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| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | Fifth game in the Broken Sword series. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | An update to Crawford's original 1990 video game, Balance of the Planet, designed to teach players about environmental concerns. Achieving the Kickstarter target would have enabled Crawford to give the game 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. | |
| Tex Murphy - Project Fedora | Big Finish Games | Kickstarter | Jun 16, 2012 | $450,000 | $598,104 | 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. | |
| 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 documentary by 2 Player Productions. 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 crowd funding 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. | |
| Blade Symphony | Puny Human Games | Kickstarter | Aug 28, 2011 | $15,000 | $19,058 | Third-person source engine sword duelling video game. | |
| 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. |
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