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
• Optionally enriches each project with pledge tier and stretch goal data from the detail page (includePledgeTiers)
• 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
includePledgeTiers	boolean	false	Fetch each project's detail page for pledge tier breakdown, stretch goals, and estimated delivery date. Slower and more expensive (1 extra request per project) — leave OFF for goal/pledged/backers/dates from the listing page only.

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}] — only populated when includePledgeTiers=true
stretch_goals	string	JSON array of stretch goals: [{amount_usd, title}] — only populated when includePledgeTiers=true
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 — only populated when includePledgeTiers=true
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 reaches campaign data reliably.
• Results come back 12 projects at a time, so large sweeps run for several minutes.
• By default, records are saved directly from the discover listing page — pledge_tiers, stretch_goals, and estimated_delivery are null. Set includePledgeTiers: true to fetch each project's detail page and populate those fields (1 extra request per project).
• Paid runs are more reliable than free-tier runs on this target, and finish more of what they start.