377,611,844 USD total pledge amount as of July 26, 2021
Cloud Imperium Games launched the public crowdfunding campaign for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 on October 10, 2012 on their self-hosted website following the games official announcement at GDC Online 2012. A week later it was also launched on kickstarter.com and ran from October 18, 2012[1] to November 19, 2012, at which the kickstarter campaign had raised USD $2,134,374 and the game a total amount of USD $6,238,563.[2] On March 4, 2014 Star Citizen set a Guinness World Record for Most crowdfunded project (overall) after raising USD $39,680,576.[3]
As of December 5th, 2021 Cloud Imperium Games has raised USD 419,508,694[4] for the development of Star Citizen and Squadron 42.
Pledges and rewards[]
The pledges for the Kickstarter campaign contained in-game items and also physical rewards. The Kickstarter rewards can no longer be obtained.
| USD $ | Pledge Title (Kickstarter) |
Pledge Title (RSI.com) |
Contents | Citizen Card Color | Limited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.00 | The Kickstarter | N/A | Electro Skin Hull Enhancement | (No Citizen Card) | |
| 10.00 | Civilian | Community Pledge | (None) | (No Citizen Card) | |
| 30.00 | Scout | First Responder | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Aurora 1,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access |
White | 5.000 |
| 30.00 | Digital Scout | Early Adopter | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Aurora 1,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access |
(No Citizen Card) | 5.000 |
| 35.00 | Digital Scout | Early Adopter | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Aurora 1,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access |
(No Citizen Card) | 3.000 |
| 37.00 | Digital Scout | Early Adopter | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Aurora 1,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access |
(No Citizen Card) | 5,000 |
| 40.00 | Mercenary | Have Starship Will Travel | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Aurora 1,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access |
White | |
| 60.00 | Bounty Hunter | Make mine a Double | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x 300i 2,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Game soundtrack (digital) Map of the game universe (digital) Star Citizens manual (42-pages, digital) |
Green | |
| 60.00 | Digital Bounty Hunter | (No Citizen Card) | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x 300i 2,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Game soundtrack (digital) Map of the game universe (digital) Star Citizens manual (42-pages, digital) |
(No Citizen Card) | |
| 60.00 | Double Digital Scout | (No Citizen Card) | 2x Star Citizen (digital game license) Includes all contents from Digital Bounty Hunter twice |
(No Citizen Card) | |
| 110.00 | Pirate | Avast Mateys | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Cutlass Black 2,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Game soundtrack (digital) Map of the game universe (digital) Star Citizens manual (42-pages, digital) |
(No Citizen Card) | |
| 110.00 | Digital Colonel | (No Citizen Card) | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x F7C Hornet 5,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Game soundtrack (digital) Map of the game universe (digital) Squadron 42 manual (digital) |
(No Citizen Card) | |
| 110.00 | Digital Freelancer | (No Citizen Card) | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Freelancer 5,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Game soundtrack (digital) Map of the game universe (digital) Engineering Manual for Modders (digital) |
(No Citizen Card) | |
| 120.00 | Quad Digital Scout | (No Citizen Card) | 4x Star Citizen (digital game license) Includes all contents from Digital Scout four times |
(No Citizen Card) | |
| 125.00 | Colonel | Wingnut | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x F7C Hornet 5,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Spaceship shaped USB stick including all digital elements (Soundtrack, Manuals, etc) CD with the game soundtrack Game universe map (printed, glossy, full color) Star Citizen manual (printed, hardcover) |
Bronze | |
| 125.00 | Freelancer | Lancer | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Freelancer 5,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Spaceship shaped USB stick including all digital elements (Soundtrack, Manuals, etc) CD with the game soundtrack Game universe map (printed, glossy, full color) Star Citizen manual (printed, hardcover) |
Bronze | |
| 250.00 | Rear Admiral | Come Fly with me | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Constellation Andromeda 10,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Spaceship shaped USB stick including all digital elements (Soundtrack, Manuals, etc) CD with the game soundtrack Game universe map (printed, glossy, full color) Set of 5 Ship blueprints | ||
| 500.00 | Vice Admiral | The Man | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Cutlass Black 2,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Game soundtrack (digital) Map of the game universe (digital) Star Citizens manual (42-pages, digital) |
(No Citizen Card) | 1.000 |
