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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,597 in Early Access · 3,566 promises read · 1,193 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 13 Sep 2026
Overdue (758)On the clock (1,283)Graduated (27)No promise (556)
AppliedClock started in 2019Tag: ExplorationClear 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
20261,1841,159252%2 months1,12495%42of 1,012 parsed—
202545745700%13 months42393%156of 360 parsed—
202424824800%2 years 1 month23294%139of 188 parsed—
202312712700%3 years 2 months11792%72of 95 parsed—
2022878700%4 years 2 months7991%52of 62 parsed—
2021676700%5 years 2 months6090%37of 46 parsed—
2020555500%6 years 2 months5295%27of 34 parsed—
2019535300%7 years 3 months53100%27of 30 parsed—
2018323200%8 years 2 months3094%21of 22 parsed—
2017414100%9 years 3 months4098%20of 22 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Feeble Origins: Path of a HeroWasatch Games · entered 25 Feb 2019Feeble Origins: Path of a HeroWasatch Games · entered 25 Feb 2019Expect the game to be in early access for less than a year at this point.read 10 Sep 20260–12 months7 years 7 months755%Overdueby 6 years 7 months
VolcanoidsVolcanoid · entered 29 Jan 2019VolcanoidsVolcanoid · entered 29 Jan 20192 years was the initial plan, but based on the amount of feedback and new ideas we got from the community, it's most likely going to take longer. The community can track the progress on our roadmap that we've been following since the development started.read 13 Sep 2026about 2 years7 years 7 months381%Overdueby 5 years 7 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.