How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,597 in Early Access · 3,566 promises read · 1,193 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,184 | 1,159 | 252% | 2 months | 1,12495% | 42of 1,012 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 457 | 457 | 00% | 13 months | 42393% | 156of 360 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 248 | 248 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 23294% | 139of 188 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 127 | 127 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 11792% | 72of 95 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 87 | 87 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 7991% | 52of 62 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 67 | 67 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 6090% | 37of 46 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 55 | 55 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 5295% | 27of 34 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 53100% | 27of 30 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 32 | 32 | 00% | 8 years 2 months | 3094% | 21of 22 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 41 | 41 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 4098% | 20of 22 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict |
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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.