How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,631 in Early Access · 3,621 promises read · 1,206 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyson Sphere ProgramDyson Sphere Program | Our plans are for this EA stage to be about 1 year long. But that is not written in stone: we will be open to our players’ feedback and ideas from the beginning, so that period can be expanded to meet their expectations until the game is ready for its full release.read 6 Sep 2026 | about 12 months | 5 years 8 months | 564% | Overdueby 4 years 8 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.