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I think it's about time we tried to make a list of all games on Kickstarter currently trying to get funding that either support Linux, say they might support Linux, or even just are worth mentioning as we may be able to encourage them to support Linux.
Currently Campaigning Games
Playir: 3D Multiplayer games designer for PC and mobiles
- Genre: Games Designer / FPS / RTS / Platformer / Racer / Educational
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: £5,730 pledged of £25,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Nov 10, 4:57am EST.
Support 0 A.D., an Open-Source Strategy Game
- Genre: Real-Time Strategy
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $17,659 raised of $160,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Oct 20 11:59pm PT
Sanguine Nights - Darkest Blood
- Genre: Action RPG
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $1,066 pledged of $75,000
- Drive ends: Monday May 13, 4:20pm EDT.
- Genre: Construction of factories
- Linux Status: CONFIRMED
- Funding Status: 1.530€ raised of 17.000€
- Drive ends: Saturday Mar 02 11:59PM PT
Super Comboman: Beat-em-up Sticker Action Platformer
- Genre: Beat-em-up/platformer
- Linux Status: Confirmed (previously $25k stretch goal)
- Funding Status: $13,827 pledged of $14,900
- Drive ends: Wednesday Nov 14, 11:35am EST.
Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption by the Quest for Glory designers
- Genre: Role-playing/Adventure hybrid
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $202,462 pledged of $400,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Nov 20, 3:30pm EST.
- Genre: First person space adventure, trading and dogfighting
Linux Status: Developers are considering it, requires support and encouragment. You can vote for Linux support here.
- Funding Status: $972,413 pledged of $500,000
- Drive ends: Monday Nov 19, 1:58pm EST.
- Genre: First person tweedpunk survival game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: £40,690 pledged of £40,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Dec 2, 6:19am EST.
- Genre: Fantasy Action Adventure game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $1,260 pledged of $150,000
- Drive ends: Monday Dec 17, 7:24pm EST.
Distance - A Next Generation Arcade Racer
- Genre: Futuristic arcade racer
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $66,623 pledged of $125,000
- Drive ends: Friday Nov 16, 10:00pm EST.
Old-School 3D MMORPG World Of Midgard for Mac, PC, Android & iOS
- Genre: Graphic upgrade to 3D MMORPG
- Linux Status: Beta version released soon
- Funding Status: $1,048 raised of $5,000
- Drive ends: Sun Nov 25 at 11:59PM PT.
- Genre: Hand drawn point and click game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: £748 pledged of £15,000
- Drive ends: Friday Nov 30, 3:35am EST.
Interstellar Marines: Prologue
- Genre: AAA indie FPS
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $86,777 pledged of $600,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Nov 27, 10:00pm EST.
- Genre: Space combat
- Linux Status: Upon reaching $180,000
- Funding Status: $125,295 pledged of $100,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Nov 17, 2:10am EST.
- Genre: Sci fi God game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: £31,394 pledged of £100,042
- Drive ends: Wednesday Nov 28, 8:03am EST.
Pier Solar HD an RPG for XBOX360, PC, Mac, Linux & Dreamcast
- Genre: Classic style RPG
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $45,777 pledged of $139,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Dec 5, 9:30am EST.
- Genre: Resource gathering, strategic sci fi action game
- Linux Status: Possible with Unity 4
- Funding Status: $57,549 raised of $75,000
- Drive ends: Thu Nov 29 at 11:59PM PT
- Genre: Cooperative arena combat game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $10,297 pledged of $40,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Dec 1, 4:37am EST.
Fields of Fresh - Epic Campaign for an Epic RPG
- Genre: Farming Adventure RPG
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $723 pledged of $1,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Nov 6, 3:30pm EST.
- Genre: Voxel RTS/FPS hybrid
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $12,848 pledged of $5,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Nov 4, 8:56am EST.
- Genre: Space Action Adventure game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $8,027 pledged of $60,000
- Drive ends: Friday Oct 26, 8:21pm EDT.
- Genre: A futuristic 3D open-world action role-playing game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $1,951 pledged of $1,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Oct 31, 2:15pm EDT.
- Genre: Voxel based space combat simulator
- Linux Status: Confirmed, demo already available
- Funding Status: $7,861 pledged of $8,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Oct 17, 1:27pm EDT.
- Genre: Isometric, party-based role-playing game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $2,957,292 pledged of $1,100,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Oct 16, 9:00pm EDT.
- Genre: 3d adventure game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $11,824 pledged of $140,000
- Drive ends: Friday Oct 12, 11:55pm EDT.
Project: Gorgon – An Indie MMO by Industry Veterans
- Genre: Indie MMO
- Linux Status: Likely - "the next version of Unity is expected to support Linux games, so the odds are very good that we’ll be able to have a Linux game client"
- Funding Status: $7,303 pledged of $55,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Nov 3, 1:00am EDT.
