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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,137 in Early Access · 2,728 promises read · 930 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 11 Sep 2026
Overdue (517)On the clock (1,115)Graduated (20)No promise (505)
AppliedClock started in 2015Tag: 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
20261,0711,053182%1 month98892%32of 893 parsed—
202539239200%13 months34287%127of 297 parsed—
202419219200%2 years 1 month17089%102of 138 parsed—
202311211200%3 years 2 months9888%57of 77 parsed—
2022767600%4 years 2 months6788%43of 51 parsed—
2021505000%5 years 1 month4284%24of 32 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
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon GameCamshaft Software Ltd · entered 12 Mar 2015Automation - The Car Company Tycoon GameCamshaft Software Ltd · entered 12 Mar 2015Automation continues to be in active development, and will continue to be in development for the foreseeable future. Once the three-part Supercharger Update suite is completed, tentatively planned for early-to-mid 2026, Automation’s Car and Engine Designers will be considered feature complete according to our original plans, and development will re-focus on Campaign Mode.read 5 Sep 202611 years 4 monthsuntil 30 Jun 202611 years 6 months101%Overdueby 2 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.