How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 1,754 in Early Access · 1,987 promises read · 682 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 941 | 933 | 81% | 1 month | 82988% | 23of 757 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 306 | 306 | 00% | 13 months | 24981% | 85of 206 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 160 | 160 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 13786% | 77of 110 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 95 | 95 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 8185% | 45of 64 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 5385% | 34of 41 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 3779% | 22of 28 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 3688% | 16of 20 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 29 | 29 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 29100% | 12of 15 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 17 | 17 | 00% | 8 years 1 month | 1588% | 7of 8 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 1393% | 5of 7 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlocksworldBlocksworld | We plan to take until the fouth quarter 2026 at the latest, essentially until we've finished implementing the redesigned UI elements for PC. We also plan to continue development and support of Blocksworld past the Early Access phase. Stay tuned for a public roadmap!read 8 Sep 2026 | 9 years 3 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2026 | 8 years 11 months | 97% | 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.