can: https://itch.io/b/3684/the-power-of-pride-bundle-2026-10-pwyc-edition

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After a year of censorship and legal attacks the queer community needs your help.

The Queer Games Bundle ended but others have taken on that burden.

The Pride Bundle funds 284 queer artists directly.

Support real people not corporations or nonprofits.

60$: https://itch.io/b/3682/

10$: https://itch.io/b/3684/

[powerofpridebundle]

2026 Bundle Conclusion & Closing Statements

Hello friends,

After less than 4 months of prep work and 5 weeks of our sale, The Power of Pride Bundle 2026 has officially drawn to a close. Let's review the numbers:

396 total projects

284 total contributors

240 of them opted into revenue

2,523 bundles sold

$73,434.85 raised

$305.97 estimated payout per opt-in contributor, before fees and taxes 

Amidst numerous layoffs in the AAA games industry and a global recession affecting those most vulnerable, this is a meaningful injection of direct financial aid that keeps queer voices in the conversation. A US Federal Reserve Survey found that the average person in the USA would have trouble covering a $400 emergency, so this amount of money adds a buffer allowing a marginalized community the peace of mind required to keep creating. While this number does not match some of the massive highs of the late Queer Games Bundle, we are in many regards a new project that came together as quickly as circumstances allowed us to, and have to build a certain amount of recognition from the ground up.

Running a bundle is never easy, especially one of this size and scale, and even more so on the tight 15-week schedule we were given. When the original QGB Team announced on February 12, 2026 that it would not return, we quickly gathered a group of dedicated people who could organize this ambitious new bundle in time for June. Many of our team members either dropped all their personal projects to commit to the cause or juggled several obligations while laboring tirelessly to coordinate this large-scale mutual aid effort. This work included review of applications, back-and-forth emails with multiple parties, designing and iterating graphics, and so much more. Hundreds of volunteer hours have been poured into making sure the mission continues: to meaningfully empower and pay queer creators on itchio during Pride Month beyond the cheap platitudes of awareness and recognition.

None of this work could have been accomplished alone. It truly took a team effort from everyone involved to make this happen, from the organizing team itself, leafo and the itchio staff for implementing new bundle tools to make the process much more streamlined moving forward, the original Queer Games Bundle Team for pioneering grassroots mutual aid bundles and passing us the torch, our participants who placed their faith in us and contributed their projects, the streamers, reviewers, and journalists we partnered with who showcased us, the folks who talked about and shared the bundle on social media and recommended it to their friends, all those who picked up a copy of the bundle for themselves, and to you for taking a moment to read this update and celebrate this massive accomplishment with us. We hope that you've been able to find a few things in this year's bundle that touched your heart and soul, because we know that we certainly did.

Times are scary for everyone. Fascism is well and alive, our rights continue to be stripped away, and our siblings across the globe face genocide from the corrupt elite. We know not what the future holds, but whatever it is, queer people will persist and continue to fight for our right to thrive. This bundle is an example of that.

Stay hopeful, stay kind, and walk with us, because all we have left is each other.

In solidarity,

BáiYù & The Power of Pride Bundle Team

[powerofpridebundle]

The Power of Pride Bundle 2026 is the featured bundle on the front page?! 😳 What an honor!

Thank you Itchio! 🌈💕

[powerofpridebundle]

The Power of Pride 2026 bundle supports 284 queer creators and gets you 396 creations in return! Buy the bundle over on Itchio! 🌈 Available until July 6th.

[powerofpridebundle]

We were going to post a tracker graphic for our first goal, but we've already hit $5K on the main $60 bundle! Combined with the $10 PWYC bundle, we're at over $8K. Thank you everyone! #PowerofPride2026

Our next combined goal is $10K - let's fill this heart up 💕🏳️‍🌈

The bundle runs until July 6, all through Pride Month plus some more!

$60 Bundle: https://itch.io/b/3682/the-power-of-pride-bundle-2026-60-edition $10 PWYC: https://itch.io/b/3684/the-power-of-pride-bundle-2026-10-pwyc-edition

[girliemachine]

Bundles!

My poetry diorama zine from last year, Consciousness Soup: WORD ABOMINATION, is in this years Power of Pride bundle! Along with my zine, you also get 395 other projects! (Plus a Bonus Wallpaper Pack if you support the $60 Bundle)

$60 Bundle with Bonus Wallpaper Pack:

https://itch.io/b/3682/the-power-of-pride-bundle-2026-60-edition

$10+ PWYC Bundle:

https://itch.io/b/3684/the-power-of-pride-bundle-2026-10-pwyc-edition

My zine is also in Pride Book Fair Bundle #2 - Pride Hard With a Vengeance! The bundle is $40, has 36 other queer books, and runs from the 1st to the 8th! There are also 3 other bundles linked on the bundle page if you're interested!

https://itch.io/b/3676/pride-book-fair-bundle-2-pride-hard-with-a-vengeance

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