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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,395 in Early Access · 3,226 promises read · 1,087 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 12 Sep 2026
Overdue (645)On the clock (1,215)Graduated (26)No promise (535)
AppliedClock started in 2022Tag: 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
20261,1351,111242%2 months1,06794%36of 957 parsed—
202542742700%13 months38690%140of 331 parsed—
202422422400%2 years 1 month20592%119of 165 parsed—
202312212200%3 years 2 months11191%67of 89 parsed—
2022818100%4 years 2 months7390%48of 57 parsed—
2021595900%5 years 2 months5288%30of 39 parsed—
2020505000%6 years 1 month4692%23of 29 parsed—
2019484800%7 years 3 months48100%25of 28 parsed—
2018272700%8 years 2 months2593%16of 17 parsed—
2017313100%9 years 3 months3097%16of 18 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Captain of IndustryMaFi Games · entered 31 May 2022Captain of IndustryMaFi Games · entered 31 May 2022Our timeline is still uncertain, but we expect 2-4 more years in EA (as of 2026). We’ll leave Early Access when the game is feature-complete to our vision and meets our quality bar.read 11 Sep 202624–48 months4 years 3 months107%Overdueby 3 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.