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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,696 in Early Access · 3,730 promises read · 1,238 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 14 Sep 2026
Overdue (812)On the clock (1,317)Graduated (27)No promise (567)
AppliedClock started in 2019Tag: 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
20261,2061,181252%2 months1,15095%44of 1,036 parsed—
202547947900%13 months44793%168of 383 parsed—
202425325300%2 years 1 month23894%142of 192 parsed—
202313213200%3 years 2 months12292%77of 100 parsed—
2022898900%4 years 2 months8292%53of 63 parsed—
2021727200%5 years 2 months6590%41of 50 parsed—
2020565600%6 years 2 months5598%29of 36 parsed—
2019535300%7 years 3 months53100%27of 30 parsed—
2018353500%8 years 2 months3394%25of 26 parsed—
2017464600%9 years 3 months4598%24of 26 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
The Long DriveGenesz · entered 25 Sep 2019The Long DriveGenesz · entered 25 Sep 2019We are making pretty good progress, but if we want a polished and excellent product, we need to stay at least for a year, or maybe a year and a half in Early Access. It would be nice to get to the full version by the end of 2023. Edit: ..or 2024read 6 Sep 202612–18 months7 years465%Overdueby 5 years 6 months
SpaceEngineCosmographic Software · entered 11 Jun 2019SpaceEngineCosmographic Software · entered 11 Jun 2019Our goal is to leave Early Access within 1-2 years.read 5 Sep 202612–24 months7 years 3 months363%Overdueby 5 years 3 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.