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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,597 in Early Access · 3,566 promises read · 1,193 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 13 Sep 2026
Overdue (758)On the clock (1,283)Graduated (27)No promise (556)
AppliedClock started in 2014Tag: ActionClear allFurthest past the promise first
By the year the clock started

Graduations and promises, year by year

YearGamesIn Early Access nowGraduatedMedian time in EAPromise readOverduePromise kept
20261,1841,159252%2 months1,12495%42of 1,012 parsed—
202545745700%13 months42393%156of 360 parsed—
202424824800%2 years 1 month23294%139of 188 parsed—
202312712700%3 years 2 months11792%72of 95 parsed—
2022878700%4 years 2 months7991%52of 62 parsed—
2021676700%5 years 2 months6090%37of 46 parsed—
2020555500%6 years 2 months5295%27of 34 parsed—
2019535300%7 years 3 months53100%27of 30 parsed—
2018323200%8 years 2 months3094%21of 22 parsed—
2017414100%9 years 3 months4098%20of 22 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Dragon: The GameRed Level Games · entered 7 Nov 2014Dragon: The GameRed Level Games · entered 7 Nov 2014Early Access will continue to our retail launch in the winter of 2017. We will follow an aggressive development road map with major updates every three to seven weeks.read 9 Sep 20261–2 months11 years 10 months8888%Overdueby 11 years 9 months
CubeGuncandyrocketstudio · entered 21 May 2014CubeGuncandyrocketstudio · entered 21 May 2014It'll take one month or tworead 9 Sep 20261–2 months12 years 4 months7390%Overdueby 12 years 2 months
Cavern KingsVINE · entered 30 Sep 2014Cavern KingsVINE · entered 30 Sep 2014Cavern Kings will be Early Access until a final build is released. It's difficult to say how long that will take but my current goal is to fully release the game by the end of 2014.read 10 Sep 20263 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201411 years 11 months4782%Overdueby 11 years 8 months
Pro Wrestling XWrestling Gamers United · entered 18 Nov 2014Pro Wrestling XWrestling Gamers United · entered 18 Nov 2014Pro Wrestling X is as much a platform as it is an actual game; as such, we'll always be in on-going development. We'll continue to tweak, break, add new features, perfect old ones for quite some time. So the line between "Early Access" and "Final" is a bit blurred. In fact, there likely is no "Final". With that said, we've laid out a "Roadmap to 1.0" feature list in our long description. Once we complete that list, we'll transition away from Early Access. We're hopeful this is a 3-4 month timeline.read 9 Sep 20263–4 months11 years 10 months3546%Overdueby 11 years 6 months
Mission Control: NanoMechWisdomTools · entered 17 Dec 2014Mission Control: NanoMechWisdomTools · entered 17 Dec 2014The team is planning on 3-4 Months, but it is dependent on community feedback and the technical difficulty of any enhancements made.read 10 Sep 20263–4 months11 years 9 months3522%Overdueby 11 years 5 months
IsomerIonising Software · entered 11 Jul 2014IsomerIonising Software · entered 11 Jul 2014A few months, enough time to polish and balance all of the mechanics and add all the features we originally planned.read 9 Sep 20263–6 months12 years 2 months2435%Overdueby 11 years 8 months
Wild WarfareRocketSnail · entered 15 Jul 2014Wild WarfareRocketSnail · entered 15 Jul 2014Wild Warfare will likely remain in Early Access for most of 2014. At this point, no official release date for the full version of the game is confirmed.read 9 Sep 20266 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201412 years 2 months2433%Overdueby 11 years 8 months
CubeZMETAPHOR · entered 1 Dec 2014CubeZMETAPHOR · entered 1 Dec 2014We expect to stay in early access for around 6 months.read 9 Sep 2026about 6 months11 years 9 months2357%Overdueby 11 years 3 months
BLOCKADE 3DNovalink · entered 19 Dec 2014BLOCKADE 3DNovalink · entered 19 Dec 20144-6 months.read 9 Sep 20264–6 months11 years 9 months2347%Overdueby 11 years 3 months
ACE - Arena: Cyber EvolutionSpearhead Games · entered 18 Aug 2014ACE - Arena: Cyber EvolutionSpearhead Games · entered 18 Aug 2014Until we reach a level where we can confidently organize pro-caliber tournament! We expect it to take somewhere between 6 months and 1 year.read 12 Sep 20266–12 months12 years 1 month1207%Overdueby 11 years 1 month
LEVEL UP!Ranmantaru Games · entered 24 Nov 2014LEVEL UP!Ranmantaru Games · entered 24 Nov 2014Currently on hiatus until spring 2020. I'm focusing on other projects for now.read 10 Sep 20265 years 6 monthsuntil 31 May 202011 years 10 months215%Overdueby 6 years 4 months
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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.