- Genre: Old school turn-based 4X space strategy game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $47,640 pledged of $50,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Oct 28, 5:00pm EDT.
Sealark, an Oceanic Adventure Game
- Genre: Adventure Game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $44,194 pledged of $5,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Oct 14, 5:29pm EDT.
An Old-School RPG by Brenda Brathwaite and Tom Hall!
- Genre: RPG
- Linux Status: Upon reaching $1.5m
- Funding Status: $212,390 pledged of $1,000,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Nov 4, 9:15pm EST.
Monster RPG 2 - Open JRPG Game & Engine
- Genre: RPG
- Linux Status: Already available, but aiming for open source version
- Funding Status: $193 raised of $1,500
- Drive ends: Tue Nov 06 at 11:59PM PT.
Worlds Beyond - Classic retro RPG about the end of the world
- Genre: Story-driven Sci-fi RPG
Linux Status: Confirmed and Open-Sourced
- Funding Status: $2,630 pledged of $20,000
- Drive ends: Friday Oct 5, 7:00pm EDT.
- Genre: Rogue-like
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $6,604 pledged of $60,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Sep 29, 2:06pm EDT.
Tales of Illyria - A Unique RPG
- Genre: Role playing experience
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $860 pledged of $23,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Sep 19, 9:52pm EDT.
- Genre: High speed tactical multiplayer FPS
- Linux Status: Upon reaching $200,000
- Funding Status: $60,391 pledged of $180,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Sep 8, 2:33am EDT.
- Genre: Monster Catching RPG
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $6,361 pledged of $78,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Sep 26, 10:00pm EDT.
- Genre: Platform survival horror
- Linux Status: Likely due to Unity
- Funding Status: $28,870 pledged of $30,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Sep 11, 1:04pm EDT.
- Genre: Moddable Tactical RPG
- Linux Status: Confirmed - Demo available
- Funding Status: $2,397 pledged of $15,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Sep 8, 1:13pm EDT.
Scope Creep Hack-venture - Learn Linux and/or Hacking!
- Genre: 3d Adventure/Ethical Hacking game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $943 pledged of $2,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Sep 19, 8:39pm EDT.
- Genre: Tactical roleplaying strategy adventure game
- Linux Status: Confirmed via Unity3d
- Funding Status: $41,682 pledged of $70,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Sep 12, 5:25pm EDT.
- Genre: Puzzle/Defence game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $5,926 pledged of $10,000
- Drive ends: Friday Sep 7, 10:00am EDT.
- Genre: First Person Adventure game
- Linux Status: Confirmed (EP1 already on Linux)
- Funding Status: $100 raised of $5,000
- Drive ends: Sat Nov 24 at 11:59PM PT.
Broken Sword - the Serpent's Curse Adventure
- Genre: Point and Click Adventure Game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $270,352 pledged of $400,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Sep 22, 8:30am EDT.
David Crane's Jungle Adventure
- Genre: Action-Platformer (Action-Adventure Platformer)
- Linux Status: "We're happy to officially announce that we'll be using Unity3D to develop Jungle Adventure and due to popular demand, we've expanded platform support to PC, Mac, Linux and OUYA."
- Funding Status: $15,492 pledged of pledged of $900,000
- Drive ends: Friday Sep 14, 3:20pm EDT.
Planetary Annihilation - A Next Generation RTS
- Genre: RTS
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $352,885 pledged of $900,000
- Drive ends: 2012 Saturday Sep 15
- Genre: Action
- Linux Status: Will release OSX/Linux versions if pledges are above the requested.
- Funding Status: $4,152 pledged of $350,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Sep 11, 2:06am EDT.
- Genre: Tactical RPG
- Linux Status: Confirmed, AT launch
- Funding Status: $1,908 pledged of $75,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Sep 1, 12:36am EDT.
- Genre: The Sims-esque life simulator
- Linux Status: Confirmed!
- Funding Status: $100 raised of $74,568
- Drive ends: Mon Sep 03 at 11:59PM PT.
OddVille - An amazing journey in Retro3d
- Genre: 3d Retro styles Adventure game
Linux Status: Source code available to >$25 pledges and anyone who wants to port the game
- Funding Status: $117 pledged of $540
- Drive ends: Friday Aug 17, 4:05am EDT.
- Genre: Music battling game
- Linux Status: Via Flash
- Funding Status: $9,290 pledged of $25,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Aug 19, 3:10am EDT.
- Genre: Scrolling beat 'em up
- Linux Status: Post Launch
- Funding Status: $5,274 pledged of $80,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Aug 8, 5:25pm EDT.
- Genre: User content generated platformer
- Linux Status: "Shortly after the game is finished, I plan to work on Mac and Linux conversions, provided people are interested."
