August 2012 Successful Crowdfunding Projects

With the reduction of available Venture Capital and Game Developers desiring more control of their products, Crowdfunding has become a hotbed of innovation. We at Gaiscioch Magazine keep a close eye on sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo in search of tomorrows big titles.

In this section you will find our highlights as well as a month by month lists of the top performers.

Top 25 Crowdfunding Campaigns of August 2012

# Title Raised %
1 Castle Story
By: Sauropod Studio
$702,516 USD 878%
2 Shadowrun Online
By: Cliffhanger Productions
$558,863 USD 112%
3 Defense Grid 2
By: Hidden Path Entertainment, AMD & Razer
$271,727 USD 109%
4 Project Giana
By: Black Forest Games
$186,159 USD 124%
5 STAR COMMAND: Kickstart Part 2 - The PC/Mac Space
By: Star Command
$151,807 USD 152%
6 GaymerX #EveryoneGames
By: GaymerX
$91,389 USD 366%
7 Jack Houston and the Necronauts
By: Warbird Games
$64,256 USD 115%
8 Steam Bandits: Outpost
By: iocaine studios
$55,362 USD 185%
9 Project Lodus - A Cyberpunk Co-op Action RPG
By: Leviathan Interactive, LLC
$51,201 USD 102%
10 Moon Intern
By: LarryPixel
$43,054 USD 144%
11 Volgarr the Viking
By: Crazy Viking Studios
$39,965 USD 222%
12 Detective Grimoire: Adventure Game Win/Mac/Linux/i
By: SFB Games & Armor Games
$29,611 USD 118%
13 Crea
By: Jasson McMorris
$27,870 USD 186%
14 Club Caveman: movie-quality animation in an app
By: Ben Sweat
$10,409 USD 104%
15 Duck Quest?
By: louiezong
$6,293 USD 1259%
16 QuakeCon 2012 BYOC Live Stream Experience
By: Cyber Sports Network
$4,601 USD 107%
17 Phantasmaburbia
By: Greg Lobanov
$2,640 USD 264%
18 Perch
By: Aaron Neugebauer
$1,737 USD 116%
19 Video Game Culture Series
By: Patrick Scott Patterson
$1,733 USD 120%
20 OddVille - An amazing journey in Retro3d
By: Michael Rains
$877 USD 162%
21 Vita Umbra - The Life of Shadows (PC/MAC)
By: Myles Gregory
$738 USD 148%
22 Warsow Official Soundtrack
By: Harry Meas
$550 USD 110%