How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 1,542 in Early Access · 1,573 promises read · 550 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 849 | 844 | 51% | 1 month | 71684% | 16of 654 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 270 | 270 | 00% | 13 months | 20777% | 70of 169 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 142 | 142 | 00% | 2 years | 11883% | 65of 94 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 85 | 85 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 7082% | 41of 55 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 54 | 54 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 4278% | 26of 33 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 2668% | 15of 19 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 36 | 36 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 3186% | 14of 18 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 21 | 21 | 00% | 6 years 11 months | 2095% | 7of 10 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | 00% | 8 years 1 month | 1387% | 6of 7 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 1091% | 5of 7 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feed and Grow: FishFeed and Grow: Fish | One year. During this time we want to test the specific new additions and focus on improving them.read 5 Sep 2026 | about 12 months | 10 years 8 months | 1067% | Overdueby 9 years 8 months | |
| Hacker Evolution IMMERSIONHacker Evolution IMMERSION | We expect the game to be finished and launched before the end of 2025read 7 Sep 2026 | 9 years 5 monthsuntil 31 Dec 2025 | 10 years 1 month | 107% | Overdueby 8 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.