A game collection with nearly 600 video games for PC and 317 physical games is currently raising a strong revenue in donations for Ukraine. The bundle includes products worth about €5,900, but a donation of just €9 is enough to receive it. Hundreds of thousands are taking advantage of the offer and are happy to give a bit more.
What is this bundle? The package is called “Bundle for Ukraine” and is hosted on the Indie platform itch.io.
The package includes almost 1000 games, including 573 digital video games and 317 physical games, such as analog tabletop games. There are also numerous other products in the set like books, comics, tools, or soundtracks.
Some developers have signed up just for the bundle on itch.io
What is special about this bundle: The organizers say:
- The bundle has more than 600 products that have never been in a major bundle before
- Some prominent developers signed up just on itch.io to be represented in this bundle
- Additionally, only paid products were allowed
What game highlights are included?
The games include something
- the excellent puzzle game Baba is You
- the acclaimed slow-motion shooter “Superhot”
- Jotun, a hand-drawn Viking adventure
Funds benefit medical aid and traumatized children
What purpose does the bundle serve? They want to help in Ukraine:
- Half of the money goes to “International Medical Corp”, which provides medical assistance in the region. The organizers of the bundle emphasize that a particularly high proportion of the donation money goes directly to medical aid in this organization, with only a few percent covering administrative costs.
- The other half of the money flows to “Voices of Children”, an organization that helps children cope with the horrors of war. They take care of children with post-traumatic stress disorder and aim to help children return to everyday life and go back to school.
– Ukraine live blog (via Zeit)
– War in Ukraine (via NZZ)
– Solidarity with Ukraine (via Foreign Office)
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Raised $2.5 million in just one day – huge success
How successful is the bundle? The bundle raised nearly $2.5 million in one day with 170,693 buyers.
This means that some donated more than the minimum requirement of $10 to receive the bundle.
Therefore, the organizers also urgently ask for more donations.
The campaign runs until March 17, 2022.
