How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,245 in Early Access · 2,948 promises read · 1,001 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,101 | 1,081 | 202% | 2 months | 1,02393% | 34of 922 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 404 | 404 | 00% | 13 months | 36189% | 131of 313 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 207 | 207 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 18790% | 109of 150 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 116 | 116 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 10591% | 63of 84 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 78 | 78 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 6988% | 45of 53 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 00% | 5 years 1 month | 4787% | 27of 36 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 46 | 46 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 4189% | 20of 25 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 42 | 42 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 42100% | 20of 23 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 24 | 24 | 00% | 8 years | 2292% | 13of 14 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 21 | 21 | 00% | 9 years 2 months | 2095% | 10of 12 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict |
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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.