Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,567 in Early Access · 3,529 promises read · 1,188 announced, not started

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AppliedClock started in 2016Tag: SandboxClear allMost of the promise elapsed first
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Graduations and promises, year by year

YearGamesIn Early Access nowGraduatedMedian time in EAPromise readOverduePromise kept
20261,1781,153252%2 months1,11695%42of 1,004 parsed
202545245200%13 months41892%154of 358 parsed
202424524500%2 years 1 month22993%137of 185 parsed
202312712700%3 years 2 months11792%72of 95 parsed
2022878700%4 years 2 months7991%52of 62 parsed
2021636300%5 years 2 months5689%34of 43 parsed
2020545400%6 years 2 months5194%26of 33 parsed
2019535300%7 years 3 months53100%27of 30 parsed
2018323200%8 years 2 months3094%21of 22 parsed
2017393900%9 years 3 months3897%19of 21 parsed
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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.