How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 3,289 in Early Access · 4,598 promises read · 1,444 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,363 | 1,325 | 383% | 2 months | 1,32197% | 58of 1,183 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 564 | 564 | 00% | 14 months | 54096% | 216of 467 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 289 | 289 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 27896% | 170of 224 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 156 | 156 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 14895% | 94of 123 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 108 | 108 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 10395% | 65of 78 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 86 | 86 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 7992% | 52of 62 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 70 | 70 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 6999% | 40of 48 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 63 | 63 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 63100% | 36of 40 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 54 | 54 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 5296% | 39of 40 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 100 | 100 | 00% | 9 years 4 months | 9999% | 64of 67 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope TriggerHope Trigger | Although the initial goal was to complete the full version within a year, the development period has been extended to ensure the game's quality and depth of content. Early Access is still actively being updated, and the full release schedule will be adjusted based on actual development progress as we continue working toward a complete experience.read 9 Sep 2026 | 0–12 months | 5 years | 503% | Overdueby 4 years | |
| Gladiator: about to dieGladiator: about to die | We are planning to leave the early access before the end of 2022.read 10 Sep 2026 | 13 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2022 | 4 years 10 months | 444% | Overdueby 3 years 9 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.