How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,516 in Early Access · 3,440 promises read · 1,158 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,168 | 1,143 | 252% | 2 months | 1,10595% | 40of 994 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 446 | 446 | 00% | 13 months | 41292% | 153of 353 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 238 | 238 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 22092% | 130of 177 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 125 | 125 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 11491% | 70of 92 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 87 | 87 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 7991% | 52of 62 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 62 | 62 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 5589% | 33of 42 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 52 | 52 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 4994% | 25of 31 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 50 | 50 | 00% | 7 years 2 months | 50100% | 26of 29 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 31 | 31 | 00% | 8 years 2 months | 2994% | 20of 21 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 36 | 36 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 3597% | 17of 19 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Time in EA | Left | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny BakeryTiny Bakery | no duration answer on the pageread 13 Sep 2026 | — | 1 day | 8 Sep 2026 | Graduated | |
| Project : DiasporaProject : Diaspora | no duration answer on the pageread 6 Sep 2026 | — | 1 day | 6 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.