The thing that makes Subverse's success even more impressive, when you look at the history of gaming Kickstarters, is that most of the biggest earners date back to a time before crowdfunding fatigue had settled in.Īll-time champ Shenmue 3, with $6.6 million, started in 2015. Maybe the combat will actually be fun? Click to animate (opens in new tab) The Kickstarter page describes Subverse as "a tactical RPG/SHMUP hybrid that takes place in a fully explorable galaxy where you get to be the Captain of your very own ship.which is crewed by the sexiest and deadliest waifus you can recruit." It promises a story, grid-based combat reminiscent of a simplified Shadowrun, and women designed by "world-renowned art director and squidgirl-titty enthusiast Dzung Phung Dinh." Out of the 12,868 videogame Kickstarters since 2012's Double Fine Adventure, only 18 have pulled in more money than Subverse. But compare Subverse's haul to the $1.43 million that veteran Myst creators Cyan Worlds were just able to raise for their new game, and it's clear there's a very real, very hungry audience for Mass Effect meets Mass Erect. Unlike the names behind some of Kickstarter's biggest gaming successes-Double Fine, Obsidian, Yu Suzuki-Subverse creator FOW Interactive is only famous in the circle of people who watch CG porn of game characters on Newgrounds. Subverse (opens in new tab), a videogame created by a developer you've probably never heard of, passed $1,900,000 raised on Kickstarter on Tuesday, with 24 hours left to go.
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