How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 1,904 in Early Access · 2,246 promises read · 744 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 983 | 971 | 121% | 1 month | 88490% | 26of 805 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 359 | 359 | 00% | 13 months | 30786% | 118of 264 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 171 | 171 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 14887% | 87of 120 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 8686% | 48of 68 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 70 | 70 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 6187% | 39of 46 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 00% | 5 years 1 month | 3980% | 22of 30 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 43 | 43 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 3888% | 18of 22 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 35 | 35 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 35100% | 16of 19 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | 00% | 8 years 1 month | 1789% | 9of 10 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 17 | 17 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 1694% | 7of 9 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.