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Project Creator Platform Campaign
end date 		Campaign
target 		Amount
raised 		Notes Ref(s).
Omni Virtuix Kickstarter Jul 2, 2013 $150,000 Ongoing Omnidirectional treadmill-like device for use with virtual reality head-mounted displays such as the Oculus Rift.
Massive Chalice Double Fine Productions Kickstarter Jun 27, 2013 $725,000 Ongoing Fantasy turn-based tactics video game. Double Fine Productions' second Kickstarter campaign, after Double Fine Adventure in March 2012.
Armikrog Pencil Test Studios Kickstarter Jun 27, 2013 $900,000 Ongoing Spiritual sequel to clay-animation-based Neverhood; project is backed by Neverhood's Doug TenNapel Shadow of the Eternals Precursor Games Kickstarter, Independent Jun 19, 2013 $1,350,000 Ongoing Survival horror video game, spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem by members of the original team.
Video Games: The Movie Mediajuice Studios Kickstarter Jun 18, 2013 $60,000 Ongoing Documentary film project chronicling video game history and culture. The film's second crowdfunding drive was for post-production costs.
Hex: Shards of Fate Cryptozoic Entertainment Kickstarter Jun 7, 2013 $300,000 Ongoing MMO fantasy trading card game.
Downloadable Content: The Return Penny Arcade Kickstarter May 31, 2013 $10 $230,360 Reviving Penny Arcade's Downloadable Content series of podcasts. $10 target set to emulate a flexible funding campaign. Penny Arcade's second Kickstarter project, after Penny Arcade Sells Out in August 2012.
Stonehearth Radiant Entertainment Kickstarter May 30, 2013 $120,000 $751,920 Fantasy real-time strategy video game with mod support.
Jagged Alliance: Flashback Full Control Kickstarter May 23, 2013 $350,000 $368,614 Tactical role-playing game, prequel to the original Jagged Alliance
Guns of Icarus Online — Adventure Mode Muse Games Kickstarter May 21, 2013 $100,000 $198,741 Steampunk team-based multiplayer airship combat video game. Spiritual successor to Guns of Icarus. Second successful Kickstarter campaign for the game, contributing towards the Adventure Mode expansion pack.
Ghost of a Tale Lionel Gallat Indiegogo May 20, 2013 €45,000 €48,700 Video game project from Lionel Gallat, the animation director of Despicable Me.
Among the Sleep Krillbite Studio Kickstarter May 18, 2013 $200,000 $248,358 First-person survival horror video game seen through the eyes of a child.
Road Redemption DarkSeas Games Kickstarter, Independent May 12, 2013 $160,000 $182,791 Motorcycle racing game inspired by the Road Rash series. Of the total amount, $173,803 was raised on Kickstarter.
Camelot Unchained City State Entertainment Kickstarter May 2, 2013 $2,000,000 $2,232,933 Realm versus realm MMORPG. The success of the Kickstarter allowed City State Entertainment to secure an additional $3M of private funding.
Divinity: Original Sin Larian Studios Kickstarter Apr 26, 2013 $400,000 $944,282 Role-playing video game, prequel to Divine Divinity.
Consortium Interdimensional Games Kickstarter Apr 18, 2013 $50,000 $70,435 Fourth wall breaking science fiction first-person RPG video game.
Shovel Knight Yacht Club Games Kickstarter Apr 13, 2013 $75,000 $311,502 Action platformer video game inspired by Mega Man and other games of the 8-bit era.
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Portalarium Kickstarter, Independent Apr 7, 2013 $1,000,000 $2,067,246 Richard Garriott returns to the fantasy RPG genre. Of the total amount, $1,919,275 was raised on Kickstarter.
Torment: Tides of Numenera inXile entertainment Kickstarter, Independent Apr 5, 2013 $900,000 $4,188,927 Succeeded Project Eternity as the highest funded Kickstarter video game. Including private backers, the project raised over $4.5M. InXile's second Kickstarter project, after Wasteland 2 in April 2012.
Keep Skullgirls Growing Lab Zero Games Indiegogo Mar 27, 2013 $150,000 $828,768 Campaign to fund extra characters as downloadable content for the Skullgirls video game. Achieving the $$725,000 stretch goal gave the Fighting Is Magic team a free license of Lab Zero's Z-Engine.
Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey Red Thread Games Kickstarter Mar 10, 2013 $850,000 $1,538,425 Adventure game, third game in The Longest Journey series.
At the Gates Conifer Games Kickstarter Mar 8, 2013 $40,000 $106,283 Turn-based strategy video game designed by Jon Shafer. Players control a barbarian tribe during the decline of the Roman Empire.