- Funding Status: $3,289 pledged of $15,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Aug 15, 6:55pm EDT.
STAR COMMAND: Kickstart Part 2 - The PC/Mac Space Adventure
- Genre: Spaceship management game
- Linux Status: "This is for PC/Mac releases. This is not because we don't love linux, it's just that we already have our hands full putting this together for iOS, Android and now desktops. Linux may come further down the line - we hear you Linux users!"
- Funding Status: $95,989 pledged of $100,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Aug 8, 11:52am EDT.
- Genre: Retro Platformer
- Linux Status: Confirmed with Unity4
- Funding Status: $7,308 pledged of $50,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Aug 29, 2:33pm EDT.
- Genre: Online RPG
- Linux Status: Confirmed with Unity4
- Funding Status: $198,888 pledged of $500,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 14, 4:00pm EDT.
- Genre: Creative voxel-based strategy game
- Linux Status: Confirmed with Unity4
- Funding Status: $313,919 pledged of $80,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Aug 26, 9:59am EDT.
iPayWhatIWant - An Indie Bundle For iOS + Everything Else
- Genre: 5 games
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $107 pledged of $5,000
- Drive ends: Friday Aug 17, 10:33am EDT.
- Genre: Retro style platformer
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $40 raised of $2,000
- Drive ends: Mon Aug 13 at 11:59PM PT.
Detective Grimoire: Adventure Game Win/Mac/Linux/iOS/Android
- Genre: Investigative Adventure game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $14,062 pledged of $25,000
- Drive ends: Thursday Aug 2, 6:28pm EDT.
- Genre: Bus Simulator
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $0 raised of $10,000
- Drive ends: Monday, August 27, 2012
- Genre: Sci-fi Anime RPG with simulation elements. Also educational
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $111 raised of $10,000
- Drive ends: Wed Nov 28 at 11:59PM PT.
- Genre: RPG and/or Management Sim and/or Life sim, depending what you choose
- Linux Status: Confirmed, via Ren'Py engine
- Funding Status: $1,255 raised of $35,000
- Drive ends: Wed Sep 05 at 11:59PM PT.
- Genre: Tactical RPG
- Linux Status: Confirmed, after launch
- Funding Status: $2,243 pledged of $7,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Aug 25, 6:15pm EDT.
- Genre: 2d physics puzzle platformer
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $1,252 pledged of $1,500
- Drive ends: Saturday Aug 11, 10:00pm EDT.
- Genre: Roguelike
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $22,085 raised of $48,000
- Drive ends: Thu Aug 30 at 11:59PM PT.
AR-K: A Dark Acid Adventure Comedy
- Genre: 3D Adventure game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $5,507 pledged of $150,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 7, 4:45am EDT.
- Genre: moddable, 2D sandbox game
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $4,845 pledged of $15,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 7, 10:00pm EDT.
- Genre: 3D platformer set inside the mind of the least-creative person on Earth
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $508 pledged of $11,000
- Drive ends: Thursday Aug 9, 11:00am EDT.
- Genre: 3D Adventure game
- Linux Status: Upon reaching $17,000
- Funding Status: $1,359 pledged of $6,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Aug 4, 2:21pm EDT.
- Genre: Robot 2d platformer
- Linux Status: (In message) "PC, Mac, Linux, and XBLA"
- Funding Status: $2,057 pledged of $10,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Jul 29, 11:43am EDT.
Legends of Aethereus - Action RPG
- Genre: Action RPG
- Linux Status: Confirmed via Unity3d 4
- Funding Status: $20,994 pledged of $25,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Jul 22, 3:15am EDT.
- Genre: 3D Language Learning Video Game
- Linux Status: Confirmed, via Unity 4
- Funding Status: $16,923 pledged of $12,000
- Drive ends: ect will be funded on Thursday Jul 26, 11:08pm EDT.
The Realm of Thyïlia - A revival of classical Role-Playing
- Genre: Free, online role-playing game
- Linux Status: Confirmed: "The game will run on all PC, Mac and Linux operating systems."
- Funding Status: $1,015 pledged of $20,000
- Drive ends: Monday Aug 6, 4:15pm EDT.
Project Lodus - A Cyberpunk Co-op Action RPG
- Genre: A Cyberpunk Co-op Action RPG
Linux Status: Needs encouragement: "We don't have any platforms set yet, but Linux is a huge one and we'll definitely consider it. One of the biggest things we're looking for is platform input from fans & backers, so the best way to show Linux support would be to donate and join our forums."
- Funding Status: $5,901 pledged of $50,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 14, 4:26pm EDT.
- Genre: Strategy game where you spend resources on building towers that destroy waves of incoming enemies
- Linux Status: Upon reaching $750,000
- Funding Status: $108,673 pledged of $250,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 14, 5:00pm EDT.
