How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,835 in Early Access · 3,932 promises read · 1,291 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,236 | 1,211 | 252% | 2 months | 1,18396% | 46of 1,067 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 501 | 501 | 00% | 13 months | 47194% | 177of 403 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 263 | 263 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 24995% | 149of 201 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 140 | 140 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 13093% | 83of 107 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 93 | 93 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 8692% | 55of 66 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 76 | 76 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 6991% | 44of 54 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 62 | 62 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 6198% | 33of 40 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 54 | 54 | 00% | 7 years 2 months | 54100% | 28of 31 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 40 | 40 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 3895% | 29of 30 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 52 | 52 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 5198% | 29of 31 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.