Star Citizen
What it is: Equal parts space exploration, space combat, and first person shooter, Star Citizen may as well be nicknamed the Kickstarter equivalent to Half-Life 3. This space combat-FPS-MMO (try saying that five times fast) first arrived on the crowdfunding scene in October 2012 and currently has a slated release date for 2017.
How much did it make? Enough to rival Bruce Wayne’s yearly salary. The initial goal was $500,000, but currently (at time of writing) stands at a total of $89,267,802, which apparently also translates to 984,719 Star Citizens, according to the website’s stat page.
What’s going on? Still in development and having surpassed literally every stretch goal the developers can think of, Star Citizen now lives on as probably the most hotly anticipated Kickstarter title. Nothing can stop it, not even lawsuits from impatient Kickstarter backers. At this point, there’s nothing anyone can do but count the days until 2017. Assuming they don’t delay it again, of course.
