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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,538 in Early Access · 3,474 promises read · 1,167 announced, not started

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Graduations and promises, year by year

YearGamesIn Early Access nowGraduatedMedian time in EAPromise readOverduePromise kept
20261,1701,145252%2 months1,10795%40of 996 parsed—
202544744700%13 months41392%154of 354 parsed—
202424324300%2 years 1 month22693%134of 182 parsed—
202312612600%3 years 2 months11692%72of 94 parsed—
2022878700%4 years 2 months7991%52of 62 parsed—
2021626200%5 years 2 months5589%33of 42 parsed—
2020535300%6 years 2 months5094%25of 31 parsed—
2019515100%7 years 3 months51100%26of 29 parsed—
2018313100%8 years 2 months2994%20of 21 parsed—
2017383800%9 years 3 months3797%18of 20 parsed—
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Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Blood of MagicStoneworks Games · entered 18 Dec 2015Blood of MagicStoneworks Games · entered 18 Dec 2015As it long as it takes to reach a well polished end product, full of content, and free of bugs. We'll be updating in a weekly (No more than 10 days apart) fashion to reach our ultimate goal.read 13 Sep 20260–0 months10 years 9 months42955%Overdueby 10 years 9 months
Inside The CodeTinycorp · entered 8 Jan 2016Inside The CodeTinycorp · entered 8 Jan 2016A month, more or less. That's enough time to add all the new features I'm working on, but most important it's the time for you to give me your opinions.read 13 Sep 2026about 1 month10 years 8 months12817%Overdueby 10 years 7 months
Idle CivilizationVery Simple Idea Studios · entered 23 Nov 2015Idle CivilizationVery Simple Idea Studios · entered 23 Nov 2015At most, two months. So sometime at the end of January, Idle Civilization should be out of EA.read 12 Sep 2026about 2 months10 years 10 months6484%Overdueby 10 years 8 months
Brawlerz ArenaBail! Enemy Jet! · entered 27 May 2017Brawlerz ArenaBail! Enemy Jet! · entered 27 May 2017Hopefully less than two months. We're prepared to spend the time to get it right, this is our baby, and we won't push it out into the cold until we're sure it's ready.read 10 Sep 20260–2 months9 years 4 months5579%Overdueby 9 years 2 months
Forsaken Fortress StrategyKISS ltd · entered 18 Sep 2015Forsaken Fortress StrategyKISS ltd · entered 18 Sep 2015We plan to be in Early Access for approximately 3 months, but this largely depends on the feedback received from the community.read 10 Sep 2026about 3 months11 years4395%Overdueby 10 years 9 months
CaesarIArdt.32 · entered 20 Jan 2015CaesarIArdt.32 · entered 20 Jan 2015We plan to stay in the Early Access to the completion of work on the new graphics (3-4 months).read 10 Sep 20263–4 months11 years 8 months3494%Overdueby 11 years 4 months
Fire With Fire Tower Attack and DefenseTheory Georgiou · entered 29 Mar 2016Fire With Fire Tower Attack and DefenseTheory Georgiou · entered 29 Mar 2016We expect to remain in Early Access for approximately two to four months depending on player feedback on the size and balance of the tower / unit roster. Full release is expected mid 2016read 12 Sep 20262–4 months10 years 6 months3138%Overdueby 10 years 2 months
C-WarsOnipunks · entered 13 Aug 2015C-WarsOnipunks · entered 13 Aug 2015We plan on having early access available up until the full release of the game. We hope to have the game released by end of 2015 depending on the feedback we receive.read 8 Sep 20265 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201511 years 1 month2661%Overdueby 10 years 8 months
IsomerIonising Software · entered 11 Jul 2014IsomerIonising Software · entered 11 Jul 2014A few months, enough time to polish and balance all of the mechanics and add all the features we originally planned.read 9 Sep 20263–6 months12 years 2 months2435%Overdueby 11 years 8 months
Escape MachinesBack To Basics Gaming · entered 14 Apr 2015Escape MachinesBack To Basics Gaming · entered 14 Apr 2015We estimated that Escape Machines will be in Early Access for around 6 months approximately but after we collected feedback we port it to Unreal Engine 4 and its uncertain how much time will take to add all features we want like story cut-scenes, many guns, many locations, many vehicles including a helicopter with optional weapons.read 11 Sep 2026about 6 months11 years 5 months2284%Overdueby 10 years 11 months
