 On September 10 , 2012 , Obsidian 's webpage began teasing about a brand new game ( entitled " Project X " ) , it initially was a number 4 encircled by an Ouroboros . The next day it was revealed to be a countdown . On September 14 , 2012 , the Kickstarter campaign went live revealing further details of the project . It completed its 1 @.@ 1 million dollars objective in just over 24 hours , and the first set of " stretch goals " were announced . Pillars of Eternity surpassed the $ 1 @.@ 6 million mark five days after the fund @-@ raising began . It was announced an OS X version of the game would be provided together with a DRM @-@ free option through GOG.com. A Linux version was announced on September 21 , 2012 . It passed the $ 2 million mark on September 26 , 2012 . On October 8 , 2012 , it was announced that Wasteland 2 would be offered to backers who pledged US $ 165 ( and above ) . In the last day of the campaign , Pillars of Eternity surpassed Double Fine Adventure as Kickstarter 's most @-@ funded videogame at the time . 
