How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,557 in Early Access · 3,507 promises read · 1,177 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,173 | 1,148 | 252% | 2 months | 1,11195% | 40of 1,000 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 451 | 451 | 00% | 13 months | 41792% | 154of 357 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 245 | 245 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 22993% | 137of 185 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 127 | 127 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 11792% | 72of 95 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 87 | 87 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 7991% | 52of 62 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 5689% | 34of 43 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 54 | 54 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 5194% | 26of 32 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 53100% | 27of 30 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 31 | 31 | 00% | 8 years 2 months | 2994% | 20of 21 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 38 | 38 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 3797% | 18of 20 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CubeGunCubeGun | It'll take one month or tworead 9 Sep 2026 | 1–2 months | 12 years 4 months | 7390% | Overdueby 12 years 2 months | |
| Anarchy ArcadeAnarchy Arcade | AArcade's development is nearly complete and will be coming out of Early Access WITHIN A COUPLE MONTHS. The April 20th release date has been pushed back as we eagerly await news on a VR update to the Source engine.read 8 Sep 2026 | 2–3 months | 12 years | 4811% | Overdueby 11 years 9 months | |
| IsomerIsomer | A few months, enough time to polish and balance all of the mechanics and add all the features we originally planned.read 9 Sep 2026 | 3–6 months | 12 years 2 months | 2435% | Overdueby 11 years 8 months | |
| BlockscapeBlockscape | Not much longer. The game is close to what I want it to be. I will not put a date on 1.0. I guessed “a year” when Early Access started, and that was wrong. I will leave Early Access when I am proud to call it finished. Until then I keep working. Quiet periods mean I am working, not that I have stopped. This is the project of my life. I will never abandon it.read 7 Sep 2026 | about 12 months | 12 years 2 months | 1220% | Overdueby 11 years 2 months | |
| Xsyon - PreludeXsyon - Prelude | Early Access will continue throughout 2015 until the upcoming feature checklist listed below is complete.read 9 Sep 2026 | 12 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2015 | 11 years 8 months | 1171% | Overdueby 10 years 8 months | |
| RodinaRodina | As I mention below, I'm currently working on a Roadmap which will take me out of Early Access. This roadmap will take me through 2022.read 9 Sep 2026 | 8 years 5 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2022 | 12 years 2 months | 144% | Overdueby 3 years 9 months | |
| Amazing Frog?Amazing Frog? | We will leave Early Access before the end of 2025 (if not Jan 2026) The good news is we have almost finished our time in Early Access. We've been in early access for almost 11 years and as we approach the 'Law & Order' update, we will leave Early Access with a '1.0' of Amazing Frog?read 11 Sep 2026 | about 11 years | 11 years 10 months | 107% | Overdueby 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.