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[[http://kickstarter.com Kickstarter]] is probably the most well-known [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding crowd funding]] website in existence. Here you can obtain money for any creative project[[note]]stuff like businesses, charities, etc., are not allowed[[/note]] you have by submitting a description of your project (usually alongside a short video) and promising rewards to people who "pledge" different amounts.

While the site had enjoyed a reasonable success beforehand, Kickstarter went through an explosion in popularity after February 2012: not only did an iPhone dock become the first project to raise a million dollars, but legendary game developer Creator/TimSchafer announced he was going to raise money for [[VideoGame/BrokenAge a new adventure game]], and Double Fine was only asking for $400,000 as its goal. Said project ended up raising over ''three million'', with one million raised ''in a single day''. ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Reprint Drive also joined the 1+ million club the same month. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcR_UHV0tKE Here you can find a nice retrospective]] they released for their fifth birthday.

Schaefer's success then caused a [[FollowTheLeader large number of game developers to turn to Kickstarter]] in the following months, and later talents from other fields as well. The website has played a significant role in popularizing the concept of crowd funding as a whole.

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!!Notable Kickstarter projects include:
%%Only works funded by Kickstarter should be part of this index. The [=[[=]index]] tags are there so things that are not are properly excluded from the index.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Creator/NozomiEntertainment wanted to get an English-dubbed HD Blu-Ray release for the first season of ''Manga/{{Aria}}''. The Kickstarter proved spectacularly successful, allowing them to dub all three seasons and the [=OVAs=] for HD Blu-Ray.
[[index]]
* ''Anime/CannonBusters'', a pilot for an anime based on [=LeSean=] Thomas' short-lived 2005 comic of the same name. Raised over $150,000 on a $120,000 goal, and a full series was picked up by Creator/{{Netflix}}.
* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2013''
* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademiaTheEnchantedParade''
* ''Anime/MechaUde'', an anime by Sae Okamoto, who's most well known for the animated short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1QO34iwTAU 11:08]].[[/index]]
* The visual novel ''VisualNovel/{{Nekopara}}'' received an AnimatedAdaptation (the game itself was released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}).[[index]]
* ''Anime/RedAshGearworld'': Creator/KeijiInafune's {{Anime}} adaptation of his Red Ash video game.
* ''Anime/TimeOfEve'' was hoping to raise $18,000 for an English subtitled release on UsefulNotes/BluRay. Instead it got over 10 times that and hastily added more subtitles, a dub, artbooks, merchandise and shorts.
* ''Anime/UnderTheDog'', an OVA set in a near future world, where the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations trains augmented assassins.[[/index]]
* Some of Creator/OsamuTezuka's manga (such as ''Manga/{{Unico}}'', ''[[Manga/{{AstroBoy}} Atomcat]]'', and ''Triton of the Sea!'') managed to gain an official English translation thanks to a successful kickstarter which would be published by ''Platinum Manga'' and ''Classic Manga Works'' in the mid 2010s.
* Creator/AnimEigo completed a wildly successful Kickstarter for a Blu-Ray of the original ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', and went on to achieve the same for ''Anime/RidingBean''.
* Creator/{{Funimation}} funded a new dub for ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' that includes scenes that weren't on the original Creator/BandaiEntertainment release.
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[[folder:Art]]
* [[https://www.deviantart.com/arvalis/journal/Monster-Skull-Pins-Kickstarter-853145062 Monster Skull Pins]]
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
[[index]]
* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfAeroGirl''
* ''ComicBook/AlbertEinsteinTimeMason''[[/index]]
* Creator/ArchieComics was attempting to use this to help its "Riverside Reborn" ContinuityReboot by using the funding to get three titles -- ''Betty & Veronica'', ''Jughead'' and ''Life With Kevin'' -- out the door faster. Controversy over it caused it to be shut down five days later.
* ''ComicBook/BiancaLittleLostLamb'': An Italian action comic that had its translation into English funded with Kickstarter donations.[[index]]
* ''ComicBook/BingoLove'': A comic about a romance between two girls in TheSixties.
* ''ComicBook/{{Burlap}}'': A [[HorrorComicBooks Horror Comic]] about a SackheadSlasher Vigilante targeting [[SerialKillerKiller a gang of serial killers]].
* ''ComicBook/Calico2020'': Issue #1 got funded on Website/{{Indiegogo}}, Issues #2 and onward were funded via Kickstarter.
* ''ComicBook/CarlsLargeStory''
* ''ComicBook/TheChimpWithTheBrownHat''
* ''ComicBook/CodeMonkeySaveWorld'': A comic book based on the songs by Music/JonathanCoulton.
* ''ComicBook/TheCrawlingKing'': A Main/{{Horror}} graphic novel presented as a collection of legends, illustrations, and documents chronicling the horrors that swallowed up a kingdom.
* ''ComicBook/CyrusPerkinsAndTheHauntedTaxiCab''
* ''ComicBook/DanInSpace''
* ''ComicBook/DeepSea'': Originally published as an 8-page comic book, the creators went to Kickstarter to get the funding to expand upon the story.
* ''ComicBook/DominicAndClaire''
* ''ComicBook/Duster2015''
* ''ComicBook/FairyQuest''
* ''ComicBook/GhostIsland''
* ''ComicBook/GiantRobotWarriorMaintenanceCrew'': A HumongousMecha story that focuses on the people who have to maintain and repair it.
* ''ComicBook/{{Girrion}}'': A ScienceFiction {{Fantasy}} ComicBook.
* ''ComicBook/{{Hide}}''
* ''ComicBook/JFKSecretOps'': An AlternateHistory ComicBook starring UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy.
* ''ComicBook/JupiterJet''
* ''ComicBook/{{Killtopia}}'': A {{Cyberpunk}} ComicBook set in a {{MegaCity}} in future Japan.
* ''ComicBook/LeavingMegalopolis''
* ''ComicBook/LongAgoAndFarAway''
* ''ComicBook/ElMarvo'': A [[AfterTheEnd Post-Apocalyptic]] ComicBook about a MaskedLuchador fighting against an evil dictator.
* ''ComicBook/MollyDanger''
* ''ComicBook/MontyTheDinosaur'': A [[IntelligentGerbil talking dinosaur]] and his 8-year-old human friend.
* ''ComicBook/{{Pack}}''
* ''ComicBook/PantheonTheTrueStoryOfTheEgyptianDeities''
* ''ComicBook/ThePitifulHumanLizard'': A Canadian ComicBook about a UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}-based superhero.
* ''ComicBook/{{Psychonaut}}''
* ''ComicBook/RedFog'': A Zombie Nazi [[HorrorComicBooks Horror Comic Book]].
* ''ComicBook/RedXmas''
* ''ComicBook/SantaVsZombies'': SantaClaus trying to survive a ZombieApocalypse.
* ''ComicBook/TheSecretsOfWillowmyst''
* ''ComicBook/SimonSaysNaziHunter'': A ComicBook about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Wiesenthal Simon Wiesenthal]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Sink}}''
* ''ComicBook/TheSnowCatPrince''
* ''ComicBook/SnowWhiteZombieApocalypse'': Went to Kickstarter for funding of Issue #2.
* ''ComicBook/SouthPoleSantaClaus''
* ''ComicBook/SullivansSluggers''
* ''ComicBook/SunnyvilleStories'': Funded Issue #17 plus two special edition comics.
* ''ComicBook/TheSwitchElectricia''
* ''ComicBook/ElToxico''
* ''ComicBook/{{Ungrounded}}''
* ''ComicBook/WatsonAndHolmes''
* ''ComicBook/WendigoWood'': A Folk [[HorrorComicBooks Horror Comic]] about a man searching for his daughter in {{Wendigo}}[[DontGoInTheWoods -infested woods]].
* ''ComicBook/ValorAnthology: [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1987386669/valor-anthology-volume-3 Volume 3]]''
* ''ComicBook/{{Zion}}''
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anomalisa}}'' with Creator/CharlieKaufman and [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Duke Johnson]]. The Kickstarter was made just to see if there was any interest in financing the film, which it eventually did and got picked up by Creator/{{Paramount}} at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
* ''WesternAnimation/CansWithoutLabels'', a short from Creator/JohnKricfalusi attributing the frugality of his father through George Liquor. The Kickstarter ran in 2012; the 11-minute film didn't get finished until 2019, [[DevelopmentHell seven years later.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}: [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ironspike/lackadaisy-the-animated-short-film the Animated Short Film]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastDaysOfConeyIsland'': An animated film by ''Creator/RalphBakshi''. A crime drama set in the '60s, his first film in 21 years, it had been in development since the mid-'90s.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/CatSickBlues''
* ''Film/ClownMotel'': A [[HorrorFilms Horror Movie]] set at [[https://www.theclownmotelusa.com/ the Clown Motel]], located in Tonopah, Nevada.[[/index]]
* ''The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?'': a documentary made by filmmaker John Schnepp detailing the history of the failed ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' movie, ''Superman Lives'' -- the infamous film that refused to have Superman fly, have him fight a polar bear and deal with Brainiac and his "gay R2-D2 with attitude" robot sidekick.[[index]]
* ''Film/DudeBroPartyMassacre3'', a feature-length AdaptationExpansion of a WebVideo/FiveSecondFilms short.
