How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 3,161 in Early Access · 4,396 promises read · 1,390 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,337 | 1,303 | 343% | 2 months | 1,29297% | 56of 1,161 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 541 | 541 | 00% | 14 months | 51395% | 200of 441 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 277 | 277 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 26495% | 160of 213 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 153 | 153 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 14595% | 94of 121 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 103 | 103 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 9895% | 61of 74 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 82 | 82 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 7591% | 50of 60 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 68 | 68 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 6799% | 39of 46 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 60 | 60 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 60100% | 34of 37 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 51 | 51 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 4996% | 36of 37 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 84 | 84 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 8399% | 52of 55 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lantern of the Laughless SaintThe Lantern of the Laughless Saint | The Early Access period is planned to last for less than a year. During Early Access we are aiming to release updates every 1-2 weeks. We will continue to support and update the game with free content and improvements based on community feedback after this period.read 15 Sep 2026 | 0–1 months | 4 weeks | 196% | Overdueby 2 weeks | |
| 浩游超超超变浩游超超超变 | Approximately one monthread 15 Sep 2026 | about 1 month | 1 month | 108% | Overdueby 2 days | |
| 琉隐:碎界转生琉隐:碎界转生 | The official version will be released in about half a year.read 13 Sep 2026 | about 6 months | 6 months | 107% | Overdueby 2 weeks |
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.