How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,717 in Early Access · 3,759 promises read · 1,245 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,213 | 1,188 | 252% | 2 months | 1,15795% | 44of 1,042 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 482 | 482 | 00% | 13 months | 45093% | 168of 385 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 254 | 254 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 24094% | 144of 194 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 133 | 133 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 12392% | 78of 101 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 89 | 89 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 8292% | 53of 63 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 6590% | 41of 50 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 57 | 57 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 5698% | 30of 37 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 53100% | 27of 30 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 36 | 36 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 3494% | 26of 27 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 46 | 46 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 4598% | 24of 26 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stay OutStay Out | We hope to get out of the early access phase for the winter of 2027, as soon as the game is brought in the form that suits both us and the players. We know what we want to achieve and doing everything possible to release the game in the version that we plan.read 10 Sep 2026 | 8 years 1 monthuntil 31 Dec 2027 | 6 years 10 months | 84% | On the clock15 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.