How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 3,183 in Early Access · 4,435 promises read · 1,400 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,348 | 1,314 | 343% | 2 months | 1,30597% | 57of 1,171 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 542 | 542 | 00% | 14 months | 51595% | 201of 443 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 283 | 283 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 27296% | 166of 220 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 154 | 154 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 14695% | 95of 122 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 103 | 103 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 9895% | 61of 74 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 82 | 82 | 00% | 5 years 3 months | 7591% | 50of 60 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 68 | 68 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 6799% | 39of 46 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 60 | 60 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 60100% | 34of 37 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 52 | 52 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 5096% | 37of 38 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 85 | 85 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 8499% | 53of 56 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict |
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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.