inXile Entertainment’s Torment: Tides of Numenara is officially the most funded video game on Kickstarter ending at $4,188,927 with 74,405 backers. An additional 2,000 backers contributed about $127,000 more to the game through PayPal.
As far as video game related projects go, it only falls behind the Kickstarter for the OUYA console which ended at $8,596,474.
On the Kickstarter page, inXile wrote that, “All of us made history yesterday, reaching a new record for the most funded video game on Kickstarter! Thank you so much for your support, both through your pledges and through your spreading the word to others.”
Gamers can still contribute to the game’s development through PayPal. As the spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, Torment: Tides of Numenara features many of the original development team and several old-school developers on board.
Just recently, the team add Planescape lead designer Chris Avellone to the team to contribute to the narrative and oversee all aspects of development.