How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 3,388 in Early Access · 4,761 promises read · 1,493 announced, not started
| Year | Games | In Early Access now | Graduated | Median time in EA | Promise read | Overdue | Promise kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,385 | 1,342 | 433% | 2 months | 1,34497% | 58of 1,201 parsed | — |
| 2025 | 581 | 581 | 00% | 14 months | 55896% | 226of 485 parsed | — |
| 2024 | 296 | 296 | 00% | 2 years 1 month | 28697% | 176of 231 parsed | — |
| 2023 | 160 | 160 | 00% | 3 years 2 months | 15396% | 97of 126 parsed | — |
| 2022 | 111 | 111 | 00% | 4 years 3 months | 10695% | 65of 79 parsed | — |
| 2021 | 87 | 87 | 00% | 5 years 2 months | 8193% | 54of 64 parsed | — |
| 2020 | 73 | 73 | 00% | 6 years 2 months | 7299% | 43of 51 parsed | — |
| 2019 | 65 | 65 | 00% | 7 years 3 months | 65100% | 38of 42 parsed | — |
| 2018 | 56 | 56 | 00% | 8 years 3 months | 5496% | 40of 41 parsed | — |
| 2017 | 120 | 120 | 00% | 9 years 4 months | 11999% | 79of 82 parsed | — |
| Game | Promise | Promised | Elapsed | Clock | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XSOverlayXSOverlay | 4-5 months roughly, though because I am a single developer with some help, it may take longer than that. One person can only do so much work!read 6 Sep 2026 | 4–5 months | 6 years 6 months | 1570% | Overdueby 6 years 1 month | |
| Hard BulletHard Bullet | After we finish our newest RIDE mode in summer 2024, we’ll focus on the next and final game mode that will bring larger locations, more randomness, new AI, and (hopefully) a more story-driven narrative to the game. Stay tuned and join our communities for more info: Discordread 15 Sep 2026 | 3 years 10 monthsuntil 31 Aug 2024 | 5 years 11 months | 154% | Overdueby 2 years 1 month |
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.