There’s no question that Kickstarter has become a powerful tool when it comes to raising money for projects, but nobody knew that it would have such a stellar year when it came to getting games off the ground.

The company recently provided its numbers for the year when it came to crowdfuding game projects, and, across 1,980 different projects, the platform has managed to raise $89.1 million. That’s just a small amount of the 22,252 projects that were successfully funded, to the tune of $529 million, but still a significant part. The numbers indicate that, with the amount donated, the site was able to raise more than $1,000 a minute over the entire year.

It’s important to note that these figures from Kickstarter cover both video games and tabletop games, with tablteop games accounting for roughly $54 million of the total according to Thomas Bidaux of ICO Partners. He also noted that these numbers are down from 2013, which had $118 million raised for games, with the drop in video games accounting for the difference.

Kickstarter also reported that, out of all the months in the year, August was the one that produced the most successful projects, with 2,311 hitting goals overall. When it came to a certain day when the most pledges came in, Wednesday was earmarked as the highest day.

Other numbers from the company’s findings include the following:

-2.2 million people made their first ever KickStarter pledges over the course of the year, across a variety of projects

-1,125 people backed over 100 projects overall, though no amount was given in terms of their pledges

That’s not to say that everyone was sold on the process, however. GamesIndustry International reported that some developers, like the legendary Peter Molyneus, felt it just wasn’t effective enough.

“It’s impossible not to notice a sense of apathy towards KickStarter these days,” chimed in independent game developer Agustin Cordes. “Previously I would tweet about an adventure needing backers, and experience an outpouring of support with retweets, favourites and such. Today, I say ‘KickStarter’ and not even crickets reply.”

Could KickStarter continue this trend as the New Year rolls on Only time will tell . . .