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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,371 in Early Access · 3,188 promises read · 1,076 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 12 Sep 2026
Overdue (636)On the clock (1,204)Graduated (26)No promise (531)
AppliedClock started in 2021Tag: 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
20261,1291,105242%2 months1,06094%36of 950 parsed—
202542242200%13 months38190%139of 329 parsed—
202422222200%2 years 1 month20391%118of 163 parsed—
202312112100%3 years 2 months11091%67of 89 parsed—
2022808000%4 years 2 months7189%47of 55 parsed—
2021585800%5 years 2 months5188%29of 38 parsed—
2020505000%6 years 1 month4692%23of 29 parsed—
2019474700%7 years 3 months47100%24of 27 parsed—
2018262600%8 years 1 month2492%15of 16 parsed—
2017313100%9 years 3 months3097%16of 18 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 months564%Overdueby 4 years 8 months
SprocketHamish Dunn · entered 26 Aug 2021SprocketHamish Dunn · entered 26 Aug 2021About 24 months. For perspective, Sprocket will have been in development for 15 months as of August 2021.read 11 Sep 202615–24 months5 years 1 month252%Overdueby 3 years 1 month
TaleSpireBouncyrock Entertainment · entered 15 Apr 2021TaleSpireBouncyrock Entertainment · entered 15 Apr 2021Our initial estimates were a bit ambitious. After being in Early Access for a while now, we foresee at least a couple of years post initial Early Access Release. This will give us ample time to deliver on our roadmap from the Kickstarter as well as give time for player feedback to shape the game throughout the early access period.read 7 Sep 202624–36 months5 years 5 months180%Overdueby 2 years 5 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.