How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 3,230 in Early Access · 4,514 promises read · 1,426 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,353 | 1,316 | 373% | 2 months | 1,31197% | 57of 1,175 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 549 | 549 | 00% | 14 months | 52395% | 207of 451 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 287 | 287 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 27696% | 170of 224 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 153 | 153 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 14595% | 94of 121 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 104 | 104 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 9995% | 62of 75 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 84 | 84 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 7792% | 52of 62 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 68 | 68 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 6799% | 39of 46 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 61 | 61 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 61100% | 34of 38 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 53 | 53 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 5196% | 38of 39 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 93 | 93 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 9299% | 60of 63 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragdoll MadnessRagdoll Madness | 2 Months ,but it may be in the direction of an increaseread 15 Sep 2026 | about 2 months | 5 years 4 months | 3215% | Overdueby 5 years 2 months | |
| Dreams Of AdventureDreams Of Adventure | Roughly 2023 the game should come out of Early Acess.read 13 Sep 2026 | 2 years 3 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2023 | 4 years 11 months | 220% | Overdueby 2 years 8 months | |
| Sacred FireSacred Fire | We plan to stay in Early Access approximately till summer 2025. The release of v1.0 will update the game with the third and final act of the story, more character art variety and localization.read 15 Sep 2026 | 3 years 10 monthsuntil 31 Aug 2025 | 4 years 11 months | 128% | Overdueby 13 months | |
| Ancient Dungeon VRAncient Dungeon VR | The current plan is to stay in early access until all features that are planned have been developed. Since the start of early access, a lot of new features have already been announced that we never thought we would add, like Multiplayer for example. This is why we can't give a perfect estimate and will need to adjust the release date of the full version once more features have finished development. Furthermore, since this is a roguelite game, there are endless possibilities content wise. We have a lot of ideas that we want to realize which may take a considerable amount of time. We expect to have most of the content finished around end of 2025.read 12 Sep 2026 | 4 years 2 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2025 | 4 years 10 months | 117% | Overdueby 8 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.