Erwin's TimewarpJayanam · entered 21 Sep 2015Erwin's TimewarpJayanam · entered 21 Sep 2015Approximately 6 months but it also depends on the feedback of the community.read 12 Sep 2026about 6 months11 years2196%Overdueby 10 years 6 months
RivalryMy64K · entered 22 Jan 2016RivalryMy64K · entered 22 Jan 20166 monthsread 13 Sep 2026about 6 months10 years 8 months2129%Overdueby 10 years 2 months
Stratus: Battle For The SkyStorm Isle Productions · entered 2 Dec 2016Stratus: Battle For The SkyStorm Isle Productions · entered 2 Dec 2016We aim to have Early access open for six months as we are finalizing remaining content then move towards release of main steam release.read 12 Sep 2026about 6 months9 years 9 months1956%Overdueby 9 years 3 months
Longsword - Tabletop TacticsGame · entered 20 Jul 2017Longsword - Tabletop TacticsGame · entered 20 Jul 2017As long as it takes for the community to be in consensus that the game is prepared for a wider release. Given the current state of the game and its content, an Early Access period of six months seems appropriate. That period could shrink or expand depending on how things go.read 13 Sep 2026about 6 months9 years 2 months1830%Overdueby 8 years 8 months
Cabals: Magic & Battle CardsKyy Games · entered 6 Feb 2018Cabals: Magic & Battle CardsKyy Games · entered 6 Feb 2018The current plan is six months.read 9 Sep 2026about 6 months8 years 7 months1720%Overdueby 8 years 1 month
Idle ResearchConsidera Core LLC · entered 1 Aug 2022Idle ResearchConsidera Core LLC · entered 1 Aug 2022Roughly two to three months.read 5 Sep 20262–3 months4 years 1 month1647%Overdueby 3 years 10 months
Tech Executive TycoonWEB Gaming Entertainment · entered 21 Dec 2018Tech Executive TycoonWEB Gaming Entertainment · entered 21 Dec 2018We have moved to a specific feature release schedule that allows us much more forecasting capabilities. We fully intend to have a release candidate anywhere between June 2019 to September 2019. However, at this time, we want to give ourselves another calendar year to meet our highest expectations for the final release candidate.read 8 Sep 20266 monthsuntil 30 Jun 20197 years 9 months1546%Overdueby 7 years 3 months
Damned Nation RebornSinister · entered 12 Feb 2015Damned Nation RebornSinister · entered 12 Feb 2015Damned Nation Reborn will be in early access for around 7-9 monthsread 10 Sep 20267–9 months11 years 7 months1545%Overdueby 10 years 10 months
Vol'Talkes - The AI WarHyperDrive Games · entered 25 Feb 2015Vol'Talkes - The AI WarHyperDrive Games · entered 25 Feb 2015We think that we're able to finally release this game in 6-9 Monthsread 10 Sep 20266–9 months11 years 7 months1540%Overdueby 10 years 10 months
Arcane Array Arenasteikum · entered 22 Feb 2024Arcane Array Arenasteikum · entered 22 Feb 2024We would like to release the game as early access after a demo period of operational testing of the game and then officially release it after a month or two of feedback. So the period of the Early Access is roughly 1 month.read 12 Sep 20261–2 months2 years 7 months1535%Overdueby 2 years 5 months
Rise of KeepersSamaritan Studios · entered 4 Dec 2015Rise of KeepersSamaritan Studios · entered 4 Dec 2015We plan to release the final version by Q3 2016.read 13 Sep 202610 monthsuntil 30 Sep 201610 years 9 months1293%Overdueby 9 years 11 months
Undead OverlordJumpCore Productions · entered 18 Jul 2014Undead OverlordJumpCore Productions · entered 18 Jul 2014The game may be in Early Access for quite some time. That will mostly depend on whether the game’s player community grows large enough to justify the addition of stretch goals, but also on the lives and fortunes of the game’s team of developers. Our goal is to reach a final release state for the game no later than one year after its release on Early Access. In the end, though, it will be done when it’s done. We want to bring the game to you as quickly as we can, but we are still only human (not yet having achieved interdimensional transcendence ourselves).read 9 Sep 2026about 12 months12 years 2 months1216%Overdueby 11 years 2 months
WolfWarsPeter Hrdy · entered 2 Jan 2015WolfWarsPeter Hrdy · entered 2 Jan 2015Our wish is to finish WolfWars during this year (2015). However we'll be ready to develop/improve it further as long as there is a need.read 10 Sep 202612 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201511 years 8 months1170%Overdueby 10 years 8 months
