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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,257 in Early Access · 2,967 promises read · 1,005 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 12 Sep 2026
Overdue (578)On the clock (1,166)Graduated (23)No promise (513)
AppliedClock started in 2022Tag: 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
20261,1051,084212%2 months1,02793%34of 925 parsed—
202540540500%13 months36390%133of 315 parsed—
202420720700%2 years 1 month18790%109of 150 parsed—
202311711700%3 years 2 months10691%63of 85 parsed—
2022797900%4 years 2 months7089%46of 54 parsed—
2021555500%5 years 2 months4887%27of 36 parsed—
2020464600%6 years 1 month4189%20of 25 parsed—
2019434300%7 years 3 months43100%21of 24 parsed—
2018242400%8 years2292%13of 14 parsed—
2017212100%9 years 2 months2095%10of 12 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Idle ResearchConsidera Core LLC · entered 1 Aug 2022Idle ResearchConsidera Core LLC · entered 1 Aug 2022Roughly two to three months.read 5 Sep 20262–3 months4 years 1 month1646%Overdueby 3 years 10 months
Arkheim - Realms at WarTravian Games GmbH · entered 5 Apr 2022Arkheim - Realms at WarTravian Games GmbH · entered 5 Apr 2022We plan to release the game in September 2022. At the same time this is highly dependent on the impressions we get during Early Access.read 9 Sep 20266 monthsuntil 30 Sep 20224 years 5 months888%Overdueby 3 years 11 months
The Forest PrisonVlad Cristian · entered 4 Jun 2022The Forest PrisonVlad Cristian · entered 4 Jun 2022We're planning to keep The Forest Prison in Early Access for about six months. The full release of the game is expected to be in Q2 2022.read 6 Sep 2026about 6 months4 years 3 months855%Overdueby 3 years 9 months
BansonicFloat Gaming Studio · entered 17 Nov 2022BansonicFloat Gaming Studio · entered 17 Nov 2022Early access will last for six monthsread 11 Sep 2026about 6 months3 years 10 months764%Overdueby 3 years 4 months
Touhou: Lost Branch of LegendAlioth Studio · entered 17 Aug 2022Touhou: Lost Branch of LegendAlioth Studio · entered 17 Aug 2022About 1 year.read 10 Sep 2026about 12 months4 years 1 month407%Overdueby 3 years 1 month
Kingdom Under Fire: War of HeroesIncrediSoft · entered 7 Dec 2022Kingdom Under Fire: War of HeroesIncrediSoft · entered 7 Dec 20221 yearread 7 Sep 2026about 12 months3 years 9 months376%Overdueby 2 years 9 months
SCP: 5K (Alpha Testing)Balor Games · entered 22 Feb 2022SCP: 5K (Alpha Testing)Balor Games · entered 22 Feb 2022Internally we have a goal and a date set, but we don't want to announce it until we're sure the game is going to be ready. LAST UPDATED: May 15, 2024read 11 Sep 20262 years 3 monthsuntil 15 May 20244 years 7 months202%Overdueby 2 years 4 months
Escape PurgatoryJamBit Games · entered 22 Oct 2022Escape PurgatoryJamBit Games · entered 22 Oct 2022For Escape Purgatory (EP)'s beta build, we're aiming to be in early access for approximately two more years (until 2028). This time frame will allow us to gather player feedback, fine-tune new features, and ensure the game is polished before the full release. Our alpha phase lasted two years, and now one year in our beta phase with all the groundwork we've laid, we're confident this next stage will bring us closer to the full vision we want to share. Thank you for being part of the journey!the store says it leaves Early Access on 1 Oct 202812–24 months3 years 11 months195%Overdueby 23 months
Robber KnightSartorian · entered 22 Jul 2022Robber KnightSartorian · entered 22 Jul 2022We hope that in December 2025 - March 2026read 12 Sep 20263 years 8 monthsuntil 31 Mar 20264 years 2 months113%Overdueby 6 months
Captain of IndustryMaFi Games · entered 31 May 2022Captain of IndustryMaFi Games · entered 31 May 2022Our timeline is still uncertain, but we expect 2-4 more years in EA (as of 2026). We’ll leave Early Access when the game is feature-complete to our vision and meets our quality bar.read 11 Sep 202624–48 months4 years 3 months107%Overdueby 3 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.