How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 3,405 in Early Access · 4,789 promises read · 1,500 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,387 | 1,343 | 443% | 2 months | 1,34897% | 59of 1,204 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 582 | 582 | 00% | 14 months | 55996% | 226of 486 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 296 | 296 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 28697% | 176of 231 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 161 | 161 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 15496% | 98of 127 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 111 | 111 | 00% | 4 years 3 months | 10695% | 65of 79 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 88 | 88 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 8293% | 54of 64 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 73 | 73 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 7299% | 43of 51 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 65 | 65 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 65100% | 38of 42 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 56 | 56 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 5496% | 40of 41 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 132 | 132 | 00% | 9 years 4 months | 13199% | 89of 92 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict |
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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.