* ''Film/TheGamersHandsOfFate'', as well as the mini-series web video spin-offs (see below).[[/index]]
* The storyboard animatic for a CG feature film adaptation of ''ComicBook/TheGoon''.[[index]]
* ''Film/HarbingerDown'', a horror film about a research team of college graduates who stumble upon the wreckage of a Russian ship and discover that the crew were performing experiments on tardigrades which are rapidly mutating. The film is being produced by special effects legends Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. and there will be absolutely no CGI creature effects.
* ''Film/{{Headless}}''
* ''Film/IAmAlone'' -- A FoundFootage Zombie movie about the host of a wilderness survival show being bitten by a zombie and his crew's fight for survival.
* ''Film/IAmBigBird'' -- A documentary about Carroll Spinney, the last original Muppet puppeteer, who has played [[Series/SesameStreet Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch]] since 1969.
* ''Film/ItsAllGood'' -- A meta-comedy about comedians that try to pull off a crowdfunding scam, released after making it appear like the Kickstarter campaign itself was a scam.
* ''Film/ItsyBitsy'' -- A [[HorrorFilms Horror Film]] that involves a GiantSpider.
* ''Film/KungFury''
* ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate HD Restoration'': It took nearly five years and a legal battle with Harold P. Warren's son (where it was discovered that [[EpicFail the film was never copyrighted]]), but it finally came out on October 15, 2015 [[http://synapse-films.com/synapse-films/manos-the-hands-of-fate-special-edition-blu-ray/ thanks to Synapse Films]].
* ''Film/ManosReturns'': A 2018 sequel to ''Manos: The Hands of Fate'', starring three members of the original cast.
* ''Film/MisfitHeights'': A zombie puppet musical by Unfettered Entertainment.
* ''Film/{{Munchausen 2013}}'': A short by Creator/AriAster.[[/index]]
* ''Film/ThePaperTigers''
* ''Rocky Horror Saved My Life'': A fan documentary about Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow. It exceeded its goal by about a third.[[index]]
* ''Film/{{Reset}}'': [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nerdstalgic/reset-the-nerdstalgic-movie?ref=project_link An indie film]] by ''WebVideo/{{Nerdstalgic}}''.
* ''Film/{{Santoalla}}'': A documentary looking into the mysterious disappearance of Martin Verfondern in Spain.
* ''Film/StarryEyes''
* ''Film/StrangeNature'': An eco-horror film based on [[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/living-green/deformed-frogs-minnesota a real-life unsolved ecological mystery]].
* ''Film/ThanksKilling 3''
* ''Film/TreeMan2015'': A {{Documentary}} about people who sell Christmas Trees on the streets of UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity.
* ''Film/{{Upldr}}''
* ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (TheMovie): The fastest funded film project on Kickstarter at the time after being fully funded with a million dollars raised in ''under 11 hours.'' Sparked controversy for coming from a [[Creator/WarnerBros major studio]].
* ''Film/WishIWasHere''
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[[folder:Literature]]
* [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1906838062/atey-ghailan-an-artistic-journey Atey GhailanL Ab Artistic Journey]]
* ''Literature/AttackSurface'', the third installment in the ''Literature/LittleBrother'' series.
* ''Literature/TheGirlWhoWouldBeKing''
* ''Literature/HildaAndRichie''
* ''Literature/TheLongWayToASmallAngryPlanet''
* ''Literature/RockoTheChristmasBat'', a story of a Halloween decoration learning about Christianity.
* ''[[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/santasuperhero/santa-sjw-latina-superhero-graphic-novel SANTA: SJW Latina Superhero]]''
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive: [[Literature/TheWayOfKings2010 The Way Of Kings]]'' leatherbound edition.
* ''Literature/ToBeOrNotToBeThatIsTheAdventure''
* ''[[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/506526101/when-autism-speaks When Autism Speaks (I Listen)]]''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' (2017 continuation)
** And a new Kickstarter in 2021 to bring it back with its own hosting instead of dealing with getting cancelled by TV networks or streaming services.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Magazines]]
* ''[[https://www.e1m1magazine.com/ E1M1 Magazine]]'', a magazine dedicated to old-school first person shooters. Issues #1 - #3 were successfully kickstarted in one campaign, and they recently launched [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/e1m1-magazine/e1m1-retro-first-person-shooter-magazine-issues-4-6 a second campaign]] for issues #4 - #6.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]
* ''Music/{{Animusic}} 3''
* Music/{{Savlonic}}'s debut album ''Red''.[[/index]]
* ''Theatre Is Evil'', an album by Music/AmandaPalmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra. Notable for surpassing its $100,000 goal to the tune of $1.2 '''million''', and the album debuted on the Billboard top 100 Album list at number 10 due to the immense number of Kickstarter pre-orders. (Later provoked a bit of a controversy online when Palmer invited local musicians to play with the tour ''gratis''.)
* Ted Leo's ''The Hanged Man''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
[[index]]
* ''TabletopGame/SeventhSea: Second Edition'' was the first tabletop RPG Kickstarter to raise over a million dollars, with a final total of $1.31 million -- over forty times its original goal of $30,000.
* ''TabletopGame/ThirteenthAge'' supplements ''13 True Ways'' and ''13th Age in Glorantha''
* ''TabletopGame/AchtungCthulhu''
* ''TabletopGame/ApocalypseWorld 2nd Edition''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Atmosfear}}'' (30th anniversary edition replication of the original game)
* ''TabletopGame/{{Battletech}}'' asked for $30,000 to get their five-Mech Clan Invasion box set off the ground, and ended up raising over $2.5 million, which is going toward making high quality, redesigned miniatures for over 90 of the classic and iconic [[HumongousMecha Mechs]], including many of the "Unseen" designs.
* ''TabletopGame/BladesInTheDark''
* ''[[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/349030724/book-of-beasties-the-mental-wellness-card-game Book of Beasties]]''
* ''TabletopGame/CinephileACardGame''
* ''TabletopGame/CityOfSevenSeraphs''[[/index]]
* Creator/{{CMON}}:[[index]]
** ''TabletopGame/{{Zombicide}}''
** ''TabletopGame/ASongOfIceAndFireTabletopMiniaturesGame''
** ''TabletopGame/BloodborneTheBoardGame''
** ''TabletopGame/CthulhuDeathMayDie''
** ''TabletopGame/{{HATE}}''
** ''TabletopGame/RisingSun''[[/index]]
* ''{{Franchise/Conan|TheBarbarian}}'', a minatures-based board game from Monolith. Not to be confused with the other Conan KS here, which is a tabletop RPG.[[index]]
* ''TabletopGame/DarklightMementoMori''
* ''TabletopGame/DeltaGreen'' made a kickstarter for the new standalone edition, it managed to raise $362,324, several times its original goal of $40,000. Later, a campaign to fund the ''The Labyrinth'' sourcebook managed to raise $156,293, ensuring other sourcebooks get funded as well. A third campaign was made to re-release the old sourcebooks with updated art, layout and aligned with the new editions's rules (as well some new books and goodies) managed to raise $513,156, more than the original Kickstarter for the new edition.
* ''TabletopGame/DeviantTheRenegades''
* ''TabletopGame/TheDraculaDossier'', an improvised campaign for ''TabletopGame/NightsBlackAgents''[[/index]]
* ''Dreadball'', a sci-fi sport board game from Creator/ManticGames. Like the Reaper Miniatures one further down this page, they used Kickstarter to fund and release the game and expansions far faster than they would have through traditional means. It also influenced development at points -- the community's response to one MVP, [[PunnyName Mee-Ken Judwan]], led to the creation of the Judwan species as a team for the Season 2 expansion, for example. And much to the backers' delight, the game is far from being merely ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'' In Space.
** ''Dreadball Xtreme'', a sibling game focused on illegal, back-alley games of Dreadball sponsored by crime-bosses and those who aren't happy with the DGB regulations, was also funded via Kickstarter.[[index]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Ehdrigohr}}'', a TabletopRPG inspired by Myth/NativeAmericanMythology.[[/index]]
* ''TabletopGame/ExplodingKittens'', a card game from the creator of Webcomic/TheOatmeal. Overtook Series/ReadingRainbow as the most backed project of all time.[[index]]
* ''TabletopGame/FlashPointFireRescue'' and multiple expansions for it.
* ''TabletopGame/FlyingCircus''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Heroine}}''
* ''TabletopGame/InterstitialOurHeartsIntertwined''
* ''TabletopGame/InvisibleSun''
* ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms: Requiem'' (''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 5th Edition version)
* ''TabletopGame/KingdomDeath: Monster'': A boss rush style tabletop horror game set in an original universe by Adam Poots.
* ''TabletopGame/LoneWolfAdventureGame'': A TabletopRPG spin-off of the [[Literature/LoneWolf gamebooks]].
* ''TabletopGame/MasksANewGeneration'', a {{Superhero}}-themed [[TabletopGame/PoweredByTheApocalypse Apocalypse hack]] by Magpie Games.
* ''[[TabletopGame/{{Mekton}} Mekton Zero]]'': Funded in 3 days just before Memorial Day Weekend.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Monsterhearts}}: Second Skins'': A set of additional playbooks (character archetypes) added to the base game.
* ''TabletopGame/MuffinTime'', a card game based on ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie''.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Nibiru}}''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Numenera}}''
* Onyx Path Publishing have done a good number of Kickstarters, but the big ones are those for:
** Deluxe corebooks for third edition ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''
** 20th anniversary editions of the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' games (''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'', ''TabletopGame/WraithTheOblivion'', and ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheDreaming'', but '''not''' ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', which got funded before they went onto Kickstarter).
