How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 3,134 in Early Access · 4,358 promises read · 1,382 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,328 | 1,294 | 343% | 2 months | 1,28196% | 56of 1,152 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 541 | 541 | 00% | 14 months | 51395% | 200of 441 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 277 | 277 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 26495% | 160of 213 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 152 | 152 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 14495% | 93of 120 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 102 | 102 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 9795% | 61of 74 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 79 | 79 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 7291% | 47of 57 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 68 | 68 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 6799% | 39of 46 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 59 | 59 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 59100% | 33of 36 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 48 | 48 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 4696% | 34of 35 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 79 | 79 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 7899% | 48of 51 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar PurgeSolar Purge | Solar Purge will be in Early Access until 2024, allowing us to finish the rest of the game’s planned content in conjunction with feedback from the community. See the Roadmap down below!read 13 Sep 2026 | 4 years 5 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2024 | 6 years 2 months | 139% | Overdueby 21 months |
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.