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Kickstarter Tabletop Crowdfunding Tracker Scraper

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Kickstarter Tabletop Crowdfunding Tracker Scraper

Scrape Kickstarter tabletop game campaigns with structured funding data, creator history, and pledge-tier information. Specializes in the tabletop category — board games, card games, RPGs, miniatures, and more — covering live campaigns, successful projects, and archived history.

What it does

This actor:

  • Searches Kickstarter's tabletop games category using the discover API
  • Collects campaign funding stats: goal, pledged amount, percent funded, backer count
  • Records creator metadata: name, profile URL, prior project count
  • Captures campaign timeline: launch date, deadline, location
  • Enriches each project with pledge tier and stretch goal data from the detail page
  • Supports sorting by magic (recommended), newest, end date, most funded, or most backed
  • Filters by subcategory: tabletop games, playing cards, dice games, roleplaying games, or miniatures

Use cases

  • Publishers and distributors tracking competitor campaigns and market trends
  • Analysts and researchers studying crowdfunding velocity and backer behavior
  • BoardGameGeek community tracking new releases
  • Investors monitoring the tabletop gaming market
  • Marketing teams benchmarking campaigns against funded competitors

Input

Field Type Default Description
maxItems integer 10 Maximum number of campaigns to scrape
sort string magic Sort order: magic, newest, end_date, most_funded, most_backed
subcategory string (all tabletop) Filter: tabletop games, playing cards, dice games, roleplaying games, miniatures

Output

Each record contains:

Field Type Description
project_id string Kickstarter project ID
project_name string Campaign title
project_url string Full URL to the project page
creator_name string Creator/organization name
creator_url string Creator profile URL
creator_prior_projects integer Number of prior campaigns by this creator
subcategory string KS subcategory (e.g. "Tabletop Games")
blurb string Short campaign description
state string Campaign state: live, successful, failed, canceled
currency string ISO currency code (e.g. "USD")
goal number Funding goal amount
pledged number Total amount pledged
percent_funded number Percent of goal funded
backers_count integer Total number of backers
pledge_tiers string JSON array of pledge tiers: [{title, amount_usd, backers, limit}]
stretch_goals string JSON array of stretch goals: [{amount_usd, title}]
launched_at string Launch timestamp (ISO 8601)
deadline string Campaign end timestamp (ISO 8601)
country string Creator country code
location string Creator city/location
estimated_delivery string Estimated reward delivery date
updates_count integer Number of campaign updates
comments_count integer Number of comments
snapshot_at string Timestamp when data was collected (ISO 8601)

Example output

{
  "project_id": "645741475",
  "project_name": "Earthborne Trailblazer",
  "project_url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/earthbornegames/earthborne-trailblazer",
  "creator_name": "Earthborne Games",
  "creator_url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/earthbornegames",
  "creator_prior_projects": 0,
  "subcategory": "Tabletop Games",
  "blurb": "Explore the wilderness of the far future in this cooperative adventure board game for 1-5 players.",
  "state": "live",
  "currency": "USD",
  "goal": 150000,
  "pledged": 372925,
  "percent_funded": 248.6,
  "backers_count": 2430,
  "pledge_tiers": null,
  "stretch_goals": null,
  "launched_at": "2026-05-26T15:01:05.000Z",
  "deadline": "2026-06-16T15:01:05.000Z",
  "country": "US",
  "location": "St. Paul",
  "estimated_delivery": null,
  "updates_count": null,
  "comments_count": null,
  "snapshot_at": "2026-06-02T11:14:33.992Z"
}

Notes

  • Kickstarter is Cloudflare-protected. This actor uses a verified bypass approach to access campaign data reliably with residential proxy routing.
  • The discover API returns 12 projects per page. Large scrapes may take several minutes due to residential proxy latency.
  • pledge_tiers and stretch_goals are extracted from the project detail page when available.
  • Free-tier runs use Apify's residential proxy pool. Paid runs route through DataImpulse residential for higher reliability.
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