** Getting traditionally printed copies of ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'' second edition ''Origin'' and ''Hero'' books into stores.
* ''TabletopGame/PlanetApocalypse''
* ''TabletopGame/PlanetMercenary'': set in the world of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', this RPG reached its goal of $45,000 in 24 hours and proceeded to blow past multiple stretch goals.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Ptolus}}'' (5th Edition ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and TabletopGame/CypherSystem versions)
* ''TabletopGame/{{Puppetland}}'', specifically an expanded landscape reprint.[[/index]]
* ''Reaper Miniatures'': Rather than expand their Bones range over several years, they used Kickstarter to try and expand the range a bit faster, with the newer models from the range being the rewards. They originally asked for $30,000 with a rather nice selection of models for a $100 pledge. As of this edit, they have nearly reached the $2.15 million mark and by expanding the $100 level reward with each stretch goal, those backers are now getting somewhere in the ballpark of 200 minis. As [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Tycho]] [[http://penny-arcade.com/2012/08/22/a-proprietary-blend put it]]: "It’s a good thing that the Bones line being funded consists of plastic minis, because if they fulfilled this order in pewter or white metal it would influence the tilt of the earth, killing billions." It worked so well a second campaign was run for another wave of new minis. This was followed by a third campaign to convert their CAV skirmish game to Bones material, and then again by a third general Bones minis Kickstarter.[[index]]
* ''TabletopGame/RedMarkets'': An RPG about surviving after a ZombieApocalypse that raised $72,248, several times its goal of $12,000.[[/index]]
* ''Creator/RobertEHoward's {{Franchise/Conan|TheBarbarian}}: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of'', a tabletop RPG from Creator/{{Modiphius|Entertainment}}.[[index]]
* ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest: Classic Edition'' reprint and ''Guide to Glorantha'' supplement
* ''TabletopGame/SandyPetersensCthulhuMythos''
* The many expansions and spin-offs of ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse''.
* ''TabletopGame/TheStrange''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Tephra}}'', a {{steampunk}} roleplaying game, was published in 2012 after a successful Kickstarter campaign that enticed supporters with advanced copies of their special promotional supplement, the Adversary Book, which contained a list of non-player characters to use as antagonists in sagas.
* ''TabletopGame/ThirstySwordLesbians'': Raised $298,568 with 8,152 backers.
* ''TabletopGame/TimeWatch''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Torg}} Eternity''
* ''TabletopGame/TrogdorTheBoardGame'': A tabletop game based on the recurring character from WebAnimation/HomestarRunner.
* ''TabletopGame/TunnelsAndTrolls: Deluxe Edition''
* ''TabletopGame/VisigothsVsMallGoths''
* ''TabletopGame/{{Wanderhome}}'': Raised more than $300,000 across 6,600+ backers.[[/index]]
* ''[[TabletopGame/WitchGirlsAdventures Witch Girls Adventures: Book of Shadows]]''. It got funded, but the project essentially collapsed and backers were stuck with ''Witch Girls: [=ReSpelled=]'', a "1.5 edition" that amounted to corebook errata, rather than what was promised.
* The Worlds of the TabletopGame/CypherSystem campaign provided funding for three games using the Cypher System:[[index]]
** ''TabletopGame/GodsOfTheFall''
** ''TabletopGame/{{Predation}}''
** ''TabletopGame/{{Unmasked}}''
* ''TabletopGame/WorldWarCthulhu: The Cold War''
* Wyrmwood Gaming, a woodworking company based in Massachusetts focusing on making tabletop gaming accessories and furniture for tabletop gamers, have held several successful Kickstarter campaigns, but the their biggest one has to be [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wyrmwood/modular-gaming-table their modular gaming table,]] a highly-customizable coffee or dining table that can be outfitted with a number of different removable accessories for whatever gamers maybe doing or playing. It reached its $1 million goal '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQzU5paJ7Ac in ten minutes]]''''' and raised over $4 million dollars '''''in less than 24 hours'''''. It eventually raised $8,808,136 from 7,713 backers to be Kickstarter's tenth-most successfully funded project.
* ''TabletopGame/TheYellowKing'', a TabletopRPG inspired by Creator/RobertWChambers' ''Literature/TheKingInYellow''.
* The campaign for ''Your Best Game Ever!'' contains four supplements for the Cypher System as stretch goals:
** ''TabletopGame/TheStarsAreFire''
** ''TabletopGame/StayAlive''
** ''TabletopGame/WeAreAllMadHere''
** ''TabletopGame/{{Godforsaken}}''
* ''TabletopGame/YourFriendIsSad'', by ''Webcomic/ShenComix'' and featuring several {{webcomic}} creators.
* ''{{TabletopGame/Zweihander}}'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Toys]]
* [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/636294625/leo-constellation-plush?ref=user_menu Leo constellation plush]]
* ''Toys/BeastsOfTheMesozoic''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''[[VideoGame/{{TwentyXX}} 20XX]]'': A {{Roguelike}} SpiritualSuccessor to the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series.[[note]]On Kickstarter, it went by the name "Echoes Of Eridu".[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/NineOneOneOperator''
* ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfPip''
* ''VideoGame/AfterIMetThatCatgirlMyQuestlistGotTooLong'': A YuriGenre RPG in which a normal girl is transformed into a CatGirl and TrappedInAnotherWorld...but the main protagonist is the flirty sorceress that finds her.
* ''VideoGame/{{Agony|2018}}'': A first person horror game set in {{hell}} that managed to raise $182,642 with a goal of [[NumberOfTheBeast $66,666]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Aground}}'': A resource collection- and crafting-based RPG.
* ''VideoGame/{{Alisa}}'': A {{Retraux}} ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''-style SurvivalHorror VideoGame set inside of a life-sized dollhouse.
* ''VideoGame/AmongTheSleep'': A SurvivalHorror game where the player controls an infant.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Aquanox}} Aquanox: Deep Descent]]'': A reimagination of underwater sub shooter series from the early 2000's.
* ''VideoGame/{{Armello}}'': An Anthropomorphic fantasy turn-based game when you control heroes competing to succeed the King as he is corrupted by Darkness.
* ''VideoGame/{{Armikrog}}'': A SpiritualSuccessor to ''Videogame/TheNeverhood'' by Creator/DougTenNapel and others.
* ''VideoGame/AviaryAttorney''
* ''VideoGame/AyoTheClown'': A PlatformGame in which a clown goes on an adventure to rescue his dog.
* ''VideoGame/BackToBed'': A PuzzleGame set in a surrealist painting.
* ''VideoGame/BaconManAnAdventure''
* ''VideoGame/{{Backbone}}''
* ''VideoGame/BalthazarsDream''
* ''VideoGame/TheBannerSaga'': A RolePlayingGame made by former Creator/{{Bioware}} staff.
* ''VideoGame/TheBardsTaleIV'': The long-overdue sequel to ''VideoGame/TheBardsTaleTrilogy''.
* ''VideoGame/Barkley2CurseOfCuchulainn'': The sequel to ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'', with a ThirdPersonShooter / ActionRPG battle system. Officially cancelled in 2021.
* ''VideoGame/BattleChasersNightWar'': The {{Sequel}} to the ''ComicBook/BattleChasers'' graphic novels in the style of an EasternRPG, published and developed by the same people who had a hand with the ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' series.
* ''VideoGame/BattleChefBrigade'': One part 2D BeatEmUp, and one part MatchThreeGame, as players must both hunt their ingredients and cook them to perfection.
* ''VideoGame/BattlePrincessMadelyn'': A love letter to ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins''.
* ''VideoGame/BeaconPines'': An adventure game set within a magic book, with a protagonist that can edit the story and change their fate by using various charms.
* ''VideoGame/{{BearZerkers}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheBeastInside'', a horror game that alternates between two protagonists and uses 3D photogrammetry for its graphics.
* ''VideoGame/{{Betrayer}}'': A DeliberatelyMonochrome SurvivalHorror game from former developers of ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon''.
* ''VideoGame/BillieBustUp'': A 3D [[PlatformGame Platformer]] starring a magical goat, featuring music by Daniel Ingram and multiple voice actors from ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel''.
* ''VideoGame/BlackGeyserCouriersOfDarkness'': A traditional WesternRPG, set in a fantasy kingdom struggling with a curse that amplifies people's greed.
* ''VideoGame/{{Blasphemous}}'': A 2D HackAndSlash PlatformGame with dark religious imagery and clear ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' inspirations.
* ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'': A SpiritualSuccessor to the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series by creator Koji Igarashi. On the penultimate day of its campaign, it had become the most funded video game on Kickstarter, beating ''Torment: Tides of Numenera'', which held that record for over two years, and on its final day, became the first videogame project to achieve over five million dollars in funding.[[labelnote:*]]$5,545,991 from Kickstarter pledges, with an additional $200,000+ from [=PayPal=] backers[[/labelnote]] Currently it's the second highest funded video game Kickstarter.
* ''Blue Omen Operation''
* ''VideoGame/BootHillHeroes''
* ''VideoGame/BrokenAge'' (a.k.a. Creator/DoubleFine Adventure)
* ''[[VideoGame/BrokenSword Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse]]''
* ''VideoGame/BuckSaturdayMorningCartoonApocalypse'': An ActionRPG starring the developer's dog in anthropomorphic form.
