How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,818 in Early Access · 3,908 promises read · 1,285 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,233 | 1,208 | 252% | 2 months | 1,17996% | 46of 1,062 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 498 | 498 | 00% | 13 months | 46894% | 176of 401 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 262 | 262 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 24895% | 149of 201 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 138 | 138 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 12893% | 82of 105 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 93 | 93 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 8692% | 55of 66 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 6891% | 43of 53 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 62 | 62 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 6198% | 33of 40 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 53 | 53 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 53100% | 27of 30 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 39 | 39 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 3795% | 28of 29 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 51 | 51 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 5098% | 28of 30 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diesel Railcar SimulatorDiesel Railcar Simulator | The simulator is expected to be in Early Access for several years.read 13 Sep 2026 | 36–72 months | 8 years 6 months | 142% | Overdueby 2 years 6 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.