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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,887 in Early Access · 4,008 promises read · 1,309 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 14 Sep 2026
Overdue (918)On the clock (1,370)Graduated (31)No promise (599)
AppliedClock started in 2026Tag: 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
20261,2421,214282%2 months1,19096%48of 1,071 parsed—
202551451400%14 months48494%185of 416 parsed—
202426326300%2 years 1 month24995%149of 201 parsed—
202314414400%3 years 2 months13493%87of 111 parsed—
2022959500%4 years 2 months8893%56of 67 parsed—
2021767600%5 years 2 months6991%44of 54 parsed—
2020646400%6 years 2 months6398%35of 42 parsed—
2019555500%7 years 3 months55100%29of 32 parsed—
2018414100%8 years 3 months3995%30of 31 parsed—
2017595900%9 years 3 months5898%32of 35 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
BlockmindQuacky Games · entered 17 Jun 2026BlockmindQuacky Games · entered 17 Jun 2026We plan to keep the game in Early Access for approximately 1–2 months. This timeline may be slightly adjusted if we need additional time for testing, polishing, or implementing player feedback before the full release.read 14 Sep 20261–2 months3 months148%Overdueby 4 weeks
Lily2DOutbreak Studios · entered 9 Jun 2026Lily2DOutbreak Studios · entered 9 Jun 2026I expect Early Access to last about three months. The engine framework has already been tested with an external indie developer. The overall scope of the engine framework is already in place. Early Access is hopefully mainly about improving workflows and smaller missing features and edge cases.read 13 Sep 2026about 3 months3 months107%Overdueby 1 week
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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.