How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,957 in Early Access · 4,113 promises read · 1,333 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,261 | 1,231 | 302% | 2 months | 1,21296% | 51of 1,091 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 523 | 523 | 00% | 14 months | 49494% | 192of 424 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 267 | 267 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 25395% | 153of 205 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 147 | 147 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 13894% | 88of 114 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 97 | 97 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 9093% | 57of 68 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 79 | 79 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 7291% | 47of 57 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 65 | 65 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 6498% | 36of 43 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 57 | 57 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 57100% | 31of 34 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 43 | 43 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 4195% | 31of 32 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 67 | 67 | 00% | 9 years 4 months | 6699% | 38of 41 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | 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.