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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,348 in Early Access · 3,144 promises read · 1,060 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 12 Sep 2026
Overdue (621)On the clock (1,197)Graduated (26)No promise (530)
AppliedClock started in 2016Tag: SandboxClear 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
20261,1251,101242%2 months1,05594%35of 945 parsed—
202541741700%13 months37690%136of 324 parsed—
202421521500%2 years 1 month19691%113of 157 parsed—
202312112100%3 years 2 months11091%67of 89 parsed—
2022808000%4 years 2 months7189%47of 55 parsed—
2021585800%5 years 2 months5188%29of 38 parsed—
2020494900%6 years 1 month4592%22of 28 parsed—
2019474700%7 years 3 months47100%24of 27 parsed—
2018262600%8 years 1 month2492%15of 16 parsed—
2017282800%9 years 3 months2796%14of 16 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Garbage DaySvajūnas Žemaitis · entered 18 Jan 2016Garbage DaySvajūnas Žemaitis · entered 18 Jan 2016It could take anywhere up to six months, depending on the scope of the content that will be added to the game.read 11 Sep 20260–6 months10 years 8 months2130%Overdueby 10 years 2 months
SamphiGreeny Games Studio · entered 18 Mar 2016SamphiGreeny Games Studio · entered 18 Mar 2016Realistically, 12-18 months depending on the reception. If it's well received and we have a good player-base this time will decrease.read 10 Sep 202612–18 months10 years 6 months699%Overdueby 9 years
MachineCraftG2CREW · entered 25 Mar 2016MachineCraftG2CREW · entered 25 Mar 2016Until January 2018.read 12 Sep 202622 monthsuntil 31 Jan 201810 years 6 months571%Overdueby 8 years 8 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.