How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,568 in Early Access · 3,530 promises read · 1,188 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,179 | 1,154 | 252% | 2 months | 1,11795% | 42of 1,005 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 452 | 452 | 00% | 13 months | 41892% | 154of 358 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 245 | 245 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 22993% | 137of 185 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 127 | 127 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 11792% | 72of 95 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 87 | 87 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 7991% | 52of 62 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 5689% | 34of 43 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 54 | 54 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 5194% | 26of 33 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 53100% | 27of 30 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 32 | 32 | 00% | 8 years 2 months | 3094% | 21of 22 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 39 | 39 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 3897% | 19of 21 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astral TerraAstral Terra | Our current projected timeline is a little under 1 year until final release - May 2018. As a small indie with amateur developers, our supporters will be our largest ally in getting this project developed and realizing it's full potential, but to also have patience when we stumble. Please follow our development process via our website and provide your awesome feedback via our discussions here on Steam or on our community message board.read 8 Sep 2026 | 0–12 months | 10 years 10 months | 1084% | Overdueby 9 years 10 months | |
| KINGDOMSKINGDOMS | We want to release the final version in 16 month from now. During this year, we'll update KINGDOMS every month, adding more features.read 12 Sep 2026 | about 16 months | 10 years 11 months | 817% | Overdueby 9 years 7 months |
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.