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Early Access Promise Clock

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

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 16 Sep 2026
Overdue (1,207)On the clock (1,534)Graduated (52)No promise (664)
AppliedClock started in 2025Tag: Hack and SlashClear 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
20261,3871,343443%2 months1,34897%59of 1,204 parsed—
202558258200%14 months55996%226of 486 parsed—
202429629600%2 years 1 month28697%176of 231 parsed—
202316116100%3 years 2 months15496%98of 127 parsed—
202211111100%4 years 3 months10695%65of 79 parsed—
2021888800%5 years 2 months8293%54of 64 parsed—
2020737300%6 years 2 months7299%43of 51 parsed—
2019656500%7 years 3 months65100%38of 42 parsed—
2018565600%8 years 3 months5496%40of 41 parsed—
201713213200%9 years 4 months13199%89of 92 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Rise AgainStoryAge · entered 6 Nov 2025Rise AgainStoryAge · entered 6 Nov 2025Rise Again will remain in Early Access as long as needed. Our goal is to release at least 3 Major Updates. We aim to release each Major Update roughly every 3–6 months. However, these times may vary depending on player requests.read 16 Sep 20263–6 months10 months172%Overdueby 4 months
守卫虎牢 Pass Tiger Cage中军MT · entered 30 Dec 2025守卫虎牢 Pass Tiger Cage中军MT · entered 30 Dec 2025It may take us half a year to perfect the game's subsequent content, or even longerthe store says it leaves Early Access on 25 Sep 2026about 6 months9 months143%Overdueby 3 months
Titan Quest IITHQ Nordic · entered 1 Aug 2025Titan Quest IITHQ Nordic · entered 1 Aug 2025We will stay in Early Access for as long as needed, depending on the feedback of our community. Currently, we are thinking about one year.read 16 Sep 2026about 12 months14 months113%Overdueby 2 months
Retro Dungeon SlayerHard Shark Games · entered 3 Mar 2025Retro Dungeon SlayerHard Shark Games · entered 3 Mar 2025We estimate that we will 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 14 Sep 2026about 18 months18 months103%Overdueby 2 weeks
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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.