Death Inc. Ambient Studios Kickstarter Mar 6, 2013 £300,000 £122,711 Real-time strategy video game, players assume the role of the Grim Reaper. After an unsuccessful campaign, Ambient Studios attempted to raise funds by selling alpha access to the game. This scheme also failed to raise the necessary funds, and Ambient Studios shut down in April 2013.
Wildman Gas Powered Games Kickstarter Feb 11, 2013 $1,100,000 $504,120 Action RPG designed by Chris Taylor. The campaign was cancelled before its scheduled February 15 end date after it looked unlikely to succeed. On February 14, Gas Powered Games were acquired by Wargaming.net.
Akaneiro: Demon Hunters Spicy Horse Kickstarter Feb 2, 2013 $200,000 $204,680 Action RPG inspired by Little Red Riding Hood and Japanese mythology from American McGee's Spicy Horse studio.
GameStick PlayJam Kickstarter Feb 1, 2013 $100,000 $647,658 Android based video game console.
Pathfinder Online Goblinworks Kickstarter Jan 14, 2013 $1,000,000 $1,091,194 Sandbox style MMORPG in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game universe. Second successful Kickstarter campaign for the game, contributing towards the full version.
Elite: Dangerous Frontier Developments Kickstarter Jan 4, 2013 £1,250,000 £1,578,316 Space trading and combat simulator, fourth game in the Elite series. Highest funding goal to be successfully met on Kickstarter.
War for the Overworld Subterranean Games Kickstarter Jan 3, 2013 £150,000 £211,371 Real-time strategy video game inspired by Dungeon Keeper.
The Ship: Full Sail Ahead Blazing Griffin Kickstarter Dec 30, 2012 £128,000 £18,247 Steampunk first-person shooter video game. Sequel to The Ship by members of the original team.
Barkley 2 Tale of Game's Studios Kickstarter Dec 28, 2012 $35,000 $120,335 Sequel to the freeware video game Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden.
Dizzy Returns The Oliver Twins Kickstarter Dec 21, 2012 £350,000 £25,620 Puzzle platform video game. Tenth game in the Dizzy series.
Godus 22Cans Kickstarter Dec 21, 2012 £450,000 £526,563 God game designed by Peter Molyneux.
Sportsfriends Die Gute Fabrik Kickstarter Dec 10, 2012 $150,000 $152,451 Consisting of the games, Johann Sebastian Joust, Riders, BaraBariBall, and Hokra.
LA Game Space LA Game Space Kickstarter Dec 7, 2012 $250,000 $335,657 Nonprofit physical space in Los Angeles dedicated to video games research, development, talks, and exhibitions.
Pier Solar HD WaterMelon Kickstarter Dec 5, 2012 $139,000 $231,370 HD remake of 2010 Mega Drive RPG video game Pier Solar and the Great Architects.
Kung Fu Superstar Kinesthetic Games Kickstarter Dec 4, 2012 £200,000 £94,010 Motion controlled kung fu video game for Windows. The campaign video featured Peter Molyneux's support. Following the campaign's failure, the development team disbanded.
Sir, You Are Being Hunted Big Robot Kickstarter Dec 2, 2012 £40,000 £92,551 First-person shooter open world survival video game.
Alpha Colony DreamQuest Games Kickstarter Dec 2, 2012 $50,000 $49,972 Strategy video game inspired by M.U.L.E. and The Settlers of Catan. Second Kickstarter campaign, with a lowered target given the failure of the first campaign. Campaign finished $28 short, highlighting the risks of Kickstarter's all-or-nothing style campaigns.
Sui Generis Bare Mettle Entertainment Kickstarter Nov 29, 2012 £150,00 £160,055 Open world fantasy Role-playing video game.
Maia Simon Roth Kickstarter Nov 28, 2012 £100,042 £140,481 Space colony management simulator, inspired by Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress.
illo - birth of the cool Raylight Games Kickstarter Nov 23, 2012 $270,000 $2,945 Puzzle adventure game for iOS and Android. The campaign was cancelled 10 days before its scheduled December 3 end date. The campaign was the subject of an Edge developer diary.
Star Citizen Cloud Imperium Games Kickstarter, Independent Nov 19, 2012 $500,000 $6,238,563 Space combat video game from Chris Roberts, designer of Wing Commander. Highest crowdfunded amount for a video game. Of the total amount, $2,134,374 was raised on Kickstarter. Crowdfunding options remained open after the campaign, bringing the total amount raised to over $9M by April 2013.