- Genre: Serialized side-scrolling action RPG
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $10,779 pledged of $30,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Aug 7, 12:59am EDT.
- Genre: Action RPG
- Linux Status: Possible: "Our game engine does not currently support this. We are working with them to see if additional platforms are possible, but at this time we don't have any word. Coming from an IT background I can understand the want for some good Linux games and it's something we will continue looking into for solutions. "
- Funding Status: $2,966 pledged of $50,000
- Drive ends: Friday Aug 17, 12:00am EDT.
- Genre: 2D Platformer
- Linux Status: Confirmed
- Funding Status: $5,807 pledged of $10,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Sep 8, 9:00pm EDT.
Quest For Infamy - An Adventure Game By Infamous Quests
- Genre: Adventure Game homage to Quest for Glory
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $48,448 pledged of $25,000
- Drive ends: Friday Jul 6, 5:46pm EDT.
Jack Houston and the Necronauts
Genre: Adventure Game (must watch the pitch video!!)
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $24,389 pledged of $56,000
- Drive ends: Thursday Aug 9, 11:11pm EDT.
Rival Threads : Last Class Heroes - The Final Push
- Genre: Stylish RPG
- Linux status: Confirmed (due to Unity3d)
- Funding status: $15,565 pledged of $5,000
- Drive ends: ect will be funded on Tuesday Jul 10, 6:30pm EDT.
- Genre: Multi-styled Platformer
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $5,088 pledged of $10,000
- Drive ends: Thursday Jul 19, 5:42pm EDT.
Alpha Colony: A Tribute to M.U.L.E.
- Genre: Strategic colonisation game
- Linux status: Confirmed (due to Unity 4)
- Funding status: $35,016 pledged of $500,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Jul 15, 1:00pm EDT.
Z. - "Magic: The Gathering + The Walking Dead"
- Genre: Digital Zombie Cardgame
- Linux status: Confirmed (due to Unity 4)
- Funding status: $30,808 pledged of $100,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Jul 14, 6:00pm EDT.
- Genre: Motion sensing swordfighting game by Neal Stephenson
- Linux status: Confirmed (due to Unity 4) stretch goal if it reaches $800K
- Funding status: $326,067 pledged of $500,000
- Drive ends: Monday Jul 9, 12:00pm EDT.
Genre: 3rd & 1st person, tank driving shooting game. The Drive is for adding a multiplayer section to it.
- Linux status: Confirmed, the original game is already available for Linux
- Funding status: $123 pledged of $1,500
- Drive ends: Saturday Jun 9, 6:48pm EDT
- Genre: Backwards RPG
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $163 pledged of $5,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday Jul 18, 8:30pm EDT.
- Genre: An animated adventure game (demo available from Kickstarter page)
- Linux status: Confirmed.
- Funding status: $5,115 pledged of $18,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Jun 30, 11:59pm EDT.
Tiny Cthulhu (thanks Buovjaga)
- Genre: 3d Platformer
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $205 raised of $15,000
- Drive ends: Sat Jul 21 at 11:59PM PT.
- Genre: Turn-based, dungeon crawling strategy game
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $626 pledged of $7,500
- Drive ends: Friday Jun 29, 2:19pm EDT.
- Genre: Adventure game from Space Quest developers
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $268,257 pledged of $500,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Jun 12, 1:27pm EDT.
- Genre: Vehicular mayhem
- Linux status: Confirmed, it will arrive earlier if it reaches $600,000.
- Funding status: $331,524 pledged of $400,000 goal
- Drive ends: Wednesday Jun 6, 11:00pm EDT.
- Genre: Fast paced arcadey FPS Linux support: "It is possible that if we surpassed our goal we would be able to release a Linux and MAC version as well as we do want to support those Operating Systems as well."
- Funding status: $285 pledged of $50,000
- Drive ends: Friday Jun 29, 2:37pm EDT.
- Genre: A Retro Action RPG Linux support: "Are there plans for a Mac/Linux port? It's definitely too soon to say 'yes' on this one, but ideally, we'd love to ensure as many people as possible get the chance to play Legend of the Time Star! If our initial budget allows, we'll try and get at the very least a Mac port out around the same time as the PC version. If not, we will revisit it based on the game's success and the demand of users. For now, it's safe to say the game will be PC only at launch."
- Funding status: $14,668 pledged of $57,500
- Drive ends: Thursday May 24, 8:01pm EDT.
- Genre: Real time strategy Linux support: "As part of our development process, we will strive to maintain compatibility with WINE so that Linux users should be able to play the game. A native Linux version, however would require us to exceed our current funding goal."
- Funding status: $11,257 pledged of $675,000
- Drive ends: Friday Jun 8, 8:34pm EDT.
