How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,631 in Early Access · 3,620 promises read · 1,205 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,191 | 1,166 | 252% | 2 months | 1,13395% | 42of 1,020 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 463 | 463 | 00% | 13 months | 42993% | 159of 366 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 249 | 249 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 23494% | 140of 190 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 130 | 130 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 12092% | 75of 98 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 87 | 87 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 7991% | 52of 62 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 69 | 69 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 6290% | 39of 48 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 55 | 55 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 5396% | 28of 35 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 53100% | 27of 30 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 33 | 33 | 00% | 8 years 2 months | 3194% | 22of 23 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 41 | 41 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 4098% | 20of 22 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChilloutVRChilloutVR | We will approximately leave early access 6-9 months after release (open beta).read 12 Sep 2026 | 6–9 months | 5 years 7 months | 746% | Overdueby 4 years 10 months | |
| Ulna OnlineUlna Online | The current plan is to launch the game in January 2022, however, that could change depending on the features added and how the game will progress through early access.read 11 Sep 2026 | 11 monthsuntil 31 Jan 2022 | 5 years 6 months | 601% | Overdueby 4 years 7 months | |
| Dreams Of AdventureDreams Of Adventure | Roughly 2023 the game should come out of Early Acess.read 13 Sep 2026 | 2 years 3 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2023 | 4 years 11 months | 219% | Overdueby 2 years 8 months | |
| TaleSpireTaleSpire | Our initial estimates were a bit ambitious. After being in Early Access for a while now, we foresee at least a couple of years post initial Early Access Release. This will give us ample time to deliver on our roadmap from the Kickstarter as well as give time for player feedback to shape the game throughout the early access period.read 7 Sep 2026 | 24–36 months | 5 years 5 months | 180% | Overdueby 2 years 5 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.