Star Citizen had its biggest year ever funding-wise as project nears $1 Billion

Star Citizen is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious projects currently in development, with the space sim having raised hundreds of millions in funding since its initial announcement back in 2012. Well over a decade since its reveal and a solid 8 years on from its Early Access launch, Star Citizen continues to receive new levels of support from fans – with 2025 said to have been their best year yet, raising over $150 million.

As part of Star Citizen’s 2025 recap, the team at Robert Space Industries looked back at all the progress which has been made over the past 12 months.

While Star Citizen still has a ways to go, 2025 saw many welcome additions introduced, including almost 100 new locations, two-dozen ships and multiple live events across 11 ‘major’ updates.

By far the most interesting revelation however is the fact that in 2025 alone, Star Citizen raised over $152 million in funding.

For context, this represents a 35% increase over their previous best year funding-wise and brings the total amount raised so far to a whopping $926 million – all of which is said to be going “directly to the game's development.”

When all is said and done, it is very possible that Star Citizen will be the most expensive game ever made. While video game budgets are typically kept hidden, we do know that Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War cost over $700 million to develop.

With GTA VI being the only other game to potentially rival Star Citizen’s budget, it will be interesting to see how the space sim progresses over the coming years and how much it will have raised in total by the time the game finally releases.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the game? Will it ever hit 1.0? Have you contributed any money to the project? Let us know down below.

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