- Genre: Adventure game Linux support: "Unfortunately, "Project Fedora's" engine doesn't support Linux. However, if we exceed our goal by enough, then we will be able to look into porting our game to Linux." (it's a home brew engine)
- Funding status: $230,975 pledged of $450,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Jun 16, 1:51am EDT.
- Genre: A massively multiplayer online RPG where you'd fight by making words out of letter tiles Linux Support: "It should be playable on PC, Mac, and probably Linux unless you've got some crazy distro whose interface is a pocketwatch or something."
- Funding status: $38,963 pledged of $100,000
- Drive ends: Thursday Jun 21, 3:49pm EDT.
- Genre: Tactical Science Fiction RPG Linux support: Confirmed, and as primary development platform.
- Funding status: $788 pledged of $16,384
- Drive ends: Thursday Jun 14, 10:32pm EDT.
The Time Tribe - Episodic time travel adventure game
- Genre: Adventure game Linux support: Flash, so yes.
- Funding status: $3,208 pledged of $25,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Jun 5, 11:59pm EDT.
- Genre: Medieval RPG and strategy, with tactical turn based battles and a simple economic model
- Linux status: Confirmed for 3-4 months after Window release, will be released at same time if reaches $100,000.
- Funding status: $74,136 pledged of $50,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday May 22, 12:00am EDT.
- Genre: Turn based horror game where you can play as intruders or dangerous denizens.
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $9,938 pledged of $25,000
- Drive ends: Friday Jul 6, 6:41am EDT.
- Genre: X-Com inspired strategic Alien combat game (demo available)
Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $71,632 pledged of $50,000 Funding ends: Sunday Jun 10, 7:19pm EDT.
The Pocalypse Defense 2 - RPG & Tower Defense
Genre: Webcomic based RPG & Tower Defense
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $1,335 Raised of $10,000
- Drive ends: Wed Jun 13 at 11:59PM PT.
- Genre: Adventure games (from makers of Gabriel Knight)
- Linux status: Upon reaching $400k.
- Funding status: $349,883 pledged of $300,000
- Drive ends: Saturday May 19, 9:57am EDT.
Drifter: A Space Trading Game (thanks Inquisitor)
- Genre: Space Trading
- Linux status: Possible
- Funding status: $34,962 pledged of $50,000
- Drive ends: Monday Jun 4, 10:29pm EDT.
- Genre: Civilisation building in randomly generated world
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: €75 committed on a goal of €3500
- Drive ends: 18th June 2012
- Genre: Wild West Retro RPG with 1-4 Player Co-op
- Linux status: At 25k
- Funding status: $15,943 pledged of $5,000
- Drive ends: Monday May 21, 2:00am EDT.
fleetCOMM : Operation Vigrior (thanks Inquisitor)
- Genre: Sci-fi 2D Real Time Tactics game
Linux status: Confirmed. 64bit Linux demo currently available here. 32bit version on the way.
- Funding status: $7,471 pledged of $12,000
- Drive ends: Saturday May 5, 2:59am EDT.
- Genre: WWII RTS Linux support: Confirmed
- Funding status: $801 pledged of $195,000
- Drive ends: Saturday May 19, 5:10am EDT.
- Genre: Photo based adventure game (first ep available free now) Linux support: (in message) "If we'll raise enough funds to finish the game - we'll do our best to port it on Mac and Linux."
- Funding status: $143 pledged of $11,111
- Drive ends: Tuesday May 22, 2:31pm EDT.
The Adventures of Arcadia - Video Game
Genre:2D Side-Scrolling RPG Game
- Linux status: (In message to me) "We plan to cross platform it for Max and Linux. It will right after the main release though - but not very long after it, if not almost parallel to it... Quick Answer: Yes - Yes It Will Be."
- Funding status: $250 pledged of $3,000
- Drive ends: May 2, 2:56pm EDT.
- Genre: FPS
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $5 Raised of $3,000
- Drive ends: Tue Apr 24 at 11:59PM PT
- Genre: Massively multiplayer persistent 4X
- Linux status: Confirmed (via Java and HTML5)
- Funding status: $1,243 Raised of $4,884
- Drive ends: Wed May 23 at 11:59PM PT.
- Genre: Sidescrolling platformer action/adventure game
- Linux status: "The game will run on any device that supports Javascript" (Author is Linux user)
- Funding status: $9,060 pledged of $5,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday May 1, 2:41am EDT.
- Genre: FPS
- Linux status: "...at the moment theres only a Windows version in the works, but we have had a few people that understand Linux have a look same as we did with Quake II Evolved, and like there I’m sure we will get a port of it up and running at some point. At this moment we only one single coder so Windows is of course going to take priority!" (The engine is GPL which makes porting easier)
- Funding status: $821 Raised of $20,000
- Drive ends: Thu Jun 21 at 11:59PM PT.
