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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 3,356 in Early Access · 4,722 promises read · 1,487 announced, not started

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Overdue (1,176)On the clock (1,523)Graduated (51)No promise (657)
AppliedClock started in 2020Tag: Early AccessClear 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
20261,3811,338433%2 months1,34097%58of 1,197 parsed—
202557457400%14 months55096%222of 477 parsed—
202429329300%2 years 1 month28397%173of 228 parsed—
202315915900%3 years 2 months15296%96of 125 parsed—
202211011000%4 years 2 months10595%65of 79 parsed—
2021878700%5 years 2 months8193%54of 64 parsed—
2020737300%6 years 2 months7299%43of 51 parsed—
2019656500%7 years 3 months65100%38of 42 parsed—
2018555500%8 years 3 months5396%40of 41 parsed—
201711211200%9 years 4 months11199%74of 77 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Duck Duck GooseZach Lawrence · entered 30 Apr 2020Duck Duck GooseZach Lawrence · entered 30 Apr 2020Roughly one month, which would allow time for gathering feedback and implementing changes to solve a majority of controller issues.read 14 Sep 2026about 1 month6 years 5 months7657%Overdueby 6 years 4 months
Werewolf Voice - Ultimate Werewolf PartyHeallios Studio · entered 7 May 2020Werewolf Voice - Ultimate Werewolf PartyHeallios Studio · entered 7 May 2020The Early Access stage is expected to last 2 weeks to a month as we want to find out the number of base users who can accompany us during a long road ahead.read 16 Sep 20261–1 months6 years 4 months7634%Overdueby 6 years 3 months
XSOverlayXiexe · entered 3 Mar 2020XSOverlayXiexe · entered 3 Mar 20204-5 months roughly, though because I am a single developer with some help, it may take longer than that. One person can only do so much work!read 6 Sep 20264–5 months6 years 6 months1570%Overdueby 6 years 1 month
DanielX.net Paint ComposerDaniel X Moore · entered 30 Jan 2020DanielX.net Paint ComposerDaniel X Moore · entered 30 Jan 2020Our current estimation is that the game will be in Early Access for three to six months while we finish up the final features on our roadmap to 1.0read 15 Sep 20263–6 months6 years 8 months1326%Overdueby 6 years 2 months
Hurry Up!GameWork Studios · entered 10 Sep 2020Hurry Up!GameWork Studios · entered 10 Sep 2020Like everything else in the game, you will decide this too. Early access will be completed for us as soon as we decide that the game has reached the stage we want in our conversations in the Community or Discord. In our opinion, this period will may take up to 6 months.read 13 Sep 20260–6 months6 years1203%Overdueby 5 years 6 months
Car Trader SimulatorLive Motion Games · entered 4 Nov 2020Car Trader SimulatorLive Motion Games · entered 4 Nov 2020We believe the game to be in Early Access for approximately half an year. Depending on the feedback from EA players we will adjust the Early Access accordingly. We are still trying different new features and there is a great possibility that our players' feedback will also provide us with ideas that we will not be able to pass on.read 12 Sep 2026about 6 months5 years 10 months1173%Overdueby 5 years 4 months
Faerie Solitaire DirePuppygames · entered 7 Sep 2020Faerie Solitaire DirePuppygames · entered 7 Sep 2020Current estimate is early 2021.read 16 Sep 20267 monthsuntil 31 Mar 20216 years1033%Overdueby 5 years 5 months
DreamgateConfirmed Games · entered 20 Feb 2020DreamgateConfirmed Games · entered 20 Feb 2020We plan to develop Dreamgate for a period of 6-12 months. If necessary, we might develop it for longer, especially if the community has a lot of features and interest in adding more content to the game! But at the same time, we don’t want Dreamgate to be another game that is in early access for 3 years or longer. The infinite cycle of Early Access hell is something we would like to avoid, as we wish to provide a fully finished and playable game experience within a short period of time.read 15 Sep 20266–12 months6 years 7 months657%Overdueby 5 years 7 months
Epic Conquest 2Gaco Games · entered 20 Apr 2020Epic Conquest 2Gaco Games · entered 20 Apr 2020We're Planning the goal for the development time is 1 Year. So for the v.1.0 will come sometime in 2021read 14 Sep 2026about 12 months6 years 5 months641%Overdueby 5 years 5 months
ExoCorpsGingerbred · entered 9 Oct 2020ExoCorpsGingerbred · entered 9 Oct 2020We expect it will take 6 - 12 months to have the product in a place where we would say it's feature complete enough to go "full release", but that is subject to change. Either way, we will be maintaining a public roadmap so our players are always up-to-date on development status and timeline.read 11 Sep 20266–12 months5 years 11 months594%Overdueby 4 years 11 months
MouseboundGNos Games · entered 23 Oct 2020MouseboundGNos Games · entered 23 Oct 2020About one year.read 12 Sep 2026about 12 months5 years 11 months590%Overdueby 4 years 11 months
