How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 3,331 in Early Access · 4,674 promises read · 1,468 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,377 | 1,334 | 433% | 2 months | 1,33697% | 58of 1,194 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 570 | 570 | 00% | 14 months | 54696% | 220of 473 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 290 | 290 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 27996% | 171of 225 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 157 | 157 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 15096% | 96of 125 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 109 | 109 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 10495% | 65of 79 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 87 | 87 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 8193% | 54of 64 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 72 | 72 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 7199% | 42of 50 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 64 | 64 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 64100% | 37of 41 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 54 | 54 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 5296% | 39of 40 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 109 | 109 | 00% | 9 years 4 months | 10899% | 72of 75 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Time in EA | Left | 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.