How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,213 in Early Access · 2,885 promises read · 980 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,094 | 1,075 | 192% | 1 month | 1,01693% | 34of 916 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 402 | 402 | 00% | 13 months | 35789% | 130of 310 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 205 | 205 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 18590% | 108of 148 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 114 | 114 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 10289% | 60of 81 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 6788% | 43of 51 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 53 | 53 | 00% | 5 years 1 month | 4687% | 26of 35 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 45 | 45 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 4089% | 20of 24 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 41 | 41 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 41100% | 20of 23 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | 00% | 8 years 1 month | 1990% | 10of 11 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 19 | 19 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 1895% | 8of 10 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StationeersStationeers | Stationeers entered Early Access in late 2017 and has been updated *57* times since! That's approximately 2.19 updates per month, 0.51 updates per week and... 0.072 updates per day! We're committed to delivering these consistent and substantial updates to the game until both we and our community consider the game ready for a v1.0 release.read 9 Sep 2026 | 1 monthuntil 31 Dec 2017 | 8 years 9 months | 10500% | Overdueby 8 years 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.