* ''VideoGame/BuddyAndMe''
* ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}: Reincarnation''
* ''VideoGame/CavemanWarriors'': An [[ActionGame Action]] PlatformGame inspired by games like ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'', ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'', ''VideoGame/JoeAndMac'', ''VideoGame/{{Trine}}'', and ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Chasm}}'', a classic {{Metroidvania}}, but which procedurally generates levels at the start of every playthrough, (while lacking permadeath and other roguelike features).
* ''VideoGame/{{Chernobylite}}'', a first-person SandboxSurvival game that attempts its own spin on the ''VideoGame/{{Stalker}}'' formula.
* ''VideoGame/ChicoryAColorfulTale''
* ''VideoGame/ChildrenOfZodiarcs''
* ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarfare''
* ''VideoGame/ChromaSquad''
* ''VideoGame/CityOfTitans'': A {{Superhero}} {{MMORPG}} made by {{Promoted Fanboy}}s as the SpiritualSuccessor to the defunct since 2012 ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''. Raised $678,189 out of an initial goal of $320,000
* ''VideoGame/Code7'': A ScienceFiction hacking AdventureGame that, in 35 days, managed to raise €16,727, with a goal of €15,000.
* ''VideoGame/CombatCore''
* ''VideoGame/ContagionMonochrome''
* ''VideoGame/{{Convoy}}'', an ''VideoGame/{{FTL}}''-style game with ''Film/MadMax''-style vehicular battles.
* ''VideoGame/CosmicStarHeroine''
* ''VideoGame/CrayonChronicles'', a {{Roguelike}} with a short campaign and loads of content.
* ''VideoGame/CreaVures'', a PuzzlePlatformer where you control two out of five titular ''[=CreaVures=]'' in tandem.
* ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle''
* ''VideoGame/CrossingSouls'': A top-down shooter set in TheEighties.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cryamore}}''
* ''VideoGame/CultistSimulator'' managed to get £82,033 with a initial goal of £30,007.
* ''VideoGame/DarkDeity'': An homage to classic TurnBasedStrategy games, particularly inspired by ''Franchise/FireEmblem''.
* ''VideoGame/DarkDevotion'': A SideView HackAndSlash game with heavy inspirations from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'': A GothicHorror DungeonCrawling RPG.
* ''VideoGame/DeadState'': A turn-based RolePlayingGame, set in Texas after the zombie Apocalypse hit.
* ''VideoGame/DeathRoadToCanada''
* ''VideoGame/DefaultDan'': A 2D PlatformGame that [[InvertedTrope inverts]] EVERYTHING about the typical trappings of the genre.
* ''VideoGame/DefenseGridTheAwakening 2''
* ''VideoGame/DeliverUsTheMoon'': An EnvironmentalNarrativeGame set mostly on a lunar station.[[/index]]
* ''Descent: Underground'': A prequel/reboot to the ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'' series. No relation with ''VideoGame/{{Overload}}'' mentioned below.[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/DetectiveDiTheSilkRoseMurders''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dex}}'': A {{Cyberpunk}} {{Metroidvania}} / RolePlayingGame hybrid.
* ''VideoGame/{{Diluvion}}'': A submarine simulator game, set in a post-apocalyptic world.
* ''VideoGame/DinoRun 2'': A sequel to a light-hearted PlatformGame made in Flash.
* ''VideoGame/{{Distance}}'': A SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/NitronicRush''.
* ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSin'': A prequel to ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'' and ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga''.
* ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'': The sequel to ''D:OS''.
* ''VideoGame/DreadOfLaughter''
* ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters'': A sequel to the traditionally-funded ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'' and ''VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney'' adventure classics.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dropsy}}'': A surreal adventure game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Duelyst}}'': A FreeToPlay CardGame and TurnBasedTactics hybrid created by Counterplay Gaming started through Website/{{Kickstarter}} [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keithlee/duelyst]] on March 9th, 2015, raising $137,707 from over 3500 backers.
* ''VideoGame/{{Dwerve}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dyscourse}}''
* ''VideoGame/EdgeOfEternity'', a [[EasternRPG JRPG-like]] game featuring music by Creator/YasunoriMitsuda.
* ''VideoGame/EiyudenChronicleHundredHeroes'': A SpiritualSuccessor to the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' games from the original creators. Currently the third highest funded video game Kickstarter with $4.57 million.
* ''VideoGame/EliteDangerous'': David Braben, one half of the team behind the groundbreaking ''Videogame/{{Elite}}'' space trading/combat sim, successfully reached his £1.25 million goal for ''[[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous?ref=live Elite:Dangerous]]''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Elsinore}}'', a narrative-driven AdventureGame based on ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', gameplay-wise, starring Ophelia stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop, struggling to prevent the infamous tragic ending.
* ''VideoGame/{{Enemy}}'': A roguelike turn-based tactics game.
* ''VideoGame/EnemyOnBoard'': A [[AsymmetricMultiplayer 4-vs-2]] ScienceFiction VideoGame.
* ''VideoGame/EskimoBobStarringAlfonzo'': A VideoGameAdaptation of ''WebAnimation/EskimoBob''.
** ''VideoGame/AlfonzosArcticAdventure'': A sequel to the above game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Eterium}}'': A combat-oriented space sim.
* ''VideoGame/{{EVERSPACE}}'': A roguelike 3D space shooter.[[/index]]
* ''[[VideoGame/Everspace2 EVERSPACE 2]]'': A sequel to EVERSPACE, replacing the rogue-like approach with [[WideOpenSandbox an open sandbox universe]] with action RPGElements.[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/ExpeditionsConquistador''
* ''VideoGame/EyraTheCrowMaiden'' A Homebrew [[ActionGame Action]] PlatformGame.
* ''VideoGame/TheFall'': A side-scrolling AdventureGame / CinematicPlatformGame, where the player controls AI a suit, after its pilot lost consciousness from his wounds.
* ''VideoGame/{{Firmament}}'': A SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Riven}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Obduction}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheFlameInTheFlood'', a {{roguelike}} survival game set along a river in PostApocalyptic America.
* ''VideoGame/Flea2020'': A NintendoHard Homebrew video game.
* ''VideoGame/FlightRising'': A web game about breeding dragon pets.
* ''VideoGame/FlynnSonOfCrimson''
* ''VideoGame/ForgeQuest'': A Voxel-based DungeonCrawling WesternRPG.
* ''VideoGame/FoxNForests'': A PlatformGame where you control the seasons.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fraymakers}}'': An IndieGame PlatformFighter from Creator/McLeodGaming (of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashFlash 2'' fame) that includes a highly robust, versatile, and accessible development tool.
* ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'': A speed-focused PlatformGame
* ''VideoGame/FreezeME''
* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'': Originally released as a {{web game}} via Website/{{Newgrounds}}, a full version of the game has been funded through a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/funkin/friday-night-funkin-the-full-ass-game Kickstarter campaign]].
** ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': The above campaign includes a joke stretch goal for five million U.S. dollars, which would allow the team to both remake the original ''Pico's School'' and complete the long-unfinished sequel ''Pico's School 2'' within the full version of ''Friday Night Funkin'''.
* ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'': One of the first games from the site to actually get released.
* ''VideoGame/FunkUnplugged'': A 3D PlatformGame starring a living amp.
* ''[[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1358562997/gamemaster-howards-know-it-all Gamemaster Howard's Know-it-All]]''
* ''VideoGame/GhostControlInc'': A TurnBasedStrategy SpaceManagementGame about a [[TheRealSpoofbusters ghost-controlling]] business in UsefulNotes/{{London}}.
* ''VideoGame/GhostSongAJourneyOfHope'': A MetroidVania style romp.
* ''VideoGame/GhoulGrindNightOfTheNecromancer'': A Hombrew auto-scrolling [[ActionGame Action]] PlatformGame.
* ''VideoGame/TheGirlAndTheRobot'': An action/puzzle game about a girl and her robot friend escaping from a castle.
* ''VideoGame/{{Godus}}'': A god sim from Creator/PeterMolyneux.
* ''VideoGame/GrappleForceRena'': An [[ActionGame Action]] PlatformGame by Tim Ashley Jenkins, and published by the people behind ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Grave}}'': A surreal, open-world SurvivalHorror game.
* ''VideoGame/GrimDawn'', an Action RPG developed by some people from defunct Iron Lore Entertainment. It uses the same game engine as ''VideoGame/TitanQuest'' and is set in a Victorian Era. Expect to be DarkerAndEdgier and BloodierAndGorier.
* ''VideoGame/{{Grimshade}}'', a RolePlayingGame set in a SteamPunk world inspired by [[EasternRPG JRPGs]] of the 90s, but with ''VideoGame/{{Disciples}}''-style combat system.
* ''VideoGame/GryphonKnightEpic'', a ShootEmUp about a knight riding a gryphon.
* ''VideoGame/{{Guncraft}}: A hybrid of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} and ''VideoGame/CounterStrike''
* ''VideoGame/GunsOfIcarusOnline''
* ''VideoGame/HadeanLands'': An early (2010) campaign, for a commercial InteractiveFiction game by Creator/AndrewPlotkin. Reached its goal on its first day.
