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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,497 in Early Access · 3,393 promises read · 1,132 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 13 Sep 2026
Overdue (701)On the clock (1,253)Graduated (27)No promise (543)
AppliedClock started in 2020Tag: FPSClear 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
20261,1631,138252%2 months1,09994%39of 988 parsed—
202544244200%13 months40792%151of 350 parsed—
202423423400%2 years 1 month21692%128of 175 parsed—
202312412400%3 years 2 months11391%69of 91 parsed—
2022868600%4 years 2 months7891%51of 61 parsed—
2021616100%5 years 2 months5489%32of 41 parsed—
2020525200%6 years 1 month4994%25of 31 parsed—
2019505000%7 years 2 months50100%26of 29 parsed—
2018303000%8 years 2 months2893%19of 20 parsed—
2017363600%9 years 3 months3597%17of 19 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
The SurvivorStarship Studio · entered 3 Aug 2020The SurvivorStarship Studio · entered 3 Aug 2020This game will be in Early Access for approximately 6-12 months.read 11 Sep 20266–12 months6 years 1 month611%Overdueby 5 years 1 month
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 months593%Overdueby 4 years 11 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 months489%Overdueby 5 years 2 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
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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.