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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,665 in Early Access · 3,675 promises read · 1,220 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 13 Sep 2026
Overdue (793)On the clock (1,306)Graduated (27)No promise (566)
AppliedClock started in 2018Tag: 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
20261,1981,173252%2 months1,14295%43of 1,028 parsed—
202547247200%13 months43893%163of 374 parsed—
202425025000%2 years 1 month23594%141of 191 parsed—
202313013000%3 years 2 months12092%75of 98 parsed—
2022888800%4 years 2 months8192%52of 62 parsed—
2021717100%5 years 2 months6490%40of 49 parsed—
2020565600%6 years 2 months5598%30of 37 parsed—
2019535300%7 years 3 months53100%27of 30 parsed—
2018323200%8 years 2 months3094%22of 23 parsed—
2017444400%9 years 3 months4398%22of 24 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Survival Games2.0 Studios · entered 10 Apr 2018Survival Games2.0 Studios · entered 10 Apr 2018We plan to leave Early Access in six months Approximately every two months, we plan to unlock a new game mode. This cadence gives the development team time to make each mode a solid and fun experience. This puts our official launch window around mid 2018. There is a resonable chance that our release and game mode milestones will take more time, or even less. Active community feedback will heavily influence what we focus on, and when Survival Games is ready to move to the next milestone.read 9 Sep 20262–6 months8 years 5 months1686%Overdueby 7 years 11 months
ATLASGrapeshot Games · entered 22 Dec 2018ATLASGrapeshot Games · entered 22 Dec 2018ATLAS will be an Early Access title for approximately 2 years.read 12 Sep 2026about 2 years7 years 9 months386%Overdueby 5 years 9 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.