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.