| 1,000.00 | High Admiral | The Stars my Destination | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Constellation Andromeda 20,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Spaceship shaped USB stick including all digital elements (Soundtrack, Manuals, etc) CD with the game soundtrack Game universe map (printed, glossy, full color) Set of 5 Ship blueprints 6-inch Physical model of the Constellation Andromeda 'The Making of Star Citizen' (printed, hardcover) 30 minute video conference with Chris Roberts |
Platinum | 50 |
| 2,500.00 | Grand Admiral | In the Distant Future... | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) Five flight ready ships 20,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Spaceship shaped USB stick including all digital elements (Soundtrack, Manuals, etc) CD with the game soundtrack Game universe map (printed, glossy, full color) Set of 5 Ship blueprints 6-inch Physical model of the Constellation Andromeda 'The Making of Star Citizen' (printed, hardcover) Engineering Manual for Modders (printed, 42-pages, hardcover) Squadron 42 Manual (printed, 42-pages, hardcover) 60 minute video conference with Chris Roberts |
Platinum | |
| 5,000.00 | Space Marshall | Go Boldly | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Constellation Andromeda 20,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access Spaceship shaped USB stick including all digital elements (Soundtrack, Manuals, etc) CD with the game soundtrack Game universe map (printed, glossy, full color) Set of 5 Ship blueprints 8-inch Physical model of the Constellation Andromeda 'The Making of Star Citizen' (printed, hardcover) Spend half a day with Chris Roberts |
Black | 20 |
| 10,000.00 | Wing Commander | Give me the Galaxy | 1x Star Citizen (digital game license) 1x Constellation Andromeda 20,000 UEC Alpha and Beta access 1x Ship paint for Constellation Custom ship name Access to Million Mile High Club Spaceship shaped USB stick including all digital elements (Soundtrack, Manuals, etc) CD with the game soundtrack Game universe map (printed, glossy, full color) Set of 5 Ship blueprints 10-inch Physical model of the Constellation Andromeda 'The Making of Star Citizen' (printed, hardcover) Spend a day with Chris Roberts and a part of the Development team |
Titanium | 10 |
Stretch goal rewards[]
Once the crowdfunding campaign reached $6 million, all of the original stretch goals were set to be included in the game, a list of the rewards can be found on the Stretch goal rewards page.
Funding milestones[]
The following table lists the dates at which crowdfunding milestones were reached.
| US $ | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| $2.0 million | October 25, 2012 | |
| $3.0 million | November 8, 2012 | |
| $4.0 million | November 16, 2012 | |
| $5.0 million | November 18, 2012 | |
| $6.0 million | November 19, 2012 | |
| $6,238,563 | November 19, 2012 | End of the Kickstarter campaign[1] |
| $7.0 million | (No Citizen Card) | |
| $8.0 million | February 15, 2013 | Metal upgrades for Bronze and Silver cards |
| $9.0 million | April 29, 2013 | Lifetime Insurance given to all who have signed up. |
| $10.0 million | June 10, 2013 | |
| $20.0 million | September 26, 2013 | |
| $30.0 million | November 24, 2013 | |
| $40.0 million | March 10, 2014 | |
| $42,336,241 | April 16, 2014 | 20:58 UTC all Alpha Slots gone |
| $48,182,163 | July 16, 2014 | 500,000 Star Citizens! |
| $50.0 million | August 15, 2014 | During Gamescom, Constellation variants released for sale. |
| $60.0 million | November 2, 2014 | Day after PAX Australia, during Herald concept sale |
| $70.0 million | January 24, 2015 | Day after PAX South |
| $80.0 million | April 26, 2015 | 880,355 Star Citizen, The UEE Fleet: 681,479 |
| $90.0 million | October 2, 2015 | 987,912 Star Citizen, The UEE Fleet: 764,837 |
| $92,355,979 | October 12, 2015; 22:57 UTC | 1,000,000 Star Citizen, The UEE Fleet: 765,773 |
| $100.0 million | December 13, 2015 | Day after launch of Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 |
| $125.0 million | October 7, 2016 | RSI Polaris Pre-Sale - $625 USD for Subscribers and Concierge |
| $150.0 million | May 19, 2017 | AEGIS Eclipse Concept Sale (until June 3rd) |
| $175.0 million | December 28, 2017 | |
| $200.0 million | November 17, 2018 | During Anniversary Sale 2948[5] |
| $225.0 million | May 9, 2019 | |
| $250.0 million | Dec 1, 2019 | |
| $275.0 million | March 27, 2020 | |
| $300.0 million | June 13, 2020 | During Alien Week |
| $325.0 million | November 26, 2020 | During IAE 2950 |
| $350.0 million | March 12, 2021 | |
| $375.0 million | June 23, 2021 | Shortly after Alien Week |
| $400.0 million | Nov 21, 2021 |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://kickstarter.com "Star Citizen by Cloud Imperium Games - Kickstarter". Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ↑ https://docs.google.com "Crowdfunding Development Spreadsheet Version 2.0". Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ↑ https://guinnessworldrecords.com on https://archive.org "Most crowdfunded project (overall)". Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ↑ https://robertsspaceindustries.com "Funding Stats". Retrieved December 5th, 2021.
- ↑ https://robertsspaceindustries.com "Letter from the Chairman". Retrieved July 26, 2021.
Citizen Cards • Crowdfunding campaign • Development team • Development Timeline • Patches notes • Stretch goal • Upcoming features |