Fig’s non-accredited game-investment platform is now SEC-approved

It worked. It really worked. The raving mad folks over at Fig said they could turn anyone into an investor, and now that United States government has validated that plan.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Fig’s “Game Shares” platform for non-accredited investors. In August 2016, developers Double Fine, InXile, and Obsidian (Psychonauts, Wasteland 2, and Fallout: New Vegas, respectively) founded a website that would enable anyone to earn a return on an investment in new game ideas. Unlike Kickstarter, which doesn’t give you a financial stake in the projects you support, backing a game on Fig could literally pay dividends. Fig kicked off that concept with Psychonauts 2 in 2015, and now the SEC has given the full thumbs-up to the “PSY2” share. That means anyone who backed at an investor level starting at $1,000 per share stands to earn back some cash once the game starts generating revenue.