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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,426 in Early Access · 3,272 promises read · 1,098 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 12 Sep 2026
Overdue (661)On the clock (1,224)Graduated (26)No promise (541)
AppliedClock started in 2018Tag: RPGClear 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
20261,1421,118242%2 months1,07594%38of 965 parsed—
202543243200%13 months39291%142of 336 parsed—
202422622600%2 years 1 month20792%121of 167 parsed—
202312212200%3 years 2 months11191%67of 89 parsed—
2022828200%4 years 2 months7490%49of 58 parsed—
2021595900%5 years 2 months5288%30of 39 parsed—
2020505000%6 years 1 month4692%23of 29 parsed—
2019494900%7 years 3 months49100%26of 29 parsed—
2018282800%8 years 1 month2693%17of 18 parsed—
2017353500%9 years 3 months3497%17of 19 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Tech Executive TycoonWEB Gaming Entertainment · entered 21 Dec 2018Tech Executive TycoonWEB Gaming Entertainment · entered 21 Dec 2018We have moved to a specific feature release schedule that allows us much more forecasting capabilities. We fully intend to have a release candidate anywhere between June 2019 to September 2019. However, at this time, we want to give ourselves another calendar year to meet our highest expectations for the final release candidate.read 8 Sep 20266 monthsuntil 30 Jun 20197 years 9 months1546%Overdueby 7 years 3 months
Dying Light: Bad BloodTechland Publishing · entered 13 Sep 2018Dying Light: Bad BloodTechland Publishing · entered 13 Sep 2018We plan to release the game early 2019. However, we first want to make sure our Founders are happy with the experience they got, so we’ll always give priority to the game’s quality over strictly sticking to this timeline. This means slight changes to the final release date are possible.read 11 Sep 20267 monthsuntil 31 Mar 20198 years1371%Overdueby 7 years 5 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.