How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 1,785 in Early Access · 2,042 promises read · 698 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 952 | 943 | 91% | 1 month | 84489% | 24of 771 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 310 | 310 | 00% | 13 months | 25382% | 86of 210 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 161 | 161 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 13886% | 78of 111 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 97 | 97 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 8386% | 47of 66 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 65 | 65 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 5686% | 35of 42 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 00% | 5 years 1 month | 3879% | 22of 30 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 3688% | 16of 20 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 32100% | 14of 17 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 17 | 17 | 00% | 8 years 1 month | 1588% | 7of 8 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 1493% | 6of 8 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Time in EA | Left | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea of ElectronicaSea of Electronica | no duration answer on the pageread 7 Sep 2026 | — | 1 day | 6 Sep 2026 | Graduated | |
| Soviet Shop SimulatorSoviet Shop Simulator | no duration answer on the pageread 7 Sep 2026 | — | 1 day | 5 Sep 2026 | Graduated |
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.