* ''VideoGame/HandOfFate'': A hybrid of HackAndSlash and CardBattleGame genres: every new game, two decks of cards combine randomly to form a level a player then has to fight through.
* ''VideoGame/HardcoreMecha'': Formerly ''CODE: Hardcore'', a 2D MechaGame.
* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'', a CollectAThonPlatformer in the style of ''Videogame/SuperMario64'' and ''Videogame/BanjoKazooie''.
* ''VideoGame/HauntedHalloween86TheCurseOfPossumHollow'': A Homebrew [[ActionGame Action]] BeatEmUp PlatformGame sequel to ''VideoGame/HauntedHalloween85''.
* ''VideoGame/HeroHoursContract''
* ''VideoGame/HeroU'', a SpiritualSequel to the ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series made by the Coles.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hex}}'', a TCG MMORPG hybrid by Cryptozoic Entertainment
* ''Hex Heroes''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'' (originally ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Adventure Game''): Reached its goal within ''two days'', and ultimately raised over 350% of its $700,000 goal. It is to be set within the universe but not following the main canon.
* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'', a {{Metroidvania}} game set in a fantasy insect kingdom.
* ''VideoGame/HotTinRoofTheCatThatWoreAFedora'': Retro 3D Noir AdventureGame.
* ''VideoGame/AHouseOfManyDoors'': A 2D top-down exploration-focused RPG inspited by ''VideoGame/SunlessSea''.
* ''VideoGame/HuniePop'': A DatingSim / PuzzleGame hybrid.
* ''VideoGame/HyperLightDrifter'': A 2D ActionRPG with a wordless narrative.
* ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw''
* ''VideoGame/{{Indiecalypse}}'': A BlackComedy game with many references to other video games.
* ''VideoGame/InnerChains'', a FirstPersonShooter set in a dark fantasy world taken over by a cult of Four Evil Princes.
* ''VideoGame/Insignificant2019'': An Action-[=RPG=] about exploring the world as a [[{{Lilliputians}} three-inch-tall person]].
* ''VideoGame/InSomniaTheArk'': A 3D WesternRPG set on a ColonyShip.
* ''VideoGame/IntrepidIzzy'': A BeatEmUp PlatformGame.
* ''VideoGame/IratusLordOfTheDead'': A DarkFantasy TurnBasedTactics game about a Necromancer sending out groups of minions to break out of their underground prison.
* ''VideoGame/JennyLeClue''
* ''VideoGame/{{Jotun}}'': A 2D ActionRPG about a female Viking warrior.
* ''VideoGame/TheJourneyDown'': An [[EpisodicGame Episodic]] AdventureGame.
* ''Keylocker''
* ''VideoGame/KingdomComeDeliverance'': A medieval but decidedly non-fantasy RPG from the creators of the ''VideoGame/{{Mafia|TheCityOfLostHeaven}}'' series.[[/index]]
* ''Kingdoms of the Dump'': An RPG for computers set in a world of living trash. Inspired by [=RPGs=] on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] and Platformers, and made by two real-life janitors.[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/KnockKnock'': A hand-drawn SurvivalHorror game with a side-view perspective from the creators of ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Kofi}} Quest: Alpha MOD'': An RTS game in the world of [[WebAnimation/{{Kofi}} the "Kofi" online animated series]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Kona}}''
* ''VideoGame/LabyrinthineDreams'': A PuzzleGame created in UsefulNotes/RPGMaker.
* ''VideoGame/LaMulana2''
* ''VideoGame/LandflixOdyssey'': A PlatformGame set in a Creator/{{Netflix}} {{Expy}}.
* ''VideoGame/LastDream'': An expansive non-linear RolePlayingGame created in UsefulNotes/RPGMaker.[[/index]]
* ''Last Epoch'', an ActionRPG similar to ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' and ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'' using UsefulNotes/{{Unity}} game engine.[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/LastYearTheNightmare''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfElLobodestroyoVsLaLigaDeLosVillanos''
* ''[[VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards Leisure Suit Larry]] [[UpdatedRerelease Reloaded]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Lizard}}'': A Homebrew PlatformGame with [[NoPlotNoProblem no story that lets you just explore the world]].
* ''VideoGame/TheLongDark'', a first-person survival game set in the wilds of northern Canada after an apocalyptic event.
* ''VideoGame/LordsOfXulima'', an old-school WesternRPG in the vein of ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic''
* ''VideoGame/LostEmber''
* ''VideoGame/LostRuins'', a side-scrolling action survival game where you take on the role of a young girl fighting hideous monstrosities.
* ''Videogame/{{Magicite}}''
* ''VideoGame/MasqueradaSongsandShadows'', a RolePlayingGame set in a Venetian-inspired fantasy city.
* ''VideoGame/MassiveChalice'', Creator/DoubleFine's second KS entry.
* ''VideoGame/{{MechRunner}}''
* ''VideoGame/MercenaryKings'': A {{Retraux}} 2D shooter with action film inspirations and ItemCrafting.
* ''VideoGame/MeriwetherAnAmericanEpic'': A FirstPerson Survival game about Lewis and Clark.
* ''VideoGame/MinaTheHollower'': An ActionAdventure designed to resemble UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor games, specifically in the style of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening''. Creator/YachtClubGames's second Kickstarter, though more for building a community rather than needing funding.
* ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Franchise/MegaMan'' led by Creator/KeijiInafune himself. The sixth highest-funded console game so far at $3.84 million.
* ''[=MindSeize=]''
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Moebius}} Moebius: Empire Rising]]'', an AdventureGame written by Creator/JaneJensen.
* ''VideoGame/{{Monochroma}}'', a CinematicPlatformGame with black-and-white (and red) graphics and wordless narrative.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterCrown''
* ''VideoGame/{{Mordhau}}''
* ''VideoGame/MyTimeAtPortia''
* ''VideoGame/NaritaBoy''
* ''VideoGame/NebsNDebs'' A Homebrew PlatformGame starring a female astronaut and the alien [[HeadPet who sits on her head]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Nefarious}}''
* ''VideoGame/NeverendingNightmares''
* ''VideoGame/NightCry'', Hifumi Kono's SpiritualSuccessor to his ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' series.
* ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods''
* ''VideoGame/NinjaPizzaGirl'', a PlatformGame that deals with bullying.
* ''VideoGame/{{Obduction}}'', the SpiritualSuccessor to the ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' series and made by the same developers.
* ''Oddventure'' will open up a Kickstarter campaign on May 6 to help with the game's development.
* ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'', an RPG by artist Omocat loosely based on her short-lived "''Omoriboy''" webcomic series.
* ''VideoGame/OneStepFromEden''
* ''VideoGame/Orphan2018'': A {{Metroidvania}} about a human kid during an AlienInvasion.
* ''VideoGame/OurDarkerPurpose'': A {{Roguelike}} set in an OrphanageOfFear.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overload}}'': A SpiritualSuccessor to the ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'' series. Made by people from ''Parallax Software'' who originally made the series and has no relation with ''Descent: Underground'' mentioned above.[[/index]]
* ''DarthWiki/PaleBlue''[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Pankapu}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Paradigm}}''
* ''VideoGame/ParanauticalActivity'': A FirstPersonShooter / Roguelike with voxel graphics.
* ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''[[VideoGame/BaldurSGate Baldur's Gate]]'' with some kingdom management aspects.
** ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'', by the same studio as ''Kingmaker'' above and adapting another ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' Adventure Path. It bypassed its predecessor's final tally within six days.
* ''[[VideoGame/MidnightSunFireEmblem Path of the Midnight Sun]]''
* ''VideoGame/Pathologic2'', a remake of ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}'', a 2005 game about curing plague in a remote town in the Russian steppe.
* ''VideoGame/ThePedestrian'': A PuzzlePlatformer about a picture of a person and their adventures.
* ''VideoGame/{{Perception}}'': A SurvivalHorror game starring a blind person.
* ''VideoGame/PetalCrash''
* ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmaburbia}}''
* ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', pitched by Creator/ObsidianEntertainment under the provisional title "Project Eternity", managed to reach its $1.1 million goal within roughly 27 hours, and ended up making almost 4 times its original goal, beating the Double Fine Adventure as the most funded video game Kickstarter on its final day at the time. Currently the fifth most funded video game Kickstarter at $3.98 million.
* ''VideoGame/{{Pinstripe}}'' met its goal of $28,000 by managing to raise $42,494 in only two days and at its end raised over $106,000 which allowed for the creator to add extras such as a bonus level and voice acting by people like LetsPlay/PewDiePie and LetsPlay/JackSepticEye.
* ''VideoGame/PlanetaryAnnihilation'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Videogame/TotalAnnihilation'' and the ''Videogame/SupremeCommander'' series.
* ''VideoGame/PlanetExplorers''[[/index]]
* ''Planet [=X3=]'', a real-time strategy game created by WebVideo/The8BitGuy, developed for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer MS-DOS compatible]] computers.[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/PoliceStories'', a top-down game that simulates police work.
* ''VideoGame/PraeyForTheGods'', an ActionAdventure game with {{Boss Fight}}s akin to ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', but with SurvivalSandbox elements.
* ''Project Awakened''
* ''VideoGame/ProjectNimbus''
* ''VideoGame/ProjectPhoenix'', the first big-name {{JRPG}} pitched on the platform.
* ''VideoGame/ProjectWingman'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/AceCombat''.
