How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,388 in Early Access · 3,217 promises read · 1,086 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,133 | 1,109 | 242% | 2 months | 1,06594% | 36of 955 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 427 | 427 | 00% | 13 months | 38690% | 140of 331 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 223 | 223 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 20491% | 118of 164 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 121 | 121 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 11091% | 67of 89 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 81 | 81 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 7390% | 48of 57 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 59 | 59 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 5288% | 30of 39 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 50 | 50 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 4692% | 23of 29 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 47 | 47 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 47100% | 24of 27 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 27 | 27 | 00% | 8 years 2 months | 2593% | 16of 17 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 31 | 31 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 3097% | 16of 18 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black IceBlack Ice | We are constantly releasing free content updates and will continue doing so until a project final release in 2027. But even after that, we'll keep releasing more updates.read 12 Sep 2026 | 13 years 6 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2027 | 12 years 2 months | 90% | On the clock16 months left |
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.