NaudrionAleksey Skvortsov · entered 25 Dec 2020NaudrionAleksey Skvortsov · entered 25 Dec 2020I expect that the game will be in early access for around a year.read 14 Sep 2026about 12 months5 years 9 months573%Overdueby 4 years 9 months
POLYGONRedaster Studio · entered 6 Mar 2020POLYGONRedaster Studio · entered 6 Mar 2020According to our estimates, POLYGON will remain in Early Access until mid-2021.read 5 Sep 202616 monthsuntil 30 Jun 20216 years 6 months490%Overdueby 5 years 2 months
SlashvivalHard Shark Games · entered 17 Mar 2020SlashvivalHard Shark Games · entered 17 Mar 2020We estimate that the game it will still be in Early Access for about one and a half years. This timeframe will allow us to gather feedback, implement new features, and polish the game based on player input.read 15 Sep 2026about 18 months6 years 6 months433%Overdueby 5 years
MONEY LOVES SILENCEVasiliy Sadovyi · entered 24 Feb 2020MONEY LOVES SILENCEVasiliy Sadovyi · entered 24 Feb 2020The release is planned for the end of 2020 or the end of 2021, I find it difficult to say the exact date of the final version of the game.Development speed depends on many factors, such as the number of sales and the interest of the players in my game. If I get support from the players, I can devote more time to the project,and get the opportunity to attract more developers to the game.read 14 Sep 202622 monthsuntil 31 Dec 20216 years 7 months358%Overdueby 4 years 9 months
Space Simulation ToolkitPavel Kudinov · entered 5 Jun 2020Space Simulation ToolkitPavel Kudinov · entered 5 Jun 2020The game will remain in Early Access for about 2 years.read 9 Sep 2026about 2 years6 years 3 months314%Overdueby 4 years 3 months
Kings Of StreetsTB Games · entered 20 Jun 2020Kings Of StreetsTB Games · entered 20 Jun 2020We expect that the game will be in Early Access for 12-24 months. We decided to keep our schedule fairly flexible. So that the development team and community can best would the game experience that we all want to see! As feedback is received we will make decisions about regarding the required improvements in the game play. The exact time will depend on many factors it is impossible to predict.read 15 Sep 202612–24 months6 years 3 months312%Overdueby 4 years 3 months
Fragment's MoonriseYyanthire Studio · entered 23 Jun 2020Fragment's MoonriseYyanthire Studio · entered 23 Jun 2020A year or two minimum; with the majority of core design integrated, this makes the “engine” of the game able to run in a stable manner while newer content is developed. This means my central focus will be on new worlds, bosses, spells, RPG-elements, and playable units almost exclusively. My intended goal is to attempt to get a new significant piece of content pushed out every few months. In my grand design for the game I want enough content integrated to truly earn the “open world” title I’ve established for this project, and be a game which exhibits a challenging yet rewarding experience for the player.read 7 Sep 202612–24 months6 years 3 months312%Overdueby 4 years 3 months
ZompiercerDDDimanN · entered 3 Apr 2020ZompiercerDDDimanN · entered 3 Apr 2020I plan to complete the storyline within 2-3 years and then move on to co-op development.read 5 Sep 202624–36 months6 years 5 months215%Overdueby 3 years 5 months
Mannequin Character GeneratorAR14.works · entered 31 Jul 2020Mannequin Character GeneratorAR14.works · entered 31 Jul 2020We're planning to finish Mannequin before the end of 2023.read 13 Sep 20263 years 5 monthsuntil 31 Dec 20236 years 2 months179%Overdueby 2 years 9 months
Solar PurgeHitscan Games · entered 29 Jul 2020Solar PurgeHitscan Games · entered 29 Jul 2020Solar Purge will be in Early Access until 2024, allowing us to finish the rest of the game’s planned content in conjunction with feedback from the community. See the Roadmap down below!read 13 Sep 20264 years 5 monthsuntil 31 Dec 20246 years 2 months139%Overdueby 21 months
Songs of SyxGamatron AB · entered 21 Sep 2020Songs of SyxGamatron AB · entered 21 Sep 20201.0 will be released approximately 2023. If the game continues to have financial success, I hope to add a lot more to it after. Edit 2024: 1.0 will be released Q1 2025 Edit 2025: 1.0 will be released when I am happy with it.read 16 Sep 20264 years 6 monthsuntil 31 Mar 20256 years133%Overdueby 18 months
EPICADEVSONG · entered 10 Dec 2020EPICADEVSONG · entered 10 Dec 2020We do not have an exact date yet, but we estimate that in the second half of 2025 the game approaches a content depth of several days to play through.read 16 Sep 20265 years 1 monthuntil 31 Dec 20255 years 9 months113%Overdueby 8 months
Industrial PettingAnother Yeti · entered 17 Mar 2020Industrial PettingAnother Yeti · entered 17 Mar 2020This game will emerge from Early Access to 1.0 in late 2025!read 12 Sep 20265 years 9 monthsuntil 31 Dec 20256 years 6 months113%Overdueby 9 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.