- Genre: 3d Open World Action Platformer
- Linux status: "we feel Linux would become something we could commit to at $800k. If we reach $650k, we pledge that we'll try to make it happen but wouldn't feel confident making a promise at that level. The Linux version would likely come a little after the full release."
- Funding status: $161,896 pledged of $280,000
- Drive ends: Friday May 18, 11:59pm EDT.
Plague (thanks zerothis)
- Genre: 2d game where you spread the plague
- Linux status: Confirmed.
- Funding status: $1,341 of $20,000
- Drive ends: SUNDAY APR 29, 2:51PM EDT.
Shadowrun Returns (thanks Inquisitor)
- Genre: 2d turn based RPG (emphasis on story and interaction, based on long established role-playing setting).
- Linux status: CONFIRMED ($1m target has been hit)
- Funding status: $1,029,827 pledged of $400,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Apr 29, 2:59am EDT.
- Genre: Scifi combat racing
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $1,840 pledged of $25,000
- Drive ends: Thursday May 10, 4:14pm EDT.
- Genre: Vehicular Multiplayer First Person Shooter
- Linux status: From message: "Right now we are only focusing on PC. After release, we'll see what happens but until then PC is our priority."
- Funding status: $7,317 pledged of $15,000
- Drive ends: Sunday May 20, 11:56am EDT.
- Genre: Zombie Sandbox RPG
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $21 Raised of $35,000
- Drive ends: Thu Jun 07 at 11:59PM PT.
The Earth: Battle for Survival
- Genre: Top down alien shooter
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $115 pledged of $10,000
- Drive ends: Friday May 4, 12:53pm EDT.
- Genre: Balloon Popping game
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $11.00 pledged of $2,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday May 9, 4:17pm EDT.
- Genre: Top down 3d fighting game
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $10.00 pledged of $10,000 Drive Status: Sunday May 6, 6:08pm EDT.
That's Why You're Not Ugly! - The Game
- Genre: Lemonade stall-esque Beauty Parlour business simulator
- Linux status: "Also will have access to download the game for any additional platforms we port to (Mac, Linux, iOS, Android) for no additional cost."
- Funding status: $115 pledged of $22,500
- Drive ends: Monday Apr 23, 3:05pm EDT.
- Genre: Multiplayer sandbox adventure game creator
- Linux status: "It’s not immediately compatible with Linux, but If there is enough demand we will release a browser-based solution. " (ie. probably uses Unity3d)
- Funding status: $139,578 pledged of $250,000
- Drive ends: Sunday May 6, 3:23pm EDT.
- Genre: Browser based MMO RTS
- Linux status: "Linux, Mac, PC, and hundreds of millions of tablets and smartphones can play without downloading a bulky client."
- Funding status: $1,476 pledged of $20,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Apr 29, 7:01pm EDT.
- Genre: 3d 3rd person action/adventure/exploration game
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $110 pledged of $20,000
- Drive ends: Monday Apr 30, 6:02pm EDT.
Jane Jensen's Pinkerton Road: "A Year of Adventure"
- Genre: Mystery Adventure games (possibly more than one, and more in the future if the company is successful, we're funding the company's foundation)
- Linux status: "If we get enough funding to fuel the port to Linux we will offer it -- stay tuned!"
- Funding status: $98,036 pledged of $300,000
- Drive ends: Saturday May 19, 9:57am EDT.
- Genre: 1st person / 3rd person free-roaming spaceship combat experience
- Linux status: Update #1 "Currently, we only plan PC and PS Vita. However, if we overfund in this campaign, we will look at other platforms, particularly the Ubuntu flavor of Linux and Mac, but also iOS. "
- Funding status: $29,563 pledged of $150,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday May 8, 11:47pm EDT.
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Adventure Mysteries
- Genre: Adventure Game
- Linux status: "We are still looking into the Linux platform. I will post when I know more Dave"
- Funding status: $11,040 pledged of $55,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Apr 28, 11:50pm EDT.
- Genre: 3d overhead action games with twisted monster designs.
- Linux status: "Available for PC, Mac and Linux"
- Funding status: $270 pledged of $100,000
- Drive ends: Friday May 4, 12:00am EDT.
- Genre: 2.5D semi-top down view action/adventure game
- Linux status: (from message I received) "Currently, we don't have plans for the game on Linux. In the future we are hoping to get game on Linux and Mac OS."
- Funding status: $1,443 pledged of $5,000
- Drive ends: Friday May 11, 7:39pm EDT.
- Genre: FPS/RTS Hybrid :: Genre
- Linux status: "But, we also have bigger plans if we exceed $15,000. We want to allow people to play this game on any platform possible, be it: iOS, Android, Linux, Mac, Xbox, Playstation, etc."
