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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,122 in Early Access · 2,675 promises read · 910 announced, not started

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Overdue (509)On the clock (1,108)Graduated (17)No promise (505)
AppliedClock started in 2015Tag: StrategyClear 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
20261,0671,052151%1 month98092%32of 889 parsed—
202538738700%13 months33787%126of 293 parsed—
202418918900%2 years 1 month16788%99of 135 parsed—
202311011000%3 years 2 months9687%55of 75 parsed—
2022767600%4 years 2 months6788%43of 51 parsed—
2021505000%5 years 1 month4182%23of 31 parsed—
2020444400%6 years 1 month3989%19of 23 parsed—
2019393900%7 years 3 months39100%19of 22 parsed—
2018212100%8 years 1 month1990%10of 11 parsed—
2017191900%9 years 3 months1895%8of 10 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Forsaken Fortress StrategyKISS ltd · entered 18 Sep 2015Forsaken Fortress StrategyKISS ltd · entered 18 Sep 2015We plan to be in Early Access for approximately 3 months, but this largely depends on the feedback received from the community.read 10 Sep 2026about 3 months11 years4393%Overdueby 10 years 9 months
CaesarIArdt.32 · entered 20 Jan 2015CaesarIArdt.32 · entered 20 Jan 2015We plan to stay in the Early Access to the completion of work on the new graphics (3-4 months).read 10 Sep 20263–4 months11 years 8 months3493%Overdueby 11 years 4 months
C-WarsOnipunks · entered 13 Aug 2015C-WarsOnipunks · entered 13 Aug 2015We plan on having early access available up until the full release of the game. We hope to have the game released by end of 2015 depending on the feedback we receive.read 8 Sep 20265 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201511 years 1 month2659%Overdueby 10 years 8 months
Damned Nation RebornSinister · entered 12 Feb 2015Damned Nation RebornSinister · entered 12 Feb 2015Damned Nation Reborn will be in early access for around 7-9 monthsread 10 Sep 20267–9 months11 years 7 months1544%Overdueby 10 years 10 months
Vol'Talkes - The AI WarHyperDrive Games · entered 25 Feb 2015Vol'Talkes - The AI WarHyperDrive Games · entered 25 Feb 2015We think that we're able to finally release this game in 6-9 Monthsread 10 Sep 20266–9 months11 years 7 months1539%Overdueby 10 years 10 months
WolfWarsPeter Hrdy · entered 2 Jan 2015WolfWarsPeter Hrdy · entered 2 Jan 2015Our wish is to finish WolfWars during this year (2015). However we'll be ready to develop/improve it further as long as there is a need.read 10 Sep 202612 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201511 years 8 months1169%Overdueby 10 years 8 months
Solar System ConflictUnexEvo · entered 6 Apr 2015Solar System ConflictUnexEvo · entered 6 Apr 2015We estimate that the full game will be available mid-2016, when it has all of the features we want to include.read 11 Sep 202615 monthsuntil 30 Jun 201611 years 5 months915%Overdueby 10 years 2 months
Break_InFireball Games · entered 29 Apr 2015Break_InFireball Games · entered 29 Apr 2015Hard to say, aiming to leave early access by the end of 2017.read 11 Sep 20262 years 8 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201711 years 4 months426%Overdueby 8 years 8 months
FLAMBERGEGame · entered 25 Mar 2015FLAMBERGEGame · entered 25 Mar 2015Unfortunately I can't make promises about when we will leave Early Access. 2019 is looking optimistic for finishing up a lot of major systems/content, so once that's done we'll have a better picture of release.read 11 Sep 20264 years 9 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201911 years 6 months241%Overdueby 6 years 9 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.