Here’s something interesting to chew on today: Kickstarter actually had an incredible 2017 when it came to funding games and raising money. Head of Games Luke Crane tweeted that the platform was up year-over-year in both of these categories.
“Games on @Kickstarter in 2017: $172M pledged ($163M raised); 7033 launched projects (2997 successfully funded projects); 767K backers (726K backers to successful projects),” he said. “Good job y’all. A huge year for the community. That’s the most games projects funded on Kickstarter in any year to date! And the money exceeds 2016’s funding by +29%.”
Not too many of these game projects involved MMOs, admittedly, although 2017 did see Ashes of Creation become the most-funded MMORPG to date on Kickstarter. Other notable 2017 Kickstarter projects included Shadow’s Kiss, Ship of Heroes, War of Conquest, and Global Adventures.
Update: The $172 million apparently covers all games, including video games, tabletop, board games, and card games. Video games raised $17.25M over 2017.
