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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 3,471 in Early Access · 4,886 promises read · 1,526 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 17 Sep 2026
Overdue (1,238)On the clock (1,557)Graduated (56)No promise (676)
AppliedClock started in 2014Tag: SurvivalClear 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
20261,4041,358463%2 months1,36597%59of 1,218 parsed—
202559359300%14 months57096%228of 497 parsed—
202429729700%2 years 1 month28797%177of 232 parsed—
202316416400%3 years 2 months15796%101of 130 parsed—
202211611600%4 years 3 months11196%69of 83 parsed—
2021909000%5 years 2 months8493%55of 65 parsed—
2020747400%6 years 2 months7399%44of 52 parsed—
2019666600%7 years 3 months66100%38of 42 parsed—
2018575700%8 years 3 months5698%40of 41 parsed—
201715515500%9 years 5 months15499%106of 109 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Blockscapeioneo · entered 3 Jul 2014Blockscapeioneo · entered 3 Jul 2014Not much longer. The game is close to what I want it to be. I will not put a date on 1.0. I guessed “a year” when Early Access started, and that was wrong. I will leave Early Access when I am proud to call it finished. Until then I keep working. Quiet periods mean I am working, not that I have stopped. This is the project of my life. I will never abandon it.read 7 Sep 2026about 12 months12 years 3 months1221%Overdueby 11 years 3 months
Xsyon - PreludeNotorious Games · entered 29 Dec 2014Xsyon - PreludeNotorious Games · entered 29 Dec 2014Early Access will continue throughout 2015 until the upcoming feature checklist listed below is complete.read 9 Sep 202612 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201511 years 9 months1172%Overdueby 10 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.