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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,675 in Early Access · 3,692 promises read · 1,226 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 13 Sep 2026
Overdue (799)On the clock (1,307)Graduated (27)No promise (569)
AppliedClock started in 2022Tag: Resource ManagementClear 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
20261,1981,173252%2 months1,14295%43of 1,028 parsed—
202547547500%13 months44193%165of 377 parsed—
202425325300%2 years 1 month23894%142of 192 parsed—
202313113100%3 years 2 months12192%76of 99 parsed—
2022888800%4 years 2 months8192%52of 62 parsed—
2021717100%5 years 2 months6490%40of 49 parsed—
2020565600%6 years 2 months5598%30of 37 parsed—
2019535300%7 years 3 months53100%27of 30 parsed—
2018333300%8 years 2 months3194%23of 24 parsed—
2017444400%9 years 3 months4398%22of 24 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Captain of IndustryMaFi Games · entered 31 May 2022Captain of IndustryMaFi Games · entered 31 May 2022Our timeline is still uncertain, but we expect 2-4 more years in EA (as of 2026). We’ll leave Early Access when the game is feature-complete to our vision and meets our quality bar.read 11 Sep 202624–48 months4 years 3 months107%Overdueby 3 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.