How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,647 in Early Access · 3,643 promises read · 1,209 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,195 | 1,170 | 252% | 2 months | 1,13895% | 43of 1,024 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 466 | 466 | 00% | 13 months | 43293% | 159of 368 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 250 | 250 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 23594% | 141of 191 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 130 | 130 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 12092% | 75of 98 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 88 | 88 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 8192% | 52of 62 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 70 | 70 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 6390% | 40of 49 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 55 | 55 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 5498% | 29of 36 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 53100% | 27of 30 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 32 | 32 | 00% | 8 years 2 months | 3094% | 22of 23 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 42 | 42 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 4198% | 21of 23 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bit ShifterBit Shifter | We plan to be in early access until we deliver on our target feature set. We expect this will take about a year.read 12 Sep 2026 | about 12 months | 10 years 10 months | 1087% | Overdueby 9 years 10 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.