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Best Kickstarter Games

Top 50 of 72 qualifying games — tagged Kickstarter (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 A Hat in Time (2017) Cute · 3D Platformer · Collectathon · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 97.9%51,687 reviews 2 Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove (2014) Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro · 500K–1M owners · $39.99 95.8%16,112 reviews 3 Freedom Planet (2014) Platformer · Great Soundtrack · Action · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 95.1%4,748 reviews 4 A Light in the Dark (2018) Indie · Visual Novel · Casual · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 93.1%1,705 reviews 5 fault - milestone one (2014) Visual Novel · Anime · Female Protagonist · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 92.5%3,221 reviews 6 Darkest Dungeon (2016) Turn-Based Combat · Dark Fantasy · Dungeon Crawler · 2M–5M owners · $24.99 91.7%149,456 reviews 7 Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) (2014) RPG · Turn-Based · Co-op · 500K–1M owners · $39.99 91.6%11,785 reviews 8 SUPERHOT (2016) Action · FPS · Bullet Time · 1M–2M owners · $24.99 91.3%38,776 reviews 9 The Adventure Pals (2018) Adventure · Platformer · Action · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 92.2%1,869 reviews 10 System Shock (2023) Action · Immersive Sim · Adventure · 500K–1M owners · $39.99 91.2%10,729 reviews 11 Guns of Icarus Online (2012) Steampunk · Team-Based · Multiplayer · 2M–5M owners · $4.99 89.9%14,645 reviews 12 Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (2016) Female Protagonist · Platformer · Metroidvania · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 90.4%2,392 reviews 13 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut (2014) RPG · Cyberpunk · Turn-Based · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 89.5%6,313 reviews 14 The Banner Saga (2014) RPG · Turn-Based · Strategy · 500K–1M owners · $24.99 89.0%15,523 reviews 15 Pinstripe (2017) Indie · Adventure · Casual · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 89.3%2,526 reviews 16 Shadowrun Returns (2013) RPG · Cyberpunk · Turn-Based · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 88.4%13,382 reviews 17 Pillars of Eternity (2015) RPG · Isometric · Fantasy · 1M–2M owners · $39.99 88.2%24,650 reviews 18 Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (2019) Adventure · Action · Indie · 100K–200K owners · $29.99 89.1%2,455 reviews 19 Street Legal Racing: Redline v2.3.1 (2016) Automobile Sim · Racing · Simulation · 200K–500K owners · $6.99 88.6%3,954 reviews 20 Organ Trail: Director's Cut (2013) Zombies · Indie · Retro · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 88.1%3,068 reviews 21 The Fall (2014) Adventure · Sci-fi · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 87.9%3,673 reviews 22 Xenonauts (2014) Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat · 500K–1M owners · $24.99 87.2%4,889 reviews 23 ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! (2019) Adventure · Indie · Casual · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 88.1%1,091 reviews 24 Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition (2015) RPG · Cyberpunk · Turn-Based · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 86.8%4,644 reviews 25 Jenny LeClue - Detectivu (2019) Detective · Mystery · Female Protagonist · 20K–50K owners · $19.99 87.4%1,309 reviews 26 Tales of the Neon Sea (2019) Pixel Graphics · Cyberpunk · Point & Click · 100K–200K owners · $16.99 86.5%4,067 reviews 27 DG2: Defense Grid 2 (2014) Strategy · Tower Defense · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 86.1%3,163 reviews 28 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition (2019) Steampunk · Lovecraftian · Exploration · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 84.5%3,320 reviews 29 Star Traders: Frontiers (2018) Sci-fi · Moddable · Simulation · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 84.1%3,623 reviews 30 Broken Age (2014) Point & Click · Adventure · Story Rich · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 83.6%7,988 reviews 31 Valdis Story: Abyssal City (2013) Metroidvania · Action · Platformer · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 83.9%2,688 reviews 32 SUNLESS SEA (2015) Exploration · Lovecraftian · Survival · 1M–2M owners · $18.99 83.1%9,288 reviews 33 Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today (2015) Adventure · Point & Click · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 83.6%1,478 reviews 34 Kona (2017) Survival · Adventure · Detective · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 82.9%3,384 reviews 35 Wasteland 2: Director's Cut (2014) RPG · Post-apocalyptic · Turn-Based · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 82.5%8,054 reviews 36 The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (2016) Adventure · Indie · VR · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 83.5%1,515 reviews 37 HARDCORE MECHA (2019) Action · Indie · Mechs · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 83.0%2,613 reviews 38 Dreamfall Chapters (2017) Adventure · Story Rich · Choices Matter · 500K–1M owners · $6.24 82.5%4,440 reviews 39 STASIS (2015) Point & Click · Isometric · Horror · 200K–500K owners · $3.19 81.9%2,218 reviews 40 Lords of Xulima (2014) RPG · Turn-Based · Indie · 50K–100K owners · $13.79 80.7%1,231 reviews 41 Expeditions: Conquistador (2013) RPG · Strategy · Turn-Based · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 78.9%1,543 reviews 42 Jotun: Valhalla Edition (2015) Adventure · Mythology · Action · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 77.4%8,441 reviews 43 Sir, You Are Being Hunted (2014) Survival · Stealth · Indie · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 77.7%3,887 reviews 44 Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams (2012) Side Scroller · Difficult · Platformer · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 77.6%1,895 reviews 45 Strike Suit Zero (2013) Space · Action · Mechs · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 77.1%1,656 reviews 46 The Flame in the Flood (2016) Survival · Adventure · Action Roguelike · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 76.0%7,166 reviews 47 Neverending Nightmares (2014) Horror · Psychological Horror · Indie · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 76.0%2,916 reviews 48 Hard West (2015) Western · Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 75.3%4,763 reviews 49 Yooka-Laylee (2017) 3D Platformer · Collectathon · Adventure · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 74.9%5,257 reviews 50 Chaos Reborn (2015) Strategy · RPG · Turn-Based · 100K–200K owners · $9.99 75.5%1,121 reviews