757:, by 2014 early access has gained a negative connotation, as games do not have the quality assurances of complete titles, and in the case of Steam's Early Access, the lack of curating and testing by Steam to make sure the games are representative of the storefront's description. Some players also worry about the "double dip" effect, in which a game may be promoted twice, first through its introduction on early access, and then on its subsequent full release. In November 2014, Valve updated its early access rules for developers to address concerns that had been raised. Among these include the statement that games on early access should be in a playable alpha or beta state, there are clear expectations of what the final product of the game will be like, and that the developer intends to continue work on the game, and can be financial stable to ultimately release a finished product. Since 2014, early access has regained more acceptance as developers better tailor projects for release in this manner, typically by creating sufficient foundation for game to have its planned an entertainment factor and technical stability, and using early access to gradually release additional content and observe and adjust to emergent ideas that come from the early access player base.
112:, and may be months or years from anticipated completion. Interested players are able to buy into the development of the game, gaining access to the software in the working state, and are encouraged to play and stress-test the software. Their feedback can help the developer tune the game's direction, art, and software mechanics in anticipation of a final release. Once the game is released, the player either continues to have access to the software or is rewarded with a means to obtain the final release of the title and other extras, such as sounds, their name in the game's credits, or other rewards. These players help fund the game to completion, but take a risk that the game may never reach a final release. A further benefit can come from preliminary word-of-mouth of a game in an early access state. As players are typically not limited by confidentiality agreements to participate in early access, these players can provide reviews on social media, or play the game on streaming broadcasts, which subsequently can stimulate interest in the title.
665:; while the development team from Double Fine had laid out plans for several features and gameplay improvements over time, Double Fine opted to end its full-time development, completing its early access and releasing a final product that while fully playable lacked many of the planned features; the company will continue to fix critical bugs with the game and will include support for user modifications via Steam's Workshop channel but will not create any new content for the game itself, disappointing many players of the game that were looking forwards to these planned features. Shortly after the release of 1.0 twelve employees were laid off including the programmer and project lead JP LeBreton. Later on the Double Fine forums it was announced that there were no further plans for patches and there was no team assigned to the project leaving
268:; at a point where they had to make a go or no-go decision on whether to proceed with full development of a niche racing title, the company opted to use early access to offer a polished version of the game still in development to meter interest and gain feedback from players, correcting issues that players had had with previous titles in their series. After about a year, Codemasters was confident to proceed to complete the game and producing console versions of it with their publisher alongside the personal computer version.
79:, and limits what information can potentially be shared with competitors. As such, publishers will fund the full development of a game through its completion, but will be less willing to take risks on experimental titles. In some cases, publishers have found ways to allow players to win or buy into access into a game's beta state in a controlled environment. For example, an invitation to the beta version of the multiplayer portion of
656:, called out on both its developer Killing Day Studios for abusing the early access program and for Valve to remove the title for fraudulently representing gameplay. Valve subsequently removed the title and refunded money, noting that while developers using early access have the right to promote and set the pricing for their games, "Steam does require honesty from developers in the marketing of their games".
55:, such as pre-alpha, alpha, and/or beta, while the developer is able to use those funds to continue further development on the game. Those that pay to participate typically help to debug the game, provide feedback and suggestions, may have access to special materials in the game. The early-access approach is a common way to obtain funding for
63:. Many crowdfunding projects promise to offer access to alpha and/or beta versions of the game as development progresses; however, unlike some of these projects which solicit funds but do not yet have a playable game, all early access games offer an immediately playable version of the unfinished game to players.
628:, a wilderness survival game, has had its early access users sharing their own adventures in the game's current sandbox mode on the games' forums, from which its developer, Hinterland, has been quietly using to improve the game and crafting the game's planned story mode around some of this indirect feedback.