Strike Suit Zero Born Ready Games Kickstarter Nov 17, 2012 $100,000 $174,804 Mecha based space combat video game. Released in January 2013.
Distance Refract Studios Kickstarter Nov 16, 2012 $125,000 $161,981 Futuristic arcade racing video game by members of the Nitronic Rush team. The campaign video features support from Aaron Hightower - lead programmer on the arcade version of San Francisco Rush 2049, and Cliff Bleszinski.
SHAKER Loot Drop Kickstarter Oct 23, 2012 $1,000,000 $244,932 Initially named Old-School RPG, the campaign was cancelled prior to its scheduled November 4 end date by its creators Brenda Brathwaite and Tom Hall.
Project Eternity Obsidian Entertainment Kickstarter, Independent Oct 16, 2012 $1,100,000 $3,986,929 Succeeded Double Fine Adventure as the highest funded Kickstarter video game. Was succeeded by Torment: Tides of Numenera in April 2013. Including private backers, the project raised over $4.5M.
Homestuck Adventure Game MS Paint Adventures Kickstarter Oct 4, 2012 $700,000 $2,485,506 Adventure game based on the Homestuck webcomic. Succeeded The Order of the Stick as the highest funded comic related Kickstarter project.
Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse Revolution Software Kickstarter Sep 22, 2012 $400,000 $771,560 Graphic adventure game. Fifth game in the Broken Sword series.
Pinball Arcade: Star Trek The Next Generation FarSight Studios Kickstarter Sep 16, 2012 $45,000 $52,137 Digitising and licensing Star Trek: The Next Generation for The Pinball Arcade.
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Torn Banner Studios Kickstarter Sep 15, 2012 $50,000 $85,934 First commercial video game from the Age of Chivalry mod team. Released in October 2012.
Planetary Annihilation Uber Entertainment Kickstarter Sep 14, 2012 $900,000 $2,229,344 Real-time strategy video game by members of the Total Annihilation team.
Mercenary Kings Tribute Games Kickstarter Sep 13, 2012 $75,000 $116,064 2D run and gun video game with co-operative multiplayer. Artwork by Paul Robertson.
Insurgency 2 New World Interactive Kickstarter Sep 8, 2012 $180,000 $66,582 First-person shooter, commercial sequel to the free Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat mod. After failing its Kickstarter goal, New World Interactive raised development funds by selling alpha access to the game through Steam Early Access.
Oculus Rift Oculus VR Kickstarter Sep 1, 2012 $250,000 $2,437,429 Virtual reality head-mounted display designed for gaming. The campaign video featured support from Michael Abrash, Mark Bolas, John Carmack, Cliff Bleszinski, David Helgason, Jack McCauley, Gabe Newell, Chris Roberts and Tim Sweeney.
Project Giana Black Forest Games Kickstarter Aug 31, 2012 $150,000 $186,158 Sequel to The Great Giana Sisters and Giana Sisters DS. Released in October 2012 as Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams.
GaymerCon GaymerCon Kickstarter Aug 31, 2012 $25,000 $91,388 Two day Gaymer convention to be held in San Francisco in August 2013. Renamed GaymerX due to a trademark dispute.
Balance of the Planet Chris Crawford Kickstarter Aug 29, 2012 $150,000 $13,594 Update to Crawford's 1990 video game, Balance of the Planet, designed to teach players about environmental concerns. Achieving the Kickstarter target would have enabled the game to be given away for free, but the campaign was a "dismal failure" according to its creator.
Castle Story Sauropod Studio Kickstarter Aug 26, 2012 $80,000 $702,516 Castle building real-time strategy video game.
Steam Bandits: Outpost Iocaine Studios Kickstarter Aug 19, 2012 $30,000 $55,362 Free-to-play steampunk city-building video game.
Penny Arcade Sells Out Penny Arcade Kickstarter Aug 15, 2012 $250,000 $528,144 Campaign to remove online advertising from the Penny Arcade webcomic. The stretch goal attained allowed for all home page adverts to be removed for one year.
Shadowrun Online Cliffhanger Productions Kickstarter Aug 14, 2012 $500,000 $558,863 MMORPG in the Shadowrun universe, not to be confused with Shadowrun Returns.
Defense Grid 2 Hidden Path Entertainment Kickstarter Aug 14, 2012 $250,000 $271,726 Despite meeting the initial goal of $250,000, this only provided funding for a Defense Grid: The Awakening expansion pack, and not the full sequel, which would have required the $1,000,000 stretch goal. The funding shortfall was met by in 2013 by Steven Dengler, allowing Defense Grid 2 to proceed.