Bit ShifterPlastic Games · entered 2 Nov 2015Bit ShifterPlastic Games · entered 2 Nov 2015We plan to be in early access until we deliver on our target feature set. We expect this will take about a year.read 12 Sep 2026about 12 months10 years 10 months1086%Overdueby 9 years 10 months
Heresydark made games · entered 19 Nov 2015Heresydark made games · entered 19 Nov 2015Should take around 6 months to a year to hit v1.0.read 12 Sep 20266–12 months10 years 10 months1082%Overdueby 9 years 10 months
Soviet Citychickeninthecornstudio · entered 31 Mar 2016Soviet Citychickeninthecornstudio · entered 31 Mar 2016The Soviet revolution has to come ASAP. Our estimates are about 6 to 12 months.read 13 Sep 20266–12 months10 years 5 months1045%Overdueby 9 years 5 months
DeficisGneu LLC · entered 30 Jul 2015DeficisGneu LLC · entered 30 Jul 2015The current goals should be completed by Q3 of 2016.read 11 Sep 202614 monthsuntil 30 Sep 201611 years 1 month954%Overdueby 9 years 11 months
AbatronW3 Studios · entered 10 Mar 2017AbatronW3 Studios · entered 10 Mar 2017Our projection is approximately 1 year, with a full release by late 2017.read 9 Sep 2026about 12 months9 years 6 months951%Overdueby 8 years 6 months
Dream FactoryThe Tambourine · entered 2 Nov 2015Dream FactoryThe Tambourine · entered 2 Nov 2015Before the end of first financial quarter of 2016.read 12 Sep 202614 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201610 years 10 months931%Overdueby 9 years 8 months
Solar System ConflictUnexEvo · entered 6 Apr 2015Solar System ConflictUnexEvo · entered 6 Apr 2015We estimate that the full game will be available mid-2016, when it has all of the features we want to include.read 11 Sep 202615 monthsuntil 30 Jun 201611 years 5 months915%Overdueby 10 years 2 months
Windy Kingdom EastFog Studios · entered 11 Aug 2020Windy Kingdom EastFog Studios · entered 11 Aug 2020To polish and make a game perfect we need the next 8 months to launch a full version or maybe faster if without any errors.read 7 Sep 2026about 8 months6 years 1 month913%Overdueby 5 years 5 months
Arkheim - Realms at WarTravian Games GmbH · entered 5 Apr 2022Arkheim - Realms at WarTravian Games GmbH · entered 5 Apr 2022We plan to release the game in September 2022. At the same time this is highly dependent on the impressions we get during Early Access.read 12 Sep 20266 monthsuntil 30 Sep 20224 years 5 months888%Overdueby 3 years 11 months
The Forest PrisonVlad Cristian · entered 4 Jun 2022The Forest PrisonVlad Cristian · entered 4 Jun 2022We're planning to keep The Forest Prison in Early Access for about six months. The full release of the game is expected to be in Q2 2022.read 6 Sep 2026about 6 months4 years 3 months855%Overdueby 3 years 9 months
BansonicFloat Gaming Studio · entered 17 Nov 2022BansonicFloat Gaming Studio · entered 17 Nov 2022Early access will last for six monthsread 11 Sep 2026about 6 months3 years 10 months765%Overdueby 3 years 4 months
Night&ScapeMatou Studio · entered 24 Jul 2023Night&ScapeMatou Studio · entered 24 Jul 2023We don’t have any visibility on this subject at the moment. Maybe by the end of the year, we’ll have a game that’s mature enough to warrant a release, or maybe we’ll need more time to get there. What’s more, we are not ruling any possibility that we might come up with more great ideas in the meantime.read 9 Sep 20265 monthsuntil 31 Dec 20233 years 2 months754%Overdueby 2 years 9 months
Industry TransportersMK game production · entered 31 Aug 2015Industry TransportersMK game production · entered 31 Aug 2015We are actually not sure when the game will be finished. We got a rough timescale for most planned game mechanics, but we also want to work with the community and add their suggestions, so there is no real deadline. Still we are looking to somewhere beginning of 2017 for the end of adding new content. After that it will be mostly bug fixes.read 11 Sep 202619 monthsuntil 31 Mar 201711 years697%Overdueby 9 years 5 months
The Political ProcessVerlumino Studios LLC · entered 22 Nov 2019The Political ProcessVerlumino Studios LLC · entered 22 Nov 2019I will probably keep the game in early access as long as new features are regularly being added to the game. My estimate is approximately one year in early access, but that could change depending on how many suggestions I receive from the community.read 12 Sep 2026about 12 months6 years 10 months681%Overdueby 5 years 10 months
Steam Marines 2Worthless Bums · entered 20 Nov 2019Steam Marines 2Worthless Bums · entered 20 Nov 2019Steam Marines 2 is intended to be fully released in 2020.read 12 Sep 202613 monthsuntil 31 Dec 20206 years 10 months629%Overdueby 5 years 9 months
