How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,296 in Early Access · 3,047 promises read · 1,033 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,115 | 1,092 | 232% | 2 months | 1,04093% | 34of 934 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 412 | 412 | 00% | 13 months | 37090% | 135of 319 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 210 | 210 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 19090% | 110of 152 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 119 | 119 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 10891% | 65of 87 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 80 | 80 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 7189% | 47of 55 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 57 | 57 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 5088% | 28of 37 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 47 | 47 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 4289% | 21of 26 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 45 | 45 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 45100% | 23of 26 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 24 | 24 | 00% | 8 years 1 month | 2292% | 13of 14 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 25 | 25 | 00% | 9 years 2 months | 2496% | 14of 16 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.