Video Games: The Movie Mediajuice Studios Indiegogo Aug 10, 2012 $107,550 $1,790 Flexible funding campaign. Documentary film project chronicling video game history and culture. Despite failing to meet their campaign goals, Mediajuice received the entirety of the funds. Filming still managed to proceed.
OUYA OUYA Kickstarter Aug 9, 2012 $950,000 $8,596,474 Android based video game console. Industrial design by Yves Béhar. Highest funded video game project on Kickstarter, and second highest funded project overall after the Pebble smartwatch.
Star Command War Balloon Games Kickstarter Aug 8, 2012 $100,000 $151,806 Starship simulation video game. Windows and Mac versions.
Alpha Colony DreamQuest Games Kickstarter Jul 15, 2012 $500,000 $101,472 Strategy video game inspired by M.U.L.E. and The Settlers of Catan. First Kickstarter campaign.
Rival Threads: Last Class Heroes Studio Kontrabida Kickstarter Jul 10, 2012 $5,000 $24,812 2D action RPG. Second successful Kickstarter campaign for the game, contributing towards Unity Pro licenses.
CLANG Subutai Corporation Kickstarter Jul 9, 2012 $500,000 $526,125 A sword-fighting video game by Neal Stephenson. The campaign video was filmed at Bungie's motion capture studio; Gabe Newell makes a cameo appearance.
Haunts: The Manse Macabre Mob Rules Games Kickstarter Jul 6, 2012 $25,000 $28,739 Despite a successful campaign, delays in development meant that Mob Rules Games ran out of funds before project completion, halting Haunts development. The game was released in an incomplete state as an open source project in October 2012.
Dead State DoubleBear Productions Kickstarter Jul 5, 2012 $150,000 $332,635 Turn-based zombie RPG from Brian Mitsoda's DoubleBear Productions.
Pinball Arcade: The Twilight Zone FarSight Studios Kickstarter Jun 17, 2012 $55,000 $77,499 Digitising and licensing The Twilight Zone for The Pinball Arcade.
Tex Murphy - Project Fedora Big Finish Games Kickstarter Jun 16, 2012 $450,000 $598,104 Graphic adventure game. Sixth game in the Tex Murphy series.
Xenonauts Goldhawk Interactive Kickstarter Jun 10, 2012 $50,000 $154,715 Turn-based tactics science fiction video game.
Pathfinder Online Goblinworks Kickstarter Jun 8, 2012 $50,000 $307,843 Sandbox style MMORPG in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game universe. First successful Kickstarter campaign for the game, contributing towards the technology demonstrator.
Carmageddon: Reincarnation Stainless Games Kickstarter Jun 6, 2012 $400,000 $625,143 Vehicular combat racing video game. Fourth game in the Carmageddon series.
Diamond Trust of London Jason Rohrer Kickstarter May 26, 2012 $78,715 $90,118 Turn-based strategy video game. First crowd-funded Nintendo DS game. Released in August 2012.
Ravaged 2 Dawn Games Kickstarter May 20, 2012 $15,000 $38,767 Multiplayer vehicular combat first-person shooter video game. Released in October 2012.
100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Strata Studios Indiegogo May 20, 2012 $20,000 $32,213 Documentary film project covering Japanese arcade culture. Second successful Indiegogo campaign for the film, contributing towards post-production costs. The film premiered at 2012 PAX Prime.
Jane Jensen's Moebius Pinkerton Road Kickstarter May 19, 2012 $300,000 $435,316 Graphic adventure video game from the creator of the Gabriel Knight series.
Grim Dawn Crate Entertainment Kickstarter May 18, 2012 $280,000 $537,515 Action RPG video game by members of the Titan Quest team.
République Camouflaj Kickstarter May 11, 2012 $500,000 $555,662 Stealth video game for iOS and Android. As a result of Kickstarter campaign feedback, PC and Mac versions were announced.
Nekro darkForge Kickstarter May 4, 2012 $100,000 $158,733 Action video game with a necromancy theme.
Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded Replay Games Kickstarter May 2, 2012 $500,000 $655,182 Remake of 1987 video game Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards.
Shadowrun Returns Harebrained Schemes Kickstarter Apr 29, 2012 $400,000 $1,836,447 Single-player tactical role-playing game in the Shadowrun universe, not to be confused with Shadowrun Online.
Dead Linger Sandswept Studios Kickstarter Apr 29, 2012 $60,000 $154,968 First-person shooter open world zombie video game.
The Banner Saga Stoic Kickstarter Apr 20, 2012 $100,000 $723,886 Tactical role-playing game set in the Viking Age.
