Kickstarter: 2024 set a record for the number of successful crowdfunding campaigns in video games on the platform
Though the real deal on Kickstarter is tabletop games.
Since 2009, 93,756 crowdfunding campaigns for games have been launched on the platform.
Users have pledged over $2.63 billion to various game projects. The total number of crowdfunding participants exceeds 23 million.
In 2024, more than 70% of backers who supported game projects also backed projects in other categories.
Tabletop Games Results
Kickstarter remains the largest crowdfunding platform for tabletop games. In 2024, 83% of all game pledges went to tabletop games.
A total of 6,646 campaigns were launched, 5,314 of which were successfully funded. Success Rate – 80% – the highest in the 15-year history of the service.
People invested $220 million in successful tabletop game campaigns.
The most successful launches of the year: Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere RPG (raised over $15.1M), Altered TCG by Equinox (raised over $6.7 million), and Trench Crusade by Factory Fortress Inc (raised over $3.3 million).
Video Games Results
In 2024, successful video game campaigns raised $26 million. This is 28% more than in 2023.
There were 441 successful campaigns in 2024. This is a 9% increase over the previous year. Moreover, this is the largest number of successful game campaigns in Kickstarter’s 15-year history.
In 2024, 78% of all game campaigns that raised over $100,000 were launched on Kickstarter