Video games on Kickstarter Raised $15.8 million last year

According to Ico Partners analysts, in 2018, 1,501 video games raised money on Kickstarter. The backers donated $17.7 million to them, 1149 projects successfully completed their Kickstarter campaign and received $15.8 million in total, Polygon reports.

Obviously, the popularity of video games on Kickstarter continues to decline:

• In 2017, they raised $17.2 million on the site.
• In 2015, the result was a record at all: fees exceeded $ 41 million.
• As for the indicator for 2018, it is the lowest in the last six years.

Ico Partners also noted that backers are investing less and less in Kickstarter games from $ 100 thousand to $ 500 thousand.

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