How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 1,767 in Early Access · 2,010 promises read · 690 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 946 | 938 | 81% | 1 month | 83588% | 23of 762 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 308 | 308 | 00% | 13 months | 25181% | 86of 208 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 161 | 161 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 13886% | 78of 111 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 95 | 95 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 8185% | 45of 64 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 64 | 64 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 5586% | 34of 41 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 3678% | 22of 28 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 3688% | 16of 20 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 30 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 30100% | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhasmophobiaPhasmophobia | The current plan is to get to a full release in the second half of 2026 however this may change depending on features added and how the game will progress through early access.read 6 Sep 2026 | 6 years 3 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2026 | 6 years | 96% | On the clock3 months left | |
| Eterna: Heroes FallEterna: Heroes Fall | Depending on the level of support and feedback we plan to do a full release in 2026.read 7 Sep 2026 | 6 years 1 monthuntil 31 Dec 2026 | 5 years 10 months | 95% | On the clock3 months left | |
| Cloud MeadowCloud Meadow | We are aiming to leave Early Access sometime late 2026 to mid 2027read 5 Sep 2026 | 7 years 4 monthsuntil 30 Jun 2027 | 6 years 6 months | 89% | On the clock10 months left | |
| Corruption of Champions IICorruption of Champions II | We're hoping to release the finished version in 2027. We plan to release updates every month with more content of all kinds. We have a very wide scope for the content in the game, with lots of choices the player can make, and this depth on top of the raw amount of playable content we have planned means it will take some time before everything is finished.read 9 Sep 2026 | 7 years 5 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2027 | 6 years 1 month | 82% | On the clock16 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.