- Funding status: $572 pledged of $15,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday May 1, 11:50pm EDT.
- Genre: Exploration and Combat Platformer
- Linux status: "We will be looking into porting the game to other platforms, but they will not be available on launch with the PC version. A Mac version is most likely be the first port we make.We've recieved some request for a Linux port so we got in contact with a specialist in porting games to Linux that was suggested to us by a number of you in emails. The engine the game is built does not currently have support for Linux, and we won't know if we will get what we need to make it happen until a few months from now. The first steps have been taken, but this is where the port for Linux stands right now. If they are possible the ports will take some time, but we will give it our best."
- Funding status: $15,655 pledged of $8,000 goal
- Drive ends: Friday Apr 27, 9:17pm EDT.
Leisure Suit Larry Remake (thanks madjr)
- Genre: Point and Click (somewhat Adult) Adventure Game
- Linux status: NOT FULLY CONFIRMED. Previously -"Once we are 100% funded then we can add platforms, starting with Linux (our biggest demand besides PC / Steam) and branch out from there." Now - "1) PC 2) Mac 3) iPad 4) Android tablets. Once we surpass our $500k Kickstarter goal we can talk about additional rooms, more girls, Larry getting in to more trouble, and yes, even a version for you hardcore Linux users out there!!"
- Funding status: $154,251 pledged of $500,000
- Drive ends: Wednesday May 2, 12:30pm EDT.
- Genre: Post Apocalyptic RPG
- Linux status: CONFIRMED -"Linux is go! All pledge levels that include a copy of the game will come with your choice of PC or Linux or Mac OS X."
- Funding status: $2,132,505 pledged of $900,0000
- Drive ends: Tuesday Apr 17, 8:05am EDT.
- Genre: 3d Puzzle game
- Linux status: "It's not currently on the schedule but if there is a base of users that would really like it than we can totally check it out and give it a go."
- Funding status: $6,326 pledged of $5,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Mar 24, 8:19pm EDT.
- Genre: Cooperative Puzzle Game
- Linux status: NOT A RUNNER, uses UNITY3D for engine.
- Funding status: $36,042 pledged of $60,000
- Drive ends: Friday Mar 30, 11:59pm EDT.
Tempus Chronicle - The RPG Series (Tuesdays at 6pm)
- Genre: Old school weekly episodic RPG game series (whoa)
- Linux status: "To clarify, the game will be cloud-based and playable through the browser. That means that the game will work for any computer running PC/Mac (using Flash) or Linux (using Gnash) from the start."
- Funding status: $38,169 pledged of $200,000
- Drive ends: Monday Apr 30, 11:59pm EDT.
- Genre: Role playing Viking strategy game with hand drawn aesthetics
- Linux status: Confirmed, if slightly delayed"will officially be porting to the iPad and Linux. Let's be up front here: the Kickstarter campaign is officially for PC and Mac, and we can't change that now. However, we can now promise that your donations will be used to port the finished game to these new platforms within a reasonable timeframe. We're committed to it."
- Funding status: $426,812 pledged of $100,000
- Drive ends: Friday Apr 20, 7:00pm EDT.
- Genre: Colourful action mobile game
- Linux status: Confirmed, but apparently only as a reward
- Funding status: $5,861 pledged of $5,000 goal
- Drive ends: Sunday Apr 15, 1:06am EDT.
Unearth (Thanks Buovjaga)
- Genre: post apocalyptic strategy RPG
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $40 pledged of $5,000
- Drive ends: Tue May 01 at 11:59PM PT
Tavern Of Heroes (Thanks Buovjaga)
- Genre: point-n-click RPG
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $180 pledged of $10,000
- Drive ends: Fri Jun 01 at 11:59PM PT
CraftStudio - Real-time collaborative game-making
Genre: Collaborative game making tool that aims to make creating a game fun in a MineCraft-esque way.
- Linux status: On release, but not for alpha-testing.
- Funding status: $9,665 Raised of $16,000 Goal
- Drive ends: Fri Apr 27 at 11:59PM PT.
Steam Greenlight Games
These are Linux games that are gaining support to be released on Steam. A list of them (that seems regularly updated) can be found here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92987370
Alphafunding
As zerothis pointed out, Desura has a category for crowdsourced Linux games. You pay a fee and get access to early versions, both supporting their development and giving you the chance to play the games in their early form. To see them, go to this link (and ensure that you click on the icon at the top of the screen to view Linux games only): http://www.desura.com/games#alpha Current games include: Metagolf, Incursion, Snorms, Tomes of Mephistopheles, 3079, Towns, Project Zomboid, Survivors of Ragnarök, and King Arthur's Gold. If you know of any other Linux game on Kickstarter (or any other such crowdfunding website), post your own entries.
