I can’t think of one Kickstarter game project where this was true.
Both Gary and I worked for two years and barely got paid. We’re both deep in the hole compared to “just having jobs”. It’s the same for everyone I know who’s done a Kickstarter, even the “successful” ones. We raised an additional $500K through private investors, and we are not even close to paying that back, when we do, we’ll be lucky to make enough to make the whole project a personal financial lost for us.
I know no one who’s done a Kickstarter where this isn’t also true.
We’re not complaining. We knew what we were signing up for, but don’t assume indie developers doing Kickstarters are making money. There is always the anomaly, but it’s so rare that your time and money would have been better spent on lottery tickets.
Here is an Interesting article on Steam sales for titles released in the last month.