* ''VideoGame/Psych2021''
* ''VideoGame/{{Pulse}}'', a SurvivalHorror game where you play as a blind girl who navigates through echolocation.
* ''Website/PuzzleClubhouse''
* ''Quartet''
* ''VideoGame/QueensWish: The Conqueror'', the first instalment in the new WesternRPG series by Creator/SpiderwebSoftware.
* ''VideoGame/QuernUndyingThoughts'': A first-person adventure game.
* ''VideoGame/RadRodgers''
* ''VideoGame/RainbowBillyTheCurseOfTheLeviathan''[[note]]Originally named "Steamboat Billy In The Curse Of The Leviathan".[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/RealmsBeyond'', a fantasy {{CRPG}} with TurnBasedCombat based on edition 3,5 of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsOfDragons''.
* ''VideoGame/RedAsh'': A pseudo-sequel to ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' and SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends''. It's only reached roughly $500,000 raised out of its $800,000 goal, but Comcept intends to publish it regardless of whether the crowd funding is successful or not, having secured the backing of Chinese company FUZE Entertainment and repurposed the Kickstarter funds towards stretch goals.
* ''VideoGame/RegaliaOfMenAndMonarchs'', a Western take on the ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''-like StrategyRPG.
* ''VideoGame/{{Republique}}'': An episodic StealthBasedGame.
* ''VideoGame/{{Resonance}}'': An AdventureGame published by Creator/WadjetEyeGames, narrated from four different perspectives.
* ''[=RetroBlazer=]'', as its name implies, is a throwback to classic first-person shooters such as ''Quake'' and ''Doom'' with some exploration and RPG elements. It unfortunately only reached $4,483 out of its $110,000 funding goal.
* ''VideoGame/RexRocket'': A {{Retraux}} {{Metroidvania}} ActionGame inspired by the likes of ''Franchise/MegaMan'' and ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''.
* ''VideoGame/RidesWithStrangers'', a horror game about hitching [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a ride with strangers]] to get home.
* ''VideoGame/RisingDusk'': An anti-coin PuzzlePlatformer.
* ''VideoGame/RiskOfRain'', a sci-fi {{roguelike}} PlatformGame.
* ''[[VideoGame/RType R-Type Final 2]]'', the first mainline game in the ''R-Type'' series since ''R-Type Final'' 17 years before.
* ''VideoGame/RoadRedemption'', a SpiritualSuccessor to the ''VideoGame/RoadRash'' series.
* ''VideoGame/SatelliteReign'', a SpiritualSuccessor to the ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' series, bringing it back its Action/Strategy roots and adding some RPG elements.
* ''VideoGame/SaturdayMorningRPG'', a turn-based [=RPG=] based on Saturday Morning 80s cartoons.
* ''{{VideoGame/Saurian}}'', a simulation game where you play as a dinosaur from hatchling to adult in the Hell Creek Formation during the late Cretaceous.
* ''VideoGame/SeaSalt'' A pixel-art [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Lovecraftian]] action/real-time-strategy game where you play as Dagon and command a horde of monsters.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns'': An isometric RolePlayingGame and the first digital adaptation of the setting since the 90's. Performed well enough to receive an expansion pack (''Dragonfall'') and a sequel set in Hong Kong.[[/index]]
** ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} Online''.[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfAdam'', a retro-style EasternRPG.
* ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'', the first HD installment of the ''Shantae'' series of {{Metroidvania}} games.
* ''VideoGame/{{Sheltered}}'', which combines a SurvivalSandbox premise and structure with {{Retraux}} 2D graphics and EasternRPG-style TurnBasedCombat.
* ''VideoGame/ShenmueIII'', the long-awaited third entry in the series. It was announced at Sony's [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2015 press conference as a UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 title (though it will also be released on PC), but Sony is ''not'' funding it at all. It will only come out if the fans are willing to fund it (at least two million dollars worth). The goal was hit within 8-9 hours, making it one of the faster Kickstarters to achieve that amount of funding. It was also inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest game project to reach $1 millon. In its final days, the campaign became the first video game project to reach ''6'' million, and thus the most funded game on Kickstarter, beating ''Bloodstained''.
* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', a retro action platformer featuring [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a knight who wields a shovel]].
* ''VideoGame/ShroudOfTheAvatarForsakenVirtues'', the SpiritualSuccessor to both the classic single-player ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' series and ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline''.
* ''VideoGame/SirYouAreBeingHunted'', a Stealth/Survival game with British robots.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skatebird}}'': A skateboarding game where you're a bird.
* ''VideoGame/SkyshinesBedlam'': A Roguelike / TurnBasedTactics hybrid, made on the engine of ''VideoGame/TheBannerSaga'' and set in a PostApocalyptic world.
* ''VideoGame/{{Slain}}'', a PlatformGame set in a brutal fantasy world with a heavy metal aesthetic.
* ''Small Saga''
* ''VideoGame/SolastaCrownOfTheMagister'', an RPG based on the ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' 5th edition ruleset. Set on a custom fantasy world with vertical combat.
* ''VideoGame/SonOfNor'', an ActionAdventure about a mage with telekinetic/terraforming powers fighting to protect humanity.
* ''VideoGame/{{Soulblight}}'', a {{Roguelike}} where the players do not level up, but instead accumulate character traits with both positive and negative effects.
* ''VideoGame/SoulSaga'', a [=JRPG=]-like game by the Disaster Cake
* ''VideoGame/SpaceChem'', a sci-fi PuzzleGame with significant basis in real-world chemistry.
* ''VideoGame/SparkTheElectricJester''
* ''VideoGame/{{Spate}}''
* ''VideoGame/StarCitizen'': Initially, Chris Roberts tried to crowd-fund it through his own [[http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com website]], but so many people tried to pledge that the server couldn't handle it and crashed. To address the site's instability and make up for lost time, [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen he started a Kickstarter project as well]].
* ''VideoGame/StarCrawlers''
** ''[[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/125859261/starcrawlers-chimera StarCrawlers Chimera]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Stasis}}'', an isometric, SciFiHorror AdventureGame set on an out-of-control ship drifting across Neptune.
* ''VideoGame/TheStation'', an EnvironmentalNarrativeGame set on a research station orbiting the homeworld of the recently discovered alien civilization.
* ''{{VideoGame/Stonehearth}}'':
* ''VideoGame/StrikeSuitZero'': a combat-oriented space sim.
* ''VideoGame/{{Stoneshard}}'', a traditional turn-based roguelike but with production values closer to a Western RPG.
* ''VideoGame/StygianReignOfTheOldOnes'', a [[HorrorVideoGames Horror Game]] based on the works of Creator/HPLovecraft.
* ''VideoGame/SummerInMara''
* ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'', a PlatformGame with procedurally generated levels and set in a Lovecraftian world.
* ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'', a naval {{Roguelike}} set in the ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' universe.
** ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'', an aerial sequel that reached its £100,000 goal in four hours.
* ''VideoGame/Sunset2015'': A housekeeper sim set amidst a civil war in [[TheSeventies 1972]].[[/index]]
* ''Super Happy Sentai Hour'', an RPG focused around the [[{{Toku}} Tokusatsu]] genre.[[index]]
* ''Videogame/{{SUPERHOT}}'', FirstPersonShooter where time within the game only progresses when the player moves.
* ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosCrossover Super Retro Squad]]''
* ''VideoGame/SydneyHunterAndTheCavernsOfDeath'': A {{Retraux}} Homebrew PlatformGame for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem [=SNES=]]], [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem [=SMS=]]], and [[UsefulNotes/Commodore64 C64]].
* ''VideoGame/TheTaleOfALLTYNEX'', a VerticalScrollingShooter series about evil [=AIs=] bent on destroying humanity. More specifically, the English-language localization; the games were already released and the funds were simply used for bringing the series to the West.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tangledeep}}''
** ''Flowstone Saga''
* ''VideoGame/TargetAcquired2016'': A ScienceFiction [[EndlessRunningGame Endless Running]] PlatformGame about a cop chasing down a crook.
* ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'', a [[{{MMORPG}} massively multiplayer]] [[MonsSeries creature collection game]] similar to ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ''VideoGame/ThatDragonCancer''
* ''VideoGame/{{Timespinner}}'', a {{Metroidvania}} whose protagonist possesses the ability to travel through time.
* ''VideoGame/ToeJamAndEarl: Back in the Groove''
* ''VideoGame/{{TOME}}'', an RPG adaption of a popular web series.
* ''VideoGame/TormentTidesOfNumenera'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' based on ''TabletopGame/{{Numenera}}''. Fully funded in just ''six hours'' and went on to become the most funded video game to date on Kickstarter, having surpassed ''Project Eternity'' by $200k on its final day. Kept that record for two years until ''Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night'' surpassed it. Currently the fourth most funded video game Kickstarter at $4.18 million.
* ''VideoGame/TownOfSalem'': A Web game where the players can assume roles of Townies, Mafia or Neutrals, then struggle for power with their chosen faction through day and night.
* ''VideoGame/TribalHunter'', a 2D Action-Platformer in which the protagonist's abilities are dependent on how much he's recently devoured.
* ''VideoGame/Trophy2021'': A Homebrew love letter to ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tunche}}'', a jungle and shamanism-themed BeatEmUp.
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', a [[NoFourthWall meta]] RPG where every encounter can be spared.
* ''VideoGame/UnderworldAscendant'', a continuation of the ''VideoGame/UltimaUnderworld'' series.
