Exploding Kittens
It's from 2015, when you were 9.
- Maker
- Exploding Kittens LLC
- Type
- Party card game
- Debuted
- 2015
- Note
- One of the most-backed Kickstarters ever
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About
As of 2026, it's 11 years old.
Exploding Kittens detonated onto Kickstarter in 2015 and became one of the most-backed campaigns in the platform's history, raising millions from a record-shattering number of backers. The game itself is a kind of feline Russian roulette: draw cards until someone pulls an exploding kitten and is knocked out — unless they can defuse it with, naturally, a laser pointer or a belly rub.
Co-created by an Oatmeal webcomic artist, its absurd humor, quick play, and chaotic 'avoid the boom' tension made it a viral smash and a gateway that pulled countless casual players into tabletop gaming. It's silly, mean, and over in minutes.
Explosive, absurd, and record-breakingly funded, Exploding Kittens is the card game that turned feline Russian roulette into a Kickstarter phenomenon and a party staple.
