Dwarf Fortress has been crowd funded since before Patreon existed and now has a Patreon page. I'm not sure you'd call it a total success though as the creators

Dwarf Fortress has been crowd funded since before Patreon existed and now has a Patreon page. I'm not sure you'd call it a total success though as the creators lived frugal lives for a long time in order to survive off the donations.