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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,972 in Early Access · 4,139 promises read · 1,344 announced, not started

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Overdue (975)On the clock (1,391)Graduated (34)No promise (606)
AppliedClock started in 2016Tag: 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
20261,2641,234302%2 months1,21596%51of 1,092 parsed—
202552652600%14 months49794%195of 427 parsed—
202426726700%2 years 1 month25395%153of 205 parsed—
202314714700%3 years 2 months13894%88of 114 parsed—
2022989800%4 years 2 months9193%58of 69 parsed—
2021797900%5 years 2 months7291%47of 57 parsed—
2020666600%6 years 2 months6598%37of 44 parsed—
2019565600%7 years 2 months56100%31of 34 parsed—
2018434300%8 years 3 months4195%31of 32 parsed—
2017686800%9 years 4 months6799%39of 42 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Star Rangers XEAwestruck Games · entered 6 Jul 2016Star Rangers XEAwestruck Games · entered 6 Jul 2016We are guessing approximately 9 months should do it.read 10 Sep 2026about 9 months10 years 2 months1359%Overdueby 9 years 5 months
Feed and Grow: FishGreens s.r.o. · entered 8 Jan 2016Feed and Grow: FishGreens s.r.o. · entered 8 Jan 2016One year. During this time we want to test the specific new additions and focus on improving them.read 14 Sep 2026about 12 months10 years 8 months1069%Overdueby 9 years 8 months
LifelessDesync Donkeys · entered 16 Jun 2016LifelessDesync Donkeys · entered 16 Jun 2016We are currently estimating that the game will be in Early Access for about 12 months, but depending on the development process, this may change.read 12 Sep 2026about 12 months10 years 3 months1025%Overdueby 9 years 3 months
Escape: Sierra LeoneReborn Games Inc. · entered 5 Dec 2016Escape: Sierra LeoneReborn Games Inc. · entered 5 Dec 2016I'm aiming for just under a year, it could be more or less depending on various factors such as sales figures, work load at my other job, and what the community wants in regards to tweaks, features, and changes to the game.read 13 Sep 20260–12 months9 years 9 months978%Overdueby 8 years 9 months
Hide & Hold Out - H2oRed Abyss Software · entered 9 Apr 2016Hide & Hold Out - H2oRed Abyss Software · entered 9 Apr 2016To be honest, this question is directly related to our means (especially humans). If we are able to hire a full team in the near future: the development will progress faster and further, since we plan to bring this project as far as we possibly can. We are doing our best to complete most of the important features before 2017. But as you can imagine if we focus only that, we will have the entire supporting structure but not the bodywork, the polished paint and the heated seats. If we can put it that way. That's why we guess that it will be more like searching for a balance between new contents and new features. We must emphasize that the end of the "early access" does NOT mean the end of the development, in any way!read 11 Sep 202621 monthsuntil 31 Dec 201710 years 5 months596%Overdueby 8 years 8 months
DemesneDemesnegame · entered 12 Mar 2016DemesneDemesnegame · entered 12 Mar 2016we hope that it will take 1-2 yearsread 10 Sep 202612–24 months10 years 6 months526%Overdueby 8 years 6 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.