Wasteland 2 inXile entertainment Kickstarter Apr 17, 2012 $900,000 $2,933,252 Sequel to 1988 RPG Wasteland, by members of the original team.
FTL: Faster Than Light Subset Games Kickstarter Apr 1, 2012 $10,000 $200,542 Roguelike starship strategy video game. Released in September 2012.
TAKEDOWN Serellan Kickstarter Apr 1, 2012 $200,000 $221,833 Tactical first-person shooter from Christian Allen's Serellan studio.
Auditorium 2: Duet Cipher Prime Kickstarter Mar 30, 2012 $60,000 $71,061 Music video game. Sequel to Auditorium.
Idle Thumbs Idle Thumbs Kickstarter Mar 21, 2012 $30,000 $136,924 Reviving the Idle Thumbs series of video game podcasts.
Double Fine Adventure Double Fine Productions Kickstarter Mar 13, 2012 $400,000 $3,336,371 Point-and-click adventure game by Tim Schafer, designer of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. Accompanied by a 2 Player Productions documentary. 87,142 backers, the most backers until surpassed by the Veronica Mars Movie Project in April 2013. Highest funded Kickstarter project until surpassed by the Pebble smartwatch in April 2012. Highest funded Kickstarter video game until surpassed by Project Eternity in October 2012. Credited with bringing in 60,000 first time backers on the Kickstarter platform, increasing the viability of crowdfunding in video games.
Code Hero Primer Labs Kickstarter Feb 24, 2012 $100,000 $170,954 Despite a successful campaign, Primer Labs ran out of funds before project completion, exacerbating ongoing delays.
Guns of Icarus Online Muse Games Kickstarter Feb 21, 2012 $10,000 $35,237 Steampunk team-based multiplayer airship combat video game. Spiritual successor to Guns of Icarus. First successful Kickstarter campaign for the game.
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie James Rolfe Indiegogo Feb 2, 2012 $75,000 $325,327 Flexible funding campaign. Comedy film based on The Angry Video Game Nerd series.
Waveform Eden Industries Kickstarter Jan 3, 2012 $8,000 $3,762 Wave manipulation action game. Despite failing its campaign goals, the game was released in March 2012.
Rival Threads: Last Class Heroes Studio Kontrabida Kickstarter Nov 10, 2011 $5,000 $5,855 2D action RPG. First successful Kickstarter campaign for the game, contributing towards the soundtrack.
Zombies, Run! Six to Start and Naomi Alderman Kickstarter Oct 10, 2011 $12,500 $72,627 Augmented reality game designed to complement running sessions for iOS and Android. Released in February 2012.
Venus Patrol Brandon Boyer Kickstarter Oct 7, 2011 $50,000 $105,398 Independent successor to Boing Boing's Offworld video games culture website.
Star Command War Balloon Games Kickstarter Oct 6, 2011 $20,000 $36,967 Starship simulation video game. iOS and Android versions. iOS version released in May 2013.
Videogame History Museum Videogame History Museum Kickstarter Sep 1, 2011 $30,000 $50,266 Nonprofit museum dedicated to preserving video game history. Campaign towards centralising the museum's collection, the first step towards finding a permanent venue to host the museum.
Blade Symphony Puny Human Games Kickstarter Aug 28, 2011 $15,000 $19,058 Third-person source engine sword duelling video game.
Octodad 2 Young Horses Kickstarter Aug 10, 2011 $20,000 $24,320 Stealth-action video game, players must maintain the cover of an octopus disguised as a human. Renamed Octodad: Dadliest Catch, commercial sequel to the freeware Octodad.
Indie Game: The Movie BlinkWorks Kickstarter Jul 23, 2011 $35,000 $71,335 Documentary film project covering independent video game development. Second successful Kickstarter campaign for the film, contributing towards post-production costs. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
No Time To Explain tinyBuildGAMES Kickstarter May 26, 2011 $7,000 $26,068 Platform game with comedic time travel elements, update to the original Adobe Flash version. Released in August 2011.
Kentucky Route Zero Cardboard Computer Kickstarter Feb 6, 2011 $6,500 $8,583 Magical realist adventure game. First episode released in January 2013.
100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Strata Studios Indiegogo Feb 2, 2011 $6,500 $8,583 Documentary film project covering Japanese arcade culture. First successful Indiegogo campaign for the film, contributing towards the travel and production costs. The film premiered at 2012 PAX Prime.
Indie Game: The Movie BlinkWorks Kickstarter Jul 20, 2010 $15,000 $23,341 Documentary film project covering independent video game development. First successful Kickstarter campaign for the film, contributing towards the travel and production costs. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

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