* ''VideoGame/UnemploymentQuest'': An [=RPG=]-Maker game about looking for a job.
* ''VideoGame/UnhappyEverAfter''
* ''Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter'', a 2D fighting game for the Super Famicom developed by FOXBAT, comprising of former SNK members. Despite not meeting its funding goal[[labelnote:*]](only meeting $23,072 out of its $52,500 funding goal)[[/labelnote]], it was released anyway through its publishers.
* ''VideoGame/ValdisStoryAbyssalCity'', a {{Metroidvania}} Action-Platformer.
* [[invoked]]''VideoGame/VictoryBelles'', a [[MoeAnthropomorphism shipgirl]] game [[FollowTheLeader similar to]] ''VideoGame/KanColle'', but created by an American developer and a mostly-native-speaking cast of actresses (Russian Belles speak Russian, American Belles speak English, etc).
* ''VideoGame/VillageMonsters'', a LifeSimulationGame in a world populated by monsters.
* ''VideoGame/{{Visage}}'', a PsychologicalHorror game and SpiritualSuccessor to ''[[VideoGame/SilentHills P.T.]]''
* ''VideoGame/VolgarrTheViking''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wandersong}}'', a [[PuzzleGame puzzle]]/[[PlatformGame platforming]]/[[AdventureGame adventure]]/[[RhythmGame rhythm game]] hybrid when you play as a bard who wants to save the world through the power of song.
* ''VideoGame/WarForTheOverworld'', a SpiritualSuccessor to the ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' series, unconnected to but fully endorsed by the latter's original creators.
* ''VideoGame/Wasteland2'', pitched by Creator/InXileEntertainment in the aftermath of "Double Fine Adventure"--in short, what Double Fine [[TropeMaker started]], inXile [[TropeCodifier codified]]. ''Wasteland 2'' was the first big-name WesternRPG pitched on the platform, even though it was quickly overtaken by even bigger projects like ''Pillars of Eternity'' and inXile's own ''Torment''.
* ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew''
* ''VideoGame/WelcomeToBoonHill'', a walking through a cemetery sim.
* ''VideoGame/{{Windforge}}'', a ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}''-style game set on a gaseous planet in a {{Steampunk}} era, with a corresponding focus on airship travel and management, as well as ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''-style shooting.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wolcen}}: Lords of Mayhem'' (formerly known as ''Umbra''), a [[ActionRPG Diablo-like Action RPG]] using the [=CryEngine=].
* ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101: Remastered'', ports of the Nintendo-published UsefulNotes/WiiU title to modern platforms, with the base goal being a version for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, with stretch goals being a PC version then a UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 version.
* ''VideoGame/WoolfeTheRedHoodDiaries'', an [[ActionGame Action]] PlatformGame about RedRidingHood.
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}'', a SpiritualSuccessor to the original ''VideoGame/XCom'', for the people who found the remake too simplified.
* ''VideoGame/XenoCrisis'', a {{Retraux}} RunAndGun game that was developed for UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis first before getting ported to the modern platforms.[[/index]]
* ''Yogventures!'', a cancelled video game that would have been based on the characters and personalities of The LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}.[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'', a SpiritualSuccessor from former Creator/{{Rare}} employees who worked on such games as ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' and ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''. Hit its £175,000 ($270,000) goal within ''thirty-eight minutes'' and made '''£1,000,000''' in just '''''twenty-one hours'''''.
* ''VideoGame/YouAreNotTheHero'': A game that [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] the [=RPG=] heroes' tendencies to [[TrespassingHero break into peoples' homes]] and [[KleptomaniacHero take their stuff]].
* ''VideoGame/ZombiePlayground'': An Arena ActionGame where kids fight zombies in school.
* ''VideoGame/ZombiesRun''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''1st Degree''
* ''VisualNovel/AceAcademy''
* ''Arcadia Fallen''
* ''Beyond You!''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Blankspace}}''
* ''VisualNovel/ButILoveYou''
* ''Chasing The Stars''
* ''Chess Of Blades''
* ''Chromatose''
* ''VisualNovel/ChronoClock'': An official localization by Sekai Project.
* ''VisualNovel/CinderellaPhenomenon''
* ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'': An official localization by Sekai Project.
* ''VisualNovel/CookingCompanions''
* ''VisualNovel/CorpseFactory''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Crystalline}}''
* ''VisualNovel/DontTakeItPersonallyIJustDontLikeYou''
* ''VisualNovel/EveryDaysDifferent''
* ''VisualNovel/FatalTwelve'': An official localization by Sekai Project
* ''Full Service''
* ''[[VisualNovel/GrisaiaSeries The Grisaia Trilogy]]'': An official localization of the ''Grisaia'' visual novels by Sekai Project, consisting of...
** ''VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia''
** ''VisualNovel/TheLabyrinthOfGrisaia''
** ''VisualNovel/TheEdenOfGrisaia''
* ''Heart Fragment''
* ''VisualNovel/HeartOfTheWoods'': A voice acting patch for the game.
* ''VisualNovel/HenchmanStory''
* ''VisualNovel/HiddenTreasures''
* ''VisualNovel/HowToDateAMagicalGirl''
* ''VisualNovel/HustleCat''
* ''VisualNovel/LovelyLittleThieves'', a VisualNovel following a group of teens exploring an abandoned mansion in the middle of nowhere. Mentioning its SlasherMovie roots would be redundant after this introduction.
* ''Love Mythos: Sanctuary Island''
* ''VisualNovel/MagicalDiary: Wolf Hall''
* ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm''
** ''Monster Camp''
* An official English localization of the ''Franchise/MuvLuv'' series, notable for being the first VisualNovel project to raise over a million dollars in funding.
* ''My Only Sunshine''
* ''Once More''
* ''VisualNovel/PerfectGold''
* ''VideoGame/QueenAtArms''
* ''VisualNovel/RainbowDreams''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Repurpose}}''
* ''VisualNovel/SC2VN''
* ''VisualNovel/SeduceMe''
* ''Seiyuu Danshi''
* ''VisualNovel/TheSekimeiyaSpunGlass''
* ''VisualNovel/SevenKingdomsThePrincessProblem'', a self-pitched Creator/BioWare RPG-meets-OtomeGame, set in an original fantasy ConstructedWorld and focusing on political intrigue and romance at a diplomatic summit.
* ''VisualNovel/StateOfFlux''
* ''VisualNovel/StudentUnion''
* ''VisualNovel/{{Synergia}}''
* ''The Thorns Of War''
* ''VisualNovel/TokyoDark''
* ''Tomorrow Will Be Dying''
* ''VisualNovel/ValiDateStrugglingSinglesInYourArea''
* ''VisualNovel/ZodiacAxis''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/BeeAndPuppycat''
* ''WebAnimation/{{Damaged}}''
* ''WebAnimation/DickFiguresTheMovie''
* ''WebAnimation/LaGolda''
* ''WebAnimation/TheGrim''
* ''WebAnimation/TheLittlePainter''
* ''WebAnimation/LongGoneGulch''
* ''WebAnimation/MrPlastimime''
* ''WebAnimation/{{TP}}''
* ''WebAnimation/RecessReindeer''
* ''WebAnimation/RobosanAndWanchan''
* ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToHell''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Videos]]
* ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'': Creator/ThisIsIt wished to create four installments in this SubvertedKidsShow after the first two were a success.
* ''WebVideo/TheGamersHumansAndHouseholds''
* ''WebVideo/TheGamersNaturalOne''
* ''WebOriginal/TheNingyo''
* ''Series/ReadingRainbow'': Creator/LeVarBurton brought up a Kickstarter to help resurrect it as a web series, even providing a large library of interactive books and video field trips to promote literacy to deserving kids across America. ''Its $1 million goal was funded in seven hours'', and has finished with almost $5.5 million in total (including an extra million from Creator/SethMacFarlane, of all people).
* ''[[WebVideo/FeministFrequency Tropes vs. Women in Videogames]]''
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': Creator Joel Hodgson brought up a Kickstarter to help resurrect it as both a web series and hopefully a full-fledged TV series (and to see if he can one-up Creator/LeVarBurton in the process). At $6.3 million, it ''surpassed'' ''Reading Rainbow'' and didn't need Seth [=MacFarlane=]!
* ''[[WebVideo/CriticalRole Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina]]'': Launched in March 2019 with the original goal of $750,000 [=USD=] in 45 days to fund a two-part animated special of an original story featuring the character from Critical Role's first campaign. The original goal was met in ''40 minutes'' with the first stretch goal of $1 million being completed by the end of the first hour. By the time the campaign finally closed on April 18th they had raised $11.3 million [=USD=], taking the crown of highest funded video project from [=MST3K=] and making them the fifth highest funded Kickstarter project ''ever''.
* ''WebVideo/WorldWarTwo''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* ''Webcomic/AvasDemon'': Books one and two.
* ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie: Volume One''
* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily: Volume One''
* ''Webcomic/{{Broodhollow}}'': To finance the publishing of book one, "Pretty Little Things".
* ''Webcomic/CheckPlease'': Volumes one and two were financed through Kickstarter. Volume three is still in campaign, but has already reached near ten times what was requested.
* ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'': Publication of various books.
* ''Webcomic/DeepDiveDaredevils'': A DieselPunk webcomic about the USS ''[[CoolBoat Custer]]'' and its brave crew.
