The ten highest-funded Kickstarter campaigns of all time, ranked by total pledged, led by eufyMake's E1 UV printer at $46.8 million.
The eufyMake E1 UV Printer raised $46.8 million in 2025, the most of any Kickstarter campaign. Brandon Sanderson's Surprise! Four Secret Novels is second at $41.7 million and The Official Cyberpunk Trading Card Game third at $27.6 million. The ranking uses total pledged on Kickstarter in US dollars at campaign close, as of October 2026.
Kickstarter has turned reward-based crowdfunding into a launch pad for gadgets, books and games, letting creators raise millions directly from their future customers. The biggest campaigns now pass $15 million, and seven of the top ten closed in 2025 or 2026. This ranking covers Kickstarter campaigns only, where backers pledge money in exchange for a product or creative work (not equity or tokens). The platform's record has changed hands three times in a decade: Pebble Time's $20.3 million in 2015, Brandon Sanderson's $41.7 million in 2022, and eufyMake's $46.8 million in 2025.
Anker's eufyMake E1, a personal 3D-texture UV printer, set the all-time Kickstarter record in 2025, raising $46,762,258 from 17,822 backers against a $500,000 goal. It broke the record Brandon Sanderson had held since 2022.
Brandon Sanderson secretly wrote four novels during the COVID-19 pandemic and launched them on Kickstarter in 2022. The campaign raised $41.7 million on Kickstarter from roughly 185,000 backers, breaking the all-time record, and grew to about $45.6 million with later pledges through BackerKit.
WeirdCo's Cyberpunk TCG, based on CD Projekt Red's franchise, raised about $27.6 million from roughly 49,000 backers in 2026, making it the highest-funded tabletop game on Kickstarter.
Snapmaker's U1 Color 3D Printer raised $20.6 million in 2025 from over 20,700 backers. The machine features four independent toolheads that swap in under five seconds, 500mm/s print speed, and multi-material support — making it the highest-funded 3D printing campaign on Kickstarter.
Pebble Technology's color e-paper smartwatch held the all-time Kickstarter record from 2015 until 2022, raising $20.3 million from roughly 78,000 backers against a $500,000 goal.
AWOL Vision's Aetherion ultra-short-throw projector raised $18.6 million in 2026 from roughly 7,050 backers. It delivered 6,000:1 native contrast with RGB laser technology at 4K resolution up to 200 inches, with variable refresh rate support — a first in the UST projector category.
XGIMI's TITAN Noir 4K RGB laser projector raised $16.9 million from roughly 5,640 backers in 2026. The ultra-short-throw projector features dual intelligent iris technology, 10,000:1 native contrast, and 7,000 ISO lumens — competing with dedicated cinema installations.
Legends of Avantris' space opera trilogy for D&D 5e raised $16.1 million from nearly 49,100 backers in 2026. At 269 times its $60,000 goal, the campaign proved that tabletop RPG content — not just miniatures — can raise eight figures on Kickstarter.
Brotherwise Games brought Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe to the tabletop RPG format in 2024, raising $15.1 million from over 55,100 backers at 60 times its goal. The Stormlight Archive-based system shipped to backers through 2025.
Peak Design's Roller Pro carry-on luggage raised $13.4 million from roughly 24,200 backers in 2025, far exceeding its $100,000 goal. The campaign featured modular packing, aerospace-grade materials, and Peak Design's signature lifetime warranty — their largest campaign to date.
| # | Name | Platform | Category | Year | Backers | Goal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eufyMake E1 UV Printer | Kickstarter | Technology | 2025 | ~17,800 | $500,000 |
| 2 | Surprise! Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson | Kickstarter | Publishing | 2022 | ~185,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 3 | The Official Cyberpunk Trading Card Game | Kickstarter | Tabletop Games | 2026 | ~49,000 | $500,000 |
| 4 | Snapmaker U1 Color 3D Printer | Kickstarter | 3D Printing | 2025 | ~20,700 | $500,000 |
| 5 | Pebble Time | Kickstarter | Technology | 2015 | ~78,000 | $500,000 |
| 6 | AWOL Vision Aetherion | Kickstarter | Technology | 2026 | ~7,050 | $500,000 |
| 7 | XGIMI TITAN Noir Series | Kickstarter | Technology | 2026 | ~5,640 | $500,000 |
| 8 | Neon Odyssey | Kickstarter | Tabletop Games | 2026 | ~49,100 | $60,000 |
| 9 | Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere RPG | Kickstarter | Tabletop Games | 2024 | ~55,100 | $250,000 |
| 10 | Roller Pro Carry-On Luggage | Kickstarter | Design | 2025 | ~24,200 | $100,000 |
Campaigns are ranked by total amount pledged on Kickstarter in US dollars at campaign close, as compiled in Hyperstarter's ranking of the most-funded Kickstarter campaigns, with the record-holding eufyMake E1 total taken from Kickstarter's own announcement. Only the Kickstarter campaign is counted: pledges collected afterwards through pledge managers such as BackerKit are excluded, which is why Brandon Sanderson's novels appear at $41.7 million rather than the roughly $45.6 million raised in total. Campaigns on other platforms (Indiegogo, Gamefound, BackerKit, or a creator's own site, such as Star Citizen) are not included, nor are equity crowdfunding, donation drives or coin offerings. Rank 1 is the highest-funded.
Reward-based crowdfunding allows creators to raise money from individual backers who pledge funds in exchange for a reward, usually the product being created, a limited edition, or an experience. Unlike equity crowdfunding or coin offerings, backers do not receive ownership shares or tokens. Kickstarter and Indiegogo are the best-known platforms.
Totals on different platforms are not reported the same way, and some long-running campaigns, such as the space game Star Citizen (over $174 million crowdfunded on its own website by the end of 2017), sit outside any platform's ranking. Counting one platform keeps the figures comparable.
This list covers reward-based crowdfunding only, where backers receive a product or experience. Initial coin offerings (ICOs) such as EOS ($4.1 billion) and Filecoin ($257 million) are investment-style token sales, a different category that often dwarfs reward-based campaigns.
Technology and hardware products account for five of the top ten campaigns, including the record holder, the eufyMake E1. Tabletop games and RPGs are next with three entries. The remaining two are publishing and design.
Exploding Kittens holds the record for most backers on Kickstarter, with about 219,000, even though it raised a relatively modest $8.8 million. That was roughly 878 times its $10,000 goal.
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