How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,816 in Early Access · 3,905 promises read · 1,284 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,232 | 1,207 | 252% | 2 months | 1,17896% | 46of 1,061 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 498 | 498 | 00% | 13 months | 46894% | 177of 401 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 263 | 263 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 24995% | 150of 202 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 138 | 138 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 12893% | 82of 105 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 93 | 93 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 8692% | 55of 66 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 6891% | 43of 53 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 62 | 62 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 6198% | 33of 40 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 53100% | 27of 30 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 38 | 38 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 3695% | 28of 29 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 51 | 51 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 5098% | 28of 30 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soulash 2Soulash 2 | The 1.0 release is planned in 2026, it may take longer if there's an opportunity to expand the game beyond the planned scope.read 5 Sep 2026 | 3 years 1 monthuntil 31 Dec 2026 | 2 years 9 months | 90% | On the clock4 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.