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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,122 in Early Access · 2,674 promises read · 910 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 11 Sep 2026
Overdue (509)On the clock (1,108)Graduated (17)No promise (505)
AppliedClock started in 2021Tag: Base BuildingClear 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
20261,0671,052151%1 month98092%32of 889 parsed—
202538738700%13 months33787%126of 293 parsed—
202418918900%2 years 1 month16788%99of 135 parsed—
202311011000%3 years 2 months9687%55of 75 parsed—
2022767600%4 years 2 months6788%43of 51 parsed—
2021505000%5 years 1 month4182%23of 31 parsed—
2020444400%6 years 1 month3989%19of 23 parsed—
2019393900%7 years 3 months39100%19of 22 parsed—
2018212100%8 years 1 month1990%10of 11 parsed—
2017191900%9 years 3 months1895%8of 10 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Sunset Drive 1986Mehmet Uluç Şahin · entered 20 Jan 2021Sunset Drive 1986Mehmet Uluç Şahin · entered 20 Jan 2021It is planned to leave Early Access in 2021.read 7 Sep 202611 monthsuntil 31 Dec 20215 years 8 months615%Overdueby 4 years 9 months
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 months564%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.