Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,653 in Early Access · 3,650 promises read · 1,210 announced, not started

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AppliedClock started in 2021Tag: AutomationClear 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
20261,1961,171252%2 months1,13995%43of 1,025 parsed
202546746700%13 months43393%159of 369 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
2021707000%5 years 2 months6390%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
2017424200%9 years 3 months4198%21of 23 parsed
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Dyson Sphere ProgramGamirror Games · entered 21 Jan 2021Dyson Sphere ProgramGamirror Games · entered 21 Jan 2021Our plans are for this EA stage to be about 1 year long. But that is not written in stone: we will be open to our players’ feedback and ideas from the beginning, so that period can be expanded to meet their expectations until the game is ready for its full release.read 6 Sep 2026about 12 months5 years 8 months565%Overdueby 4 years 8 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.