How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,181 in Early Access · 2,818 promises read · 960 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,086 | 1,068 | 182% | 1 month | 1,00693% | 32of 908 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 397 | 397 | 00% | 13 months | 35088% | 127of 303 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 202 | 202 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 18089% | 106of 146 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 113 | 113 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 10088% | 58of 79 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 6788% | 43of 51 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | 00% | 5 years 1 month | 4485% | 25of 33 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 45 | 45 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 4089% | 20of 24 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 39 | 39 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 39100% | 19of 22 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | 00% | 8 years 1 month | 1990% | 10of 11 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 19 | 19 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 1895% | 8of 10 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Time in EA | Left | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemy FactoryAlchemy Factory | no duration answer on the pageread 10 Sep 2026 | — | 1 day | 8 Sep 2026 | Graduated | |
| VeterumVeterum | no duration answer on the pageread 10 Sep 2026 | — | 1 day | 7 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.