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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,318 in Early Access · 3,082 promises read · 1,042 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 12 Sep 2026
Overdue (607)On the clock (1,185)Graduated (25)No promise (526)
AppliedClock started in 2014Tag: Open WorldClear 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
20261,1181,095232%2 months1,04593%34of 939 parsed—
202541341300%13 months37190%135of 319 parsed—
202421321300%2 years 1 month19391%112of 155 parsed—
202311911900%3 years 2 months10891%65of 87 parsed—
2022808000%4 years 2 months7189%47of 55 parsed—
2021575700%5 years 2 months5088%28of 37 parsed—
2020484800%6 years 1 month4390%22of 27 parsed—
2019474700%7 years 3 months47100%24of 27 parsed—
2018262600%8 years 1 month2492%15of 16 parsed—
2017252500%9 years 2 months2496%14of 16 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Dragon: The GameRed Level Games · entered 7 Nov 2014Dragon: The GameRed Level Games · entered 7 Nov 2014Early Access will continue to our retail launch in the winter of 2017. We will follow an aggressive development road map with major updates every three to seven weeks.read 9 Sep 20261–2 months11 years 10 months8886%Overdueby 11 years 9 months
Journey of the KingDigitalWorldEntertainment · entered 15 Dec 2014Journey of the KingDigitalWorldEntertainment · entered 15 Dec 2014We expect Journey of the King to be completed by August 2015.read 10 Sep 20269 monthsuntil 31 Aug 201511 years 9 months1566%Overdueby 11 years
Blockscapeioneo · entered 3 Jul 2014Blockscapeioneo · entered 3 Jul 2014Not much longer. The game is close to what I want it to be. I will not put a date on 1.0. I guessed “a year” when Early Access started, and that was wrong. I will leave Early Access when I am proud to call it finished. Until then I keep working. Quiet periods mean I am working, not that I have stopped. This is the project of my life. I will never abandon it.read 7 Sep 2026about 12 months12 years 2 months1220%Overdueby 11 years 2 months
Xsyon - PreludeNotorious Games · entered 29 Dec 2014Xsyon - PreludeNotorious Games · entered 29 Dec 2014Early Access will continue throughout 2015 until the upcoming feature checklist listed below is complete.read 9 Sep 202612 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201511 years 8 months1171%Overdueby 10 years 8 months
RodinaElliptic Games · entered 28 Jul 2014RodinaElliptic Games · entered 28 Jul 2014As I mention below, I'm currently working on a Roadmap which will take me out of Early Access. This roadmap will take me through 2022.read 9 Sep 20268 years 5 monthsuntil 31 Dec 202212 years 2 months144%Overdueby 3 years 9 months
Amazing Frog?Fayju · entered 21 Nov 2014Amazing Frog?Fayju · entered 21 Nov 2014We will leave Early Access before the end of 2025 (if not Jan 2026) The good news is we have almost finished our time in Early Access. We've been in early access for almost 11 years and as we approach the 'Law & Order' update, we will leave Early Access with a '1.0' of Amazing Frog?read 11 Sep 2026about 11 years11 years 10 months107%Overdueby 10 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.