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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,094 in Early Access · 2,613 promises read · 890 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 11 Sep 2026
Overdue (499)On the clock (1,093)Graduated (15)No promise (502)
AppliedClock started in 2022Tag: MultiplayerClear 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
20261,0531,040131%1 month96592%31of 876 parsed—
202538538500%13 months33587%126of 291 parsed—
202418718700%2 years 1 month16588%98of 133 parsed—
202310710700%3 years 2 months9387%54of 74 parsed—
2022767600%4 years 2 months6788%43of 51 parsed—
2021505000%5 years 1 month4182%23of 31 parsed—
2020434300%6 years 1 month3888%18of 22 parsed—
2019404000%7 years 3 months40100%20of 23 parsed—
2018212100%8 years 1 month1990%10of 11 parsed—
2017191900%9 years 3 months1895%8of 10 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Inside the BackroomsMrFatcat · entered 20 Jun 2022Inside the BackroomsMrFatcat · entered 20 Jun 2022We estimate 1 year in early accessread 5 Sep 2026about 12 months4 years 3 months423%Overdueby 3 years 3 months
Kolhii ChampionsAUJupiter Brains · entered 25 Aug 2022Kolhii ChampionsAUJupiter Brains · entered 25 Aug 2022Early Access will last for several months to a year, likely until the end of 2023 or early 2024.read 6 Sep 2026about 12 months4 years 1 month405%Overdueby 3 years 1 month
Boom SlingersBoom Corp · entered 16 Sep 2022Boom SlingersBoom Corp · entered 16 Sep 2022We aim to have the full release ready in approximately 6 months to one year.read 7 Sep 20266–12 months4 years399%Overdueby 3 years
RUMBLEBuckethead Entertainment · entered 23 Sep 2022RUMBLEBuckethead Entertainment · entered 23 Sep 2022Could be up to a year, maybe longer. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be updates within that time, on the contrary. We intend to gradually build the game up to a full release, updating it with individual additions as time goes on.read 7 Sep 20260–12 months4 years397%Overdueby 3 years
There Won't be LightBarCoffee Studio · entered 25 Sep 2022There Won't be LightBarCoffee Studio · entered 25 Sep 2022We intend to keep it for 1 year in Early Access.read 7 Sep 2026about 12 months4 years396%Overdueby 3 years
FrikiWompa Labs · entered 22 Feb 2022FrikiWompa Labs · entered 22 Feb 2022The game will be released and out of Early Access by Q4 2024.read 8 Sep 20262 years 10 monthsuntil 31 Dec 20244 years 7 months161%Overdueby 21 months
Backrooms: Escape TogetherTriiodide Studios · entered 18 Oct 2022Backrooms: Escape TogetherTriiodide Studios · entered 18 Oct 2022We plan to be in early access for a couple of years. But as with all things, it will come out when we feel like we have achieved our goal of providing the true Backrooms experience.read 10 Sep 202624–36 months3 years 11 months130%Overdueby 11 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.