Tim Schafer's Broken Age wasn't the first crowdfunded adventure game, but that title was the catalyst that started an adventure movement on crowdfunding sites. I decided I'd catalog crowdfunded adventure titles here.
Released in 2022
 | A space-themed comedy adventure game by the Two Guys From Andromeda, the Space Quest creators. |
Released in 2020
 | Unsuccessfully included as a tier in the Broken Sword 5 Kickstarter, but released. A sequel to the 90s cult hit Beneath a Steel Sky. |
Released in 2019
 | An adventure RPG hybrid where a young mage initiate strives to prove himself worthy to the mage masters so he can join their ranks. |
 | Ryo and Shenhua seek to discover the secret of the mirrors, track down the Chi You Men, and finally face the killer of Ryo's father. |
Released in 2018
 | A beginner thief joins Hero-U and must choose to continue his quest to join the Thieves Guild or become a rogue hero. |
Released in 2017
 | An adventure game from Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, the creators of Maniac Mansion, in the style of that game. |
Released in 2016
 | After the captain of the Brazen Blade drowns in an Azurrbean ocean, a brutish pirate named Duke longs to take his place. |
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Solve a mystery in the supernatural underworld in Okam's adaptation of the Dog Mendoça & Pizzaboy comic book series. |
 | Captain Frank English and Aled travel through space in search of new planets to claim a galactic British Empire. |
Released in 2015
 | An adventure game made with clay, from the creators of The Neverhood. |
 | An epidemic known as "The Vague" sweeps the Cosmos. Alum steps outside the system he has always known and seeks answers. |
 | A magical plague is taking over the human world, so the foursome find themselves working together again to stop it. |
 | Crowdfunding helped get this 1995 adventure targeted towards young girls released online for free for a minimum of one year. |
 | Tim Schafer's return to adventure games follows a boy and a girl who are living parallel lives. |
 | Zoë Castillo's journey continues in a game developed by Ragnar Tørnquist's Red Thread Games. |
 | I had to cancel my Kickstarter due to an unexpected death in the family, but I later made this game for a game jam. |
 | Crowdfunding helped get this 1996 adventure targeted toward young girls released online for free for a minimum of one year. |
 | Crowdfunding helped get this 1997 adventure targeted towards young girls released online for free for a minimum of one year. |
Released in 2014
 | George and Nico investigate a theft of a mysterious painting from a Paris gallery and uncover a conspiracy. |
 | An agent working for an organization known as Cygnus infiltrates the secret organization Trident to take down its leader, Neptune. |
 | Pinkerton Road Kickstarter's Mystery Game X. A re-imagined Gabriel Knight 1 with high-definition art, music, and new voiceovers. |
 | While lost while delivering, a truck driver and his dog arrive at a gas station where they're given directions to the mysterious route zero. |
 | An investigation of a series of events by an antique dealer yields details which hold a bizarre significance. |
 | A remake of the original Shadowgate, with high-definition art, music, and additional stories and puzzles. |
 | An adventure and RPG hybrid where a man is trying to start his life over after running away from a shady past. |
 | Tex Murphy wakes up to find his memories of the last seven years have been erased, and he must find out who did it and why. |
Released in 2013
 | An FBI agent with the ability to see into the past finds clues that hint that some one is targeting her for her abilities. |
 | A gender ambiguous detective has fallen upon hard times, and ends up taking a high profile case to find a missing singer. |
 | A re-imagined Larry 1 with high definition art, music, and voice acting, and additional puzzles. |
 | A girl named Lilly seeks to rewrite the past, change the present, and unlock the ultimate mystery.
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Released in 2012
 | Unsuccessful on Kickstarter, but released. Sherlock Holmes solves three cases in this live-action full-motion video adventure. |
Released in 2010
 | Explore the decisions a woman made to get to where she is, and what would have happened if she'd done things differently. |
Games Funded but Unlikely to be Released
 | A text-based adventure where you create your own personality and the choices you make have real consequences on the game world. |
 | A three-part episodic noir adventure game where a detective has to investigate his own murder. |
Games Not Released Because of Unsuccessful Campaigns
 | Head to Stauff's mansion once again to brave more deadly traps and solve more puzzles. |
 | A police Lieutenant finds herself being hunted and doesn't know who she can trust. |
 | A Vampyre Story goes episodic in Autumn Moon's five part prequel. |