Bot WarsBig Play Games · entered 10 Sep 2021Bot WarsBig Play Games · entered 10 Sep 2021The current timeframe would roughly be a year... theoretically.read 11 Sep 2026about 12 months5 years501%Overdueby 4 years
Zero GravityDima Zangana · entered 28 Aug 2016Zero GravityDima Zangana · entered 28 Aug 2016Zero Gravity is being recreated with a whole new game concept and will be available for testing in 'Beta' from September 2018. The current release date is not known until more development has been done. If you would like to stay tuned on development updates, please follow our Facebook page or join our Discord. https://www.facebook.com/ZeroGravitySteam/ https://discord.gg/eKMnh7yread 13 Sep 20262 years 1 monthuntil 30 Sep 201810 years 1 month482%Overdueby 8 years
Break_InFireball Games · entered 29 Apr 2015Break_InFireball Games · entered 29 Apr 2015Hard to say, aiming to leave early access by the end of 2017.read 11 Sep 20262 years 8 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201711 years 5 months427%Overdueby 8 years 9 months
SpyPartyChris Hecker · entered 12 Apr 2018SpyPartyChris Hecker · entered 12 Apr 2018I am very bad at estimating dates, but I think it will be in Early Access about two years (uh, obviously this was a big underestimate!). I'm a perfectionist, and hopefully you can see the trendline from how the game started with the original prototype art (you can catch a glimpse of some if you look for the waiter or bartender in the screenshots above) to where it is now. You're invited to come along for the next part of this ride!read 10 Sep 2026about 2 years8 years 5 months421%Overdueby 6 years 5 months
Touhou: Lost Branch of LegendAlioth Studio · entered 17 Aug 2022Touhou: Lost Branch of LegendAlioth Studio · entered 17 Aug 2022About 1 year.read 10 Sep 2026about 12 months4 years 1 month407%Overdueby 3 years 1 month
OneKindDionysoft · entered 12 Sep 2024OneKindDionysoft · entered 12 Sep 2024We think Early Access will last 6 months. The exact time may vary depending on the development process, but we will be sure to keep you updated throughout the entire process.read 7 Sep 2026about 6 months2 years400%Overdueby 18 months
Deadswitch CombatWilkin Games · entered 26 Sep 2025Deadswitch CombatWilkin Games · entered 26 Sep 2025Approximately 2-3 months.read 13 Sep 20262–3 months12 months386%Overdueby 9 months
Kingdom Under Fire: War of HeroesIncrediSoft · entered 7 Dec 2022Kingdom Under Fire: War of HeroesIncrediSoft · entered 7 Dec 20221 yearread 7 Sep 2026about 12 months3 years 9 months377%Overdueby 2 years 9 months
Epic Auto TowersAleksandr Golovkin · entered 14 Nov 2024Epic Auto TowersAleksandr Golovkin · entered 14 Nov 2024Probably around 4 to 6 months, but it will also depend on whether you and I want to make more Tower Packs. If we want to make more than three Pack, it will probably take longer.read 12 Sep 20264–6 months22 months366%Overdueby 16 months
SMITE 2Hi-Rez Studios · entered 27 Aug 2024SMITE 2Hi-Rez Studios · entered 27 Aug 2024We expect SMITE 2 to be in Early Access development at least through early 2025. Given the nature of Early Access development, we don't have a specific end date planned at this time.read 10 Sep 20267 monthsuntil 31 Mar 20252 years 1 month351%Overdueby 18 months
SentinelsMindWalker Games · entered 17 Feb 2017SentinelsMindWalker Games · entered 17 Feb 2017We’re aiming for late 2019.read 12 Sep 20262 years 10 monthsuntil 31 Dec 20199 years 7 months338%Overdueby 6 years 9 months
Immortal IDLE伯乐Couple · entered 18 Jan 2025Immortal IDLE伯乐Couple · entered 18 Jan 2025This process is expected to take about three months, but it could extend to six months if players suggest a lot of content they would like added.read 12 Sep 20263–6 months20 months330%Overdueby 14 months
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A game is in Early Access when the store lists it among its genres; the clock starts on the day the ledger saw it enter or, for a game that launched into Early Access, on the release date the store prints. The promise is the developer’s own questionnaire answer, kept word for word; only ranges and single figures are compared, open answers are listed as open, and answers the parser could not read say so. Graduations are recorded from 3 Sep 2026, so earlier years undercount them. A game whose questionnaire has not been read yet says “not read yet” under No promise (how). Data by SteamPeaks.com.