Early access allows smaller development teams to get funding for their games before launching them, accumulate useful player data and feedback, and learn to make changes on the fly.

Many triple-A games launch in unfinished states with severe glitches and missing content, except publishers charge full price ...

GreedFall 2 stands out in early access amidst a packed 2025 game lineup, allowing time for improvement. 2025 brings high-profile releases like GTA 6 and Elden Ring, overshadowing potential ...

In 2023, Baldur’s Gate 3 demonstrated the strengths of putting a big game through early access ahead of a wide release. The RPG’s successful years of early testing shaped it into a better game ...

High-profile examples of successful Early Access games include Subnautica, Kerbal Space Program, and Baldur’s Gate 3. But, of course, you have the black sheep.

A game like 7 Days to Die may once have been far smaller in scope, or lost funding after a few years in development, but the early access model has given it development time on par with some of ...

Wargaming, the developer behind World of Tanks, confirmed that its new mech shooter Steel Hunters will enter early access on April 2.. Steel Hunters was revealed at The Game Awards 2024. It's ...

Steam now warns PC gamers if an Early Access game hasn't seen a recent update. ... or have extremely notable gaps in its update timeline. ... as major games continue to utilize it for development.

A quick wrap-up: if you count from when Chris Roberts really started serious work in late 2011, Star Citizen has been in the ...

Steam early access has unquestionably helped a huge number of games get over the development finish line since its introduction in 2013, including some major success stories - Hades, Subnautica ...

Studio Chaf has announced that it is shutting down its debut game, Velev, days after it launched into Steam Early Access on April 9. "As some of you may have already noticed, we weren't able to ...

Beyond that, it's also not entirely clear what counts as an update, either.As PC Gamer points out, developer Pirate Software's early access RPG Heartbound got its first "monthly development build ...