How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,422 in Early Access · 3,268 promises read · 1,098 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,140 | 1,116 | 242% | 2 months | 1,07394% | 37of 963 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 431 | 431 | 00% | 13 months | 39191% | 142of 335 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 226 | 226 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 20792% | 121of 167 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 122 | 122 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 11191% | 67of 89 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 82 | 82 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 7490% | 49of 58 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 | 49 | 49 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 49100% | 26of 29 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 28 | 28 | 00% | 8 years 1 month | 2693% | 17of 18 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 34 | 34 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 3397% | 17of 19 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.