How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,461 in Early Access · 3,331 promises read · 1,113 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,150 | 1,125 | 252% | 2 months | 1,08494% | 38of 973 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 437 | 437 | 00% | 13 months | 40092% | 147of 343 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 233 | 233 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 21492% | 128of 174 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 124 | 124 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 11391% | 69of 91 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 83 | 83 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 7590% | 49of 58 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 5388% | 31of 40 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 51 | 51 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 4894% | 24of 30 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 50 | 50 | 00% | 7 years 2 months | 50100% | 26of 29 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 30 | 30 | 00% | 8 years 2 months | 2893% | 19of 20 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 35 | 35 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 3497% | 17of 19 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict |
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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.