Drive completed games:
- Genre: Ruby development environment
- Linux status: Confirmed and a focus
- Funding status: $11.00 pledged of $32,500
- Drive ends: Sunday May 27, 7:39pm EDT. FINISHED - CANCELLED
- Genre: First person psychadelic action/adventure game
- Linux status: "The game will initially be available for Windows. If it takes off, I will also compile it for OSX and Linux."
- Funding status: $376 pledged of $300
- Drive ends: Monday Apr 30, 7:44pm EDT. FINISHED - SUCCESSFUL
(I'm hesitant to mention this, as it seems to be incredibly ambitious, and the Kickstarter drive is only to bring it to an alpha status, and I've just had a bad feeling about it, but you guys have a right to be informed)
- Genre: Zombie MMO
- Linux status: "Windows PC for now, we're hoping to also get some Mac and Linux support out there later on!" (Note: Uses Ogre3d for rendering)
- Funding status: $154,968 pledged of $60,000
- Drive ends: Sunday Apr 29, 6:00pm EDT FINISHED - SUCCESSFUL
- Genre: Episodic visual novel
- Linux status: Confirmed: "Thanks to Ren'Py this project can and will be released and ready to run on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems."
- Funding status: $4,187 pledged of $10,000
- Drive ends: Tuesday May 1, 1:28am EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL
Police Warfare (thanks HakuXR)
- Genre: Tactical shooter (like Rainbow Six and SWAT)
- Linux status: "Consoles / Linux / Mac This is something we've received a lot of questions about. As of now our focus is the PC version of the game BUT if we exceed our fundraising goals we are putting every cent back into the development of this game. That means if we receive the neccesary funds to hire additional platform engineers and leads to bring the game to linux or mac for only 10 users we will. That's not to say there's only 10 linux and mac users out there (since we've recieved many more requests than that!), the point I am making is that our goal is to make an amazing game and put it in as many players hands as possible."
- Funding status: $21,754 pledged of $325,000
- Drive ends: Friday May 18, 11:51AM EDT. FINISHED- CANCELLED
- Genre: Educational game
- Linux status: "All of the above and get a Preview Copy of the Final Game(s) for 3 YEARS and even get new Updates, Upgrades, or even Expansion Packs for ALL Mobile Platforms and even Tablet/Desktop OS's (i.e. Windows 7/8, Linux/UNIX, and/or OSX) we release to."
- Funding status: $100.00 pledged of $750
- Drive ends: Sunday Apr 22, 12:53pm EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL
Rogue AI - Wan't this game on your iPad?
- Genre: Space defensive strategy game
- Linux status: Update #1: "Started converting Rogue AI to windows and hopefully to Linux as well!"
- Funding status: $27.00 pledged of $1,293
- Drive ends: Saturday Apr 14, 8:23pm EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL
- Genre: 3d top-down shooter.
- Linux status: "144% [$99,360] Mac and Linux release of Metacell 1 and 2" (I love it when they outright state the terms like this)
- Funding status: $1,674 pledged of $69,000
- Drive ends: Friday Apr 13, 10:22pm EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL
Genre: 3D mining & building game with cel shaded graphics
- Linux status: Linux version is being worked on
- Funding status: $22,853 pledged of $20,000
- Drive ends: August 7, 2011. FINISHED - SUCCESS
- Genre: Arcade action rpg with emphasis on mulitplayer inspired by Gauntlet Legends
- Linux status: If they raise $20,000, they'll launch with a Linux version but that they're "going to release a Linux port one way or another"
- Funding status: $3,076 pledged of $10,000
- Drive ends: Saturday Apr 7, 3:12am EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL
- Genre: Spaceship simulator with elements of rouguelike, mangement, and RTS
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $200,542 pledged of $10,000 (confirmed)
- Drive ends: Sunday Apr *1, *1:00am EDT FINISHED - SUCCESS
- Genre: Tactical shooter (like Rainbow Six and SWAT)
- Linux status: "Mac and Linux are TBD based on demand. If you are interested, let us know!"
- Funding status: $221,833 pledged of $200,000
- Drive ends: FINISHED - SUCCESS
- Genre: Genetics and microbe Puzzle game with scientific underpinnings
- Linux status: Confirmed
- Funding status: $4,329 pledged of $1,500 goal*
- Drive ends: COMPLETED AND SUCCESSFUL
Feeble's Fable™: The Legend of Runes
- Genre: 3d Adventure Game with great art design
- Linux status: "If we are able to raise $100,000 through Kickstarter, we will port to Linux." :: Funding status: $7,733 pledged of $38,500
- Funding status: $10,803 pledged of $38,500
- Drive ends: Sunday Apr 1, 2:59am EDT. FINISHED - UNSUCCESSFUL
Originally posted The Ubuntu Forums (ubuntuforums.org)