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stated that the early access model validates the use of unfinished games as a "valid business strategy". While those that buy into the early access do get an incomplete game to play, test out, and provide input to the developers, these people also run the risk that the game will never be completed or
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launched to lukewarm reception on early access in
December 2014, but its developer continued to push forward on a very open development process, allowing users to directly see some of their project planning documentation and providing the means to provide feedback directly from the game. This enabled
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or other crowdfunding mechanisms often include early access to backers, and later allow those that did not participate in the funding to buy into that early access, which helps to provide additional funds for further expansion. The term may also be used in a derogatory way to describe games released
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group has created a Humble Store that also provides storefront and distribution methods for indie gamers that wish to sell early access to games, and for developers looking to get on Steam, offers the ability to provide Steam redemption keys once these titles are listed at the storefront, while also
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To help early access, some digital distribution storefronts have provided the sales and distribution mechanisms for developers to use to offer their titles under early access. While these stores take a small fraction of the sales for the service, they also handle complex issues with payments through
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used a paid early access period after two closed beta periods since around July 2017; those that purchased into this
Founders' period would gain additional benefits once the game was released in full. Epic reported that more than 500,000 players purchased into this early access period within a week
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software for sales and distribution. The program launched on March 20, 2013, and initially made 12 games available. Before the games are released, the developers solicit feedback from Steam Early Access purchasers (who have contributed funds to the game's creation), to provide the needed input.
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was placed on Steam's early access with numerous promised features, but found by those that purchased the title that the game has numerous programming bugs making it unplayable, that it failed to approach its promises on the product page and used a number of assets from the commercial game engine.
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Other games have been considered by commentators to have used the early access approach well in light of the above concerns, typically bringing near-finished products with frequent and continual content updates and direct interaction between developer and players to improve the product before its
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also used incremental updates during its early access, given the number of various gameplay mechanics systems it uses, and the developers, Red Hook
Studios, had to handle a large volume of negative feedback upon the addition of one specific gameplay-changing mechanic they felt was critical to the
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to the public at large under the presumption they were completed games, but still required a high degree of patching or updates to resolve large numbers of software bugs or to add features missing at launch, even if this was not the intent of the developer or publisher. Full release games such as
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with in-game monetization, developers and publishers frequently offer a paid-for "founders" package that gives players early access to the game, including in-game currency, special equipment or other items that mark them as founders they can use after the game's full release, and other benefits;
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continued to offer early access throughout its development period, assuring those that bought into it would receive the final version for free, which happened in
November 2011. Prior to this, nearly two million players had purchased into the alpha- and beta-stage releases, with over $ 33 million
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Games still in early access have generally not been considered for the industry's top awards, since they have technically not yet been published yet and received in-depth critical reviews. However, the question of whether early access games can qualify for these awards was raised in 2017 when
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represented their first experiment with the early access approach, they had reached a point where the amount of money earned from sales of the game in early access were not covering the production costs, and the timeline to reach the planned goals would have been several years down the road.
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tool to estimate sales of games through Steam profiles, identified that contrary to popular belief, early access titles only gain one major sales boost - when the game is first released in early access on Steam - as opposed to having a second sales boost once the game leaves early access.
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Around the late 2010s, major publishers began to use "early access" to describe pre-order or premium version incentives for their titles, though which the purchaser of these versions would get access to the step some days before the full release to regular purchasers. Games such as
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Another concern related to early access is how long the title spends in that state. Most successful titles that have used early access typical remained in early access for about one year before a full release. Some have stayed in an early access state for multiple years, such as
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The concept of early access helps to alleviate both problems. Early access to a game is typically offered when the game is in a playable state but may not be feature-complete, or may still have several software bugs to be found. Often these games are considered at
227:; the Xbox Game Preview program differs from other approaches as the early access titles include a free game demo at the current state of development to give players a chance to test the game before buying. This service was launched with the early access titles
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states they feel that they should provide consumer commentary on any product that is being sold to consumers, but recognize that early access titles are still in-progress works and thus will handle these in a different manner than their normal product reviews.