* For several years now, weekend ''WebComic/DumbingOfAge'' strips have been funded as stretch goals from the drives for the strip's print volumes.
* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', four times. The first was a project to [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1554093685/erfworld-motion-comic-project make a motion comic from Book 1]], that ended up funding several other goals. The second, [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1554093685/e-is-for-erfworld-the-erfabet-book-and-debut-of-da an alphabet book]] featuring characters and creatures of the world. The third, [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1554093685/erfworld-battle-crest-lapel-pins a set of lapel pins]] featuring the battle crests for the seven major factions in the world. The fourth project is currently underway, with the goal of funding production of [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1554093685/erfworld-print-book-2-and-draw-book-3 Book 3]].
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The Professors Foglio sought funding to print volume 12 of the comic, and ended up with enough to reprint the entire run. It's currently the fourth most funded Kickstarter in the comics category.
* ''Webcomic/TheIntrepidGirlbot'': To fund volume one's publication.
* ''Webcomic/JohnnyWander'': To finance the printing of the third paperback volume.
* ''Webcomic/LetsSpeakEnglish'': After the comic's conclusion, a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1406667682/lets-speak-english-the-book print edition]] of the comic was funded through Kickstarter.
* ''Webcomic/MobyDickBackFromTheDeep'': To finance the printing of physical copies of the issues.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Reprint Drive''
* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade Sells Out'': Rather than one specific project, PA is looking to get the fans to pick up the site's operating expenses for a year. If successful, then they can work on projects for the fans instead of for advertisers.
** ''Downloadable Content'' podcast season 2: "Funded" at $10, reflecting the creators' desire to restart the podcast.
* ''Webcomic/TheSanityCircus'': To finance having the first 10 chapters published in a book.
* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': An English release of the comic's [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1406667682/sleepless-domain-volume-1 first print volume]] was funded through a Kickstarter campaign.
* WebComic/{{Temerity}}
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''Barry & Joe: The Animated Series''
* ''WesternAnimation/NikoAndTheSwordOfLight'', funded initially as an animated ComicBook app.[[/index]]
* ''The Saga of Rex'': a traditionally-animated film project based on a graphic novel by Michel Gagné (whose references include ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' and ''Prelude to Eden'').[[index]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats: Revolution'': An attempt to revive one of the most radical cartoons of the 90's.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': In an attempt to provide an English Dub for English broadcasters. It worked and now the show airs in select Cartoon Network markets, and on Creator/{{Netflix}} for most of the world. At the time its campaign ended, it was in the top 5 most funded animation category ever.
** Six Years Later, Wakfu got another kickstarter, this time for a fourth and final season. which reached €1,522,816. [[note]] $1,712,406.59 USD [[/note]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other Projects]]
* The UsefulNotes/{{Ouya}}: An open, hackable console based off the Android OS which retails for $99. Its controller features two analog sticks, eight buttons, and a touchpad screen.
* Potato salad: The most famous "joke" Kickstarter on the site, funded at $10.
* ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' wanted to live-Riff ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' in August 2013. They asked Kickstarter users for $55,000 so they could get the rights from Creator/LionsGate. They ended up with $264,860. The studio declined, so the guys ended up taking on ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' instead. [=RiffTrax=] returned to Kickstarter when they wanted to get the rights to live-Riff ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}''. (After ''Twilight'', they made sure that the studio was already OK with the plan as long as the check cleared.) They asked for $100,000, and got it in a couple days. So they announced (again, after checking with the studio first) that if they reached $250,000, they'd add a live-Riff of ''Film/{{Anaconda}}'' to the schedule. Final total: $265,011.
* Wiki/TVTropes (yes, this very site) launched a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tvtropes/the-tv-tropes-revitalization-project Kickstarter on November 30, 2014]], seeking at least $50,000 to improve the site and the servers it's on. It was part of a change of leadership with the original [[Tropers/FastEddie creator and founder]] stepping away from running everything behind the scenes. In the words from the staff:[[/index]]
--> After 10 amazing years, it's time for TV Tropes to [[GrowingTheBeard grow a beard]].
** On December 8th, the $50,000 minimum funding goal was achieved.
** On December 26th, the first $75,000 stretch goal was achieved, allowing the team to get more servers, hire a part time programmer, and work on an API.
** On December 30th, the last day, and with at least four hours remaining, the second and final $100,000 stretch goal was achieved. The staff will then work on Season 3 of ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'' and a vlog series. In the end, $105,186 was raised from 3,109 backers (not counting any [=PayPal=] donations).
* Fruitbat Factory, the publisher of ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice'', opened [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/215814918/fruitiest-orange-juice-plushies/ a Kickstarter campaign]] on January 30th, 2018 to produce a line of a plushies based on the characters from the game. The campaign met its funding goal within 72 hours since it started, with extra funding going towards producing cards, accessories, and extra character plushies.
[[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/144629748/the-ollie-chair-shape-shifting-seating The Ollie Chair]]
[[/folder]]
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!!This website provides examples of:

* AllOrNothing: A project will only take its backers' pledged funds if it reaches its funding target. If it's so much as a dollar short, it gets no money at all. This is to prevent backers from wasting money on a project that ends up becoming underfunded and unable to be finished.
* ConMan: Beware; as with any other platform for raising money, Kickstarter has attracted [[https://www.thrillist.com/gear/kickstarter-frauds-worst-crooks-in-crowdfunding its share of scammers]]. The site does offer some fraud protection and will shut down any project that can't be proven to meet its standards, but it's also rather easy for any crook to fund a project that has no realistic chance of ever being made.
* HonestAxe: It has been repeatedly shown that Kickstarter backers are on average a ''lot'' more forgiving towards projects that publicly explain why and how they failed to reach certain promised goals and deadlines than towards the ones that try to gloss over their mistakes with standard PR lines.
* HumbleGoal: In contrast to projects asking for six figures or even millions, there are some projects with small funding goals. There have been a few craft Kickstarters asking for US$1-100, such as pottery and carved smoking pipes. Myq Kaplan had a Kickstarter to [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/254903668/hang-out-with-me-season-1-a-myq-kaplan-podcast-web fund his podcast]] with a goal of just US$1; not surpisingly, he made his goal and exceeded it by nearly pulling in US$1,000.
* LoopholeAbuse: Project creators regularly find ways to bend the letter of the Kickstarter rules so they can get their project funded. Case in point, someone (who we'll not cite here as in to avoid personal attacks) once made '''potato salad''' through Kickstater, the reasoning was that the site's ruled say that only creative projects should be funded and that potato could, ''technically'', fit under this category, as "creative projects" is a term that can be left to much more interpretation than one would think.
** It's also possible to run a Kickstarter to start a business, provided the business produces something sufficiently creative, a video game studio, or a distribution platform for music, or a food truck, or manufacturing and selling a new gadget.
** Kickstarter doesn't allow porn, but that applies only to live-action; games and comics with drawn sex scenes have been able to draw plenty of funding.
** Soliciting donations for charity is not allowed either, but one of the late reward items in WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick Reprint Drive included Rich Burlew just ''coincidentally'' already planning a donation in that same amount to a charity.
** [[invoked]] At one point, Kickstarter only allowed projects to be funded in US dollars, and required someone in the USA to receive the funds, via an Amazon Payments account. During this time, projects frequently opened up [=PayPal=] donation drives for those who couldn't contribute in US funds or via Amazon, but only after the main Kickstarter drive was fully funded. This was officially discouraged (since [[MoneyDearBoy Kickstarter takes a percentage of the money]]), but they couldn't really stop it since the [=PayPal=] donations were supposedly coming from people who were unable to contribute on Kickstarter in the first place (until Kickstarter opened things up to make foreign contributions and projects possible).
*** At least one project had to scramble to move to Website/{{Indiegogo}} when it was realized that such a lump sum would cause major financial problems for the designated receiver.
* SelfDeprecation: The pitch-videos that tend more towards the humorous side of the SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness usually include this in spades. The one for [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/260688528/clang?ref=live CLANG]] being a prime example, even getting an "it takes time" joke out of Gabe Newell.
* SturgeonsLaw: As with everything, most submissions are not funded for good reason. Whether or not the trope also applies to the things that do get funded is a matter of debate.
** The aptly-named blogs [[http://yourkickstartersucks.tumblr.com/ Your Kickstarter Sucks]] and [[http://kickfailure.tumblr.com/ Kick Failure]] spotlight some of [[AccentuateTheNegative the more outlandish examples]].
** ''WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}'' (or more specifically, those done by LetsPlay/{{slowbeef}} and Diabetus) have made Kickstarter Nonstarters a semi-regular feature, where they spotlight a few ridiculous gaming concepts (though try to hide people's identities as much as possible outside their faces).
** Youtuber Daniel Ibbertson has a video series focused entirely on covering unusual and/or deceitful campaigns, titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMC49V9zeXbGQwEM-my5XLiTWzy4-vf7j Kick-Scammers]]".
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* ''VideoGame/GhoulGrindNightOfTheNecromancer'': A Homebrew auto-scrolling shooter PlatformGame.

* ''VideoGame/Flea2020'': A PlatformHell Homebrew video game.

* ''VideoGame/RainbowBillyTheCurseOfTheLeviathan''[[note]]Originally named "Steamboat Billy In The Curse Of The Leviathan.[[/note]]