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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,801 in Early Access · 3,885 promises read · 1,279 announced, not started

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Overdue (876)On the clock (1,346)Graduated (27)No promise (579)
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By the year the clock started

Graduations and promises, year by year

YearGamesIn Early Access nowGraduatedMedian time in EAPromise readOverduePromise kept
20261,2281,203252%2 months1,17496%46of 1,057 parsed—
202549649600%13 months46694%177of 399 parsed—
202426226200%2 years 1 month24895%149of 201 parsed—
202313813800%3 years 2 months12893%82of 105 parsed—
2022939300%4 years 2 months8692%55of 66 parsed—
2021747400%5 years 2 months6791%43of 52 parsed—
2020616100%6 years 2 months6098%32of 39 parsed—
2019535300%7 years 3 months53100%27of 30 parsed—
2018383800%8 years 3 months3695%28of 29 parsed—
2017505000%9 years 3 months4998%27of 29 parsed—
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Open, unread or unreadable answers

GamePromiseEnteredElapsedVerdict
Kerbal Space Program 2Private Division · entered 24 Feb 2023Kerbal Space Program 2Private Division · entered 24 Feb 2023KSP 2 will stay in Early Access until we feel that the game and its full feature set are at our desired level of quality. Check out our roadmap above for our planned feature releases and make sure to follow our social channels for further information on timing of updates.read 5 Sep 202624 Feb 20233 years 7 monthsCould not read a duration
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & CommanderWalternate Realities · entered 24 Oct 2022Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & CommanderWalternate Realities · entered 24 Oct 2022Cosmoteer has been in active and continued development for many years, and it will remain in Early Access for as long as it takes to complete our Early Access Roadmap (see below). Rest assured, we always have and will continue to be dedicated to stability and keeping the game fun and playable at all times. You won't be getting an inferior product if we decide to push back the official launch to squeeze in more awesome features.read 5 Sep 202624 Oct 20223 years 11 monthsOpen promise
StarbaseFrozenbyte · entered 29 Jul 2021StarbaseFrozenbyte · entered 29 Jul 2021Starbase is an ambitious game and we expect to stay in Early Access for definitely more than two years.read 13 Sep 202629 Jul 20215 years 2 monthsOpen promise
Rising WorldJIW-Games · entered 3 Dec 2014Rising WorldJIW-Games · entered 3 Dec 2014The game already spent a long time in Early Access. The previous Java version was almost at a point to move it out of Early Access - but instead we decided to move the game to a new engine and rewrite everything from scratch. The new version can be considered a successor of the original game. It was important for us that everyone who already owned the game gets the new version free of charge. That's the reason why we kept it in Early Access instead of releasing the new version as a separate game.read 12 Sep 20263 Dec 201411 years 9 monthsCould not read a duration
StarMadeSchine GmbH · entered 4 Dec 2014StarMadeSchine GmbH · entered 4 Dec 2014StarMade will stay in Early Access until we’ve developed all core features and feel confident in the game’s overall systems. We will also need to go through a rigorous bug testing phase. Our plans are ambitious, as such no definitive date can be made.read 8 Sep 20264 Dec 201411 years 9 monthsOpen promise
我来自江湖 From JianghuINDIECN · entered 24 Jul 2020我来自江湖 From JianghuINDIECN · entered 24 Jul 2020no duration answer on the pageread 13 Sep 202624 Jul 20206 years 2 monthsNo duration given
NIMBY RailsWeird and Wry · entered 26 Jan 2021NIMBY RailsWeird and Wry · entered 26 Jan 2021We work on delivering a solid major version every quarter or so, with both major new features and a myriad of small enhancements and QoL improvements. This pace of development has worked very well for the first year of Early Access. The roadmap is now certainly shorter than at launch, but we prefer to not put a definite release date on its completion, and we would rather push the final release date down the line, and stay in Early Access, than impose a hard deadline on its development.read 11 Sep 202626 Jan 20215 years 8 monthsCould not read a duration
GearBlocksSmashHammer Games · entered 9 Nov 2023GearBlocksSmashHammer Games · entered 9 Nov 2023not read yet9 Nov 20232 years 10 monthsPromise not read yet
Cafe Business ManagerCaos Interactive · entered 10 Apr 2026Cafe Business ManagerCaos Interactive · entered 10 Apr 2026not read yet10 Apr 20265 monthsPromise not read yet
BOXROOMPantaloon · entered 11 Jun 2026BOXROOMPantaloon · entered 11 Jun 2026not read yet11 Jun 20263 monthsPromise not read yet
Out of OrbitCase Yellow Labs · entered 20 Oct 2023Out of OrbitCase Yellow Labs · entered 20 Oct 2023Out Of Orbit will leave Early Access once multiplayer has been fully implemented.read 13 Sep 202620 Oct 20232 years 11 monthsCould not read a duration
Star VortexHunted Cow Games · entered 28 Jul 2025Star VortexHunted Cow Games · entered 28 Jul 2025Early access will begin on July 28th 2025 and will likely last a year or more. The scope for new features and content is limitless and I'd like to make Star Vortex as good as it can be. I have no idea what the future may hold but I do maintain a roadmap of my plans on our Discord.read 13 Sep 202628 Jul 202514 monthsOpen promise
Spirit Animal SurvivalTRUEFX GAMES · entered 13 Sep 2026Spirit Animal SurvivalTRUEFX GAMES · entered 13 Sep 2026We estimate that Spirit Animal Survival will take years to complete allowing a full release on Steam.read 10 Sep 202613 Sep 20262 daysCould not read a duration
BuildanautsOctopus Tree · entered 4 May 2017BuildanautsOctopus Tree · entered 4 May 2017During Early Access, our plan is to polish and add new features and content for the players. When the Steam community and our team feel the game is ready, we will transition Buildanauts to Full Release.read 12 Sep 20264 May 20179 years 4 monthsCould not read a duration
Trading TownsEternal Games · entered 30 May 2024Trading TownsEternal Games · entered 30 May 2024At least half a year.read 12 Sep 202630 May 20242 years 4 monthsOpen promise
SurLeFilAngelo'Studio · entered 31 Dec 2025SurLeFilAngelo'Studio · entered 31 Dec 2025Sur Le Fil is a long-term project. Early Access will remain active as long as new educational modules continue to be added — mathematics, electricity, chemistry, mechanics, computer science, history… The current version focuses on the fundamentals (primary school level), and more advanced levels — middle school, high school and beyond — will be expanded progressively. There is no fixed end date: the goal is to continuously improve the game, stabilize existing systems, and add new content through regular updates.read 14 Sep 202631 Dec 20258 monthsCould not read a duration
Polyioncntblnk · entered 9 Nov 2022Polyioncntblnk · entered 9 Nov 2022Polyion will be in Early Access for the foreseeable future, there is currently no planned timeframe for when or if it will come out of Early Access.read 14 Sep 20269 Nov 20223 years 10 monthsOpen promise
Starship EVOMoonfire Entertainment · entered 19 Jun 2020Starship EVOMoonfire Entertainment · entered 19 Jun 2020A few more updates will bring depth to survival and late game. Once everything is in and stable we will exit early access!read 8 Sep 202619 Jun 20206 years 3 monthsCould not read a duration
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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.