How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,126 in Early Access · 2,698 promises read · 919 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,068 | 1,051 | 172% | 1 month | 98292% | 32of 889 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 389 | 389 | 00% | 13 months | 33987% | 126of 295 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 190 | 190 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 16888% | 100of 136 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 110 | 110 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 9687% | 55of 75 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | 00% | 4 years 2 months | 6788% | 43of 51 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 00% | 5 years 1 month | 4182% | 23of 31 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 44 | 44 | 00% | 6 years 1 month | 3989% | 19of 23 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 39 | 39 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 39100% | 19of 22 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | 00% | 8 years 1 month | 1990% | 10of 11 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 19 | 19 | 00% | 9 years 3 months | 1895% | 8of 10 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windy KingdomWindy Kingdom | To polish and make a game perfect we need the next 8 months to launch a full version or maybe faster if without any errors.read 7 Sep 2026 | about 8 months | 6 years 1 month | 913% | Overdueby 5 years 5 months | |
| Fragment's MoonriseFragment's Moonrise | A year or two minimum; with the majority of core design integrated, this makes the “engine” of the game able to run in a stable manner while newer content is developed. This means my central focus will be on new worlds, bosses, spells, RPG-elements, and playable units almost exclusively. My intended goal is to attempt to get a new significant piece of content pushed out every few months. In my grand design for the game I want enough content integrated to truly earn the “open world” title I’ve established for this project, and be a game which exhibits a challenging yet rewarding experience for the player.read 7 Sep 2026 | 12–24 months | 6 years 3 months | 311% | Overdueby 4 years 3 months | |
| Songs of SyxSongs of Syx | 1.0 will be released approximately 2023. If the game continues to have financial success, I hope to add a lot more to it after. Edit 2024: 1.0 will be released Q1 2025 Edit 2025: 1.0 will be released when I am happy with it.read 9 Sep 2026 | 4 years 6 monthsuntil 31 Mar 2025 | 6 years | 133% | Overdueby 18 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.