Inspire yourselves with this list on the 11 most successful Kickstarter projects. Kickstarter has been one of the better digital creations since the birth of the internet. It provides companies, creators, innovators, and people with ideas the opportunity to have funding and support for what may seem like once an impossible task financially. The idea of Kickstarter is that you promote your project or idea, detailing it and marketing the idea to potential donors. You mention how much you need and what you can do with each milestone and wait to see if anyone wants to support and donate. With a surprising amount of support for the website, more and more people have started to put in ideas and donors come to check out any possible things that might peak their interest.
With that said, Kickstarter has not at all been a bed of roses, as shown here on our list of The 5 Biggest Kickstarter Scams that Swindled Backers’ Donations.
Despite these negative events, Kickstarter continues to be a hub for the common man to reach a financial goal for a project. The 11 listed here all have accrued the highest funding overall regardless of when their project completed and took place. These projects come from a variety of genres and have had more than 100% (some even reaching thousands of percentage) increases in funding.
Let’s go ahead to our first success story in this list:
11. ZANO Drone
Aerial photography and video capture will soon be more than just fiction with the ZANO drone. This ambitious project aims to tether a portable flying drone to your smart device via Wi-Fi and can follow you around creating a limitless possibility of pictures and angles. You can even customize where the drone is, if it follows you and how high up it is. Currently, the project continues production with a 6th model being created and tested.
10. Mighty No. 9
Kickstarter has also become the haven for video game and tabletop game possibilities with Mighty No. 9 being the first to be mentioned on this list. Mighty No. 9 is considered the spiritual successor of the era of Mega Man games and hopes to deliver the same quality and feel of the game with a few modern twists and upgrades. The game has completed funding and is still currently in development.
9. Pillars of Eternity
Formerly known as Project Eternity, the recent release of Pillars of Eternity has shocked the gaming world, receiving rave reviews from critics and gamers alike. Many are debating this game to be the best in the year and also possibly one of the best RPGs of all time.
8. Torment: Tides of Numenera
Another game that has broken through this list, Torment: Tides of Numenera takes is name from the table top game of the same name. This game has received backing from fans and has led many to support because of its rich and unique style. The game has just been recently released as well.
7. Reading Rainbow
Deriving from the original books of the same name, Reading Rainbow has received massive support for its goal of promoting reading to classrooms around the world; showing that people can actually support a really good cause via the internet.
6. Veronica Mars the Movie
From the famous mystery books of the same name, Veronica Mars is the first on this list and proof that you can make a film just through the support of donors. One of the fastest projects to ever be funded on the website, the movie stays true to most people’s expectations of the books.
Halfway done and more kick-started projects to show, here’s more on our list of the 11 most successful Kickstarter projects.
5. PonoMusic
An honest project to revive the “soul” of music as the campaign suggested. Pono Music is a unique mp3 player in that it promotes and aims to give its supporters music as it truly is and was. Having music from the original recording and as the artist intended, the project received amazing support and ended its campaign originally on the third spot.
4. OUYA
The OUYA console’s aim was to give the console gaming community an upper hand over the now dominating mobile gaming market. With the hopes of providing an affordable package with games free to try, OUYA has received support from different companies as well and has had upgrades including integration to online live streaming, among many others.
3. Exploding Kittens: The Card Game
Who knew a lot of people would be interested in explosions and kittens? This unique card game has received an amazing amount of support and who could resist the funny, quirky and charming feel of an idea created by a few popular people in the gaming and art realm.
2. Coolest Cooler
This project has proven that you can indeed make coolers cooler by making the coolest cooler. Taking an ordinary item and fitting it with upgrades and conveniences of modern technology. This cooler has wheels, speakers, USB chargers, ice crushers and bottle openers just to name a few.
1. Pebble Watches
With all the smart and digital technology it was only a matter of time before the advanced watches from spy movies like James Bond came to life. Pebble Watches are smart watches that integrate modern technology, with customizable digital clock faces, app integration and mobile compatibility, the possibilities for these watches are endless, and the support has been the largest out of all Kickstarter projects.
Maybe this list has given you inspiration to put your idea out there, who knows maybe you’ll be in the next list of The 11 Most Successful Kickstarter Projects.
