Retro, retro modern and fun gaming Kickstarters

While the Switch seems like a license to print money for established developers and publishers, there are plenty of startups looking for cash to fund their games. Or, some larger or growing developers taking a punt on a Switch version. Either way, there's a growing number of Switch campaigns on the go for you to back. Do drop us a line if you want yours listed!

2025: A few more as retro gaming gets interesting again:

Quantic River (Steam Deck)

Maiden of the Dark (Game Boy) (Nearly funded, still live) 

Metal Mack (Mega Drive and Neo Geo) (Funded, still live) 

Retro PlayStation Magazine 

Joe & Mac Retro Collection (Funded) 

Nightmare Busters Rebirth

Operation Highjump (Funded)

2024 Update: Some fresh gaming and related projects here. 

2023 Update: A few campaigns for Switch, PlayStation or other formats that have caught my eye recently:

Mariachi Legends (Switch Physical option, funded, ongoing)

Ratatan (Switch, PS5, from the Patapon team)

Tavern Talk (Switch, Funded, Completed)

Rune Fencer Illyia (Coming to Switch, January 2024) 

Previous games:

Born Punk (Insert Disk 22) Possible Switch version

In progress:
Colors Live (art with stylus, funded day one)
Dawn for the End (retro game, funded)
Vernal Edge (1/4 funded day one, looking at a 2023 release)

KS Finished:

Hatch Tales: Chicken Wiggle (Jools Whattam, classic 3DS platformer HD port, funded)
Afterlight (Silent Road) Possible Switch version - Failed
Under Stranger Stars (USS) Switch stretch goal
Lunark (Canari Games) Switch version possible - Nearly funded, last days
Summer in Mara (Chibig) 31K goal - gorgeous looking aquatic adventure - FUNDED
Bubsy: Paws on Fire (Accolade) £20K goal, quarter funded day one
Chained Echoes (CE) Possible Switch stretch goal

Evergate (Stone Lantern) Switch version by 2020

NOISZ re:||VERSE (NoizMakers) Rhythm Bullet Hell Funded, missed Switch goal

One Step from Eden (Thomas Moon Kang) - Deck-building action game - FUNDED

Enferi (The Hatchling) - Funding failed

SwitchBlades Side Rails (stylish rail hardware accessory, pictured) - neat idea.

Hyper Parasite (Troglobytes) - failed
Bushiden (Pixel Arc) Added Switch goal - funded
Log Jammers (Mega Cat) Funded
Onmo (Jonas Manke) Possible Switch goal funded - due late 2019
Hazelnut Bastille (ALoftStudio) Switch stretch goal funded - due 2020
Monster Sanctuary (Moi Rai) Switch goal succeeded - due 2020

The Darkside Detective Season 2 (Spooky Doorway)  Funded

Grimshade (Asterion/TaleRock) $100K goal reached, coming 2019

Hamsterdam (Muse Games) FUNDED (you can still contribute)

Thief's Roulette (Malik Brown) Danganronpa-like FUNDED
Masquerada (Witching Hour) FUNDED
Sol705 (Land Patricio) Graphic adventure, £25K Stretch goal FUNDED
198X (Hi-Bit) £41K goal FUNDED
The Good Life (Swery White Owl) $800K stretch goal FUNDED
The Mystery of Woolley Mountain (Lightfoot) FUNDED



Funded:

The Seashore (RPG) Boomerang Games FUNDED

Eat All The Things (Arcade) Stami Studio

Skull Pirates (Action RPG) Luc Bernard
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows (RPG) Witching Hour
XenoCrisis (Arcade) Bitmap Bureau