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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,439 in Early Access · 3,295 promises read · 1,105 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 12 Sep 2026
Overdue (667)On the clock (1,230)Graduated (26)No promise (542)
AppliedClock started in 2017Tag: AdventureClear 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
20261,1471,123242%2 months1,08094%38of 970 parsed—
202543343300%13 months39391%142of 337 parsed—
202422722700%2 years 1 month20892%122of 168 parsed—
202312212200%3 years 2 months11191%67of 89 parsed—
2022828200%4 years 2 months7490%49of 58 parsed—
2021606000%5 years 2 months5388%31of 40 parsed—
2020505000%6 years 1 month4794%23of 29 parsed—
2019494900%7 years 3 months49100%26of 29 parsed—
2018282800%8 years 1 month2693%17of 18 parsed—
2017353500%9 years 3 months3497%17of 19 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Lucid TripsSara Lisa Vogl · entered 12 Jan 2017Lucid TripsSara Lisa Vogl · entered 12 Jan 2017We plan on having Lucid Trips in Early Access until Q4 2017 or at the longest 9 months.read 12 Sep 2026about 9 months9 years 8 months1289%Overdueby 8 years 11 months
Dino ScourgeScourgey Works · entered 18 Dec 2017Dino ScourgeScourgey Works · entered 18 Dec 2017Q1 2020read 12 Sep 20262 years 3 monthsuntil 31 Mar 20208 years 9 months388%Overdueby 6 years 6 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.