445:, more than a million copies of the game were sold within the first year of it being on early access. While it was one of the first games to use Steam's early access program in 2015, it spent five years before having its full release in February 2020.
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were some of the first games to offer these early access periods. In such cases, these early access periods are typically not used for player feedback but to identify last minute software bugs or test server performance before the full release.
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used both its own early access approach as well as Steam's version to incrementally add features and obtain feedback from its player base, treating each new release as a new expansion to the game to keep players engaged during this period.
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had sold more than ten million copies and grossed over $ 100 million in revenue. By the time the game was fully released in
December 2017, PUBG reported over 30 million total players, a number buoyed by the popularity of the game in
558:, through its nearly two-year early access period. Nearly 700,000 copies were sold during the early access period, while another 300,000 were sold in three days after its official release to push total sales over one million units.
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features appear well suited to take advantage of early access, allowing the developers to tweak the procedural generation systems with player feedback. Several titles that have used Steam's Early Access in such a manner include
186:-free titles and providing more curation to vet the titles using the service. GOG further implemented a 14-day, no-questions-asked refund policy for early access titles, which removes some of the risk for the potential buyer.
636:, a zombie survival game, allows players to create content for the game in early access, which can be downloaded by players from the steam community workshop, and is sometimes added directly into the game by its developer.
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may be a sub-par product. A study using Steam's Early Access as of
November 2014 found that only 25% of the titles submitted as early access had made it to a final release form. Sergey Galyonkin, the creator of the
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have proven viable for both. Another difficulty for indie developers is the means of testing their games prior to release, lacking the resources of a publisher and not obtaining enough feedback prior to release.
457:'s existing development costs and allowing them to further refine the game with community input. It left early access after about 15 months in May 2018, with more than one million sales prior to this point.
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After its release, Valve planned to have titles taken from their Steam
Greenlight program added to Steam Early Access, as well as adding titles which have already been accepted through Steam Greenlight.
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further, any progress made during this period is retained when the game leaves early access, giving such players a head start over newer players. This approach has been used for games such as
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that he developed alongside his full-time job. The alpha-version game proved popular enough that within the month of release, Persson added a means by which players could pay 10
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game. The studio reported sales of over 650,000 across their early access period and a week after going live with their final version.
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1865:"GTA 5 And Fallout 4 Still Ruled Steam In 2015, But Indies Had A Good Run"
1743:"Star Citizen and the triumphant, record-smashing return of Chris Roberts"
1160:"Q&A: The latest on PlayStation dev relations, with Sony's Adam Boyes"
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have been negatively labeled by critics as "early access" in this manner.
2200:"Hades Has Sold 1 Million Copies, Nearly One-Third Sold In Last Few Days"
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2477:"The Story Behind Unturned, One Of Steam's Newest Top Games"
2392:"Now out of Early Access, Battlegrounds crosses 30M players"
2147:"After two years, Fortnite is still somehow in early access"
1666:"Scum sells 1 million units in three weeks of early access"
1078:"GOG launches its own take on Steam's Early Access service"
2823:"Kickstarter and early access games are ruining PC gaming"
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1433:Goslin, Austen (November 13, 2019).
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3008:Grayson, Nathan (October 8, 2015).
2956:"The pros and cons of Early Access"
2821:Plafke, James (December 24, 2013).
2635:Savage, Phil (September 22, 2014).
2362:Hall, Charlie (December 22, 2017).
2306:Minotti, Mike (September 5, 2017).
2254:Brimbaum, Ian (December 23, 2013).
2198:Gurwin, Gabe (September 20, 2020).
2111:
2043:from the original on August 1, 2018
1770:Minotti, Mike (February 10, 2017).
1709:
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1348:Saed, Sharif (September 30, 2016).
1266:"Shifting from AAA to Early Access"
880:Johnson, Soren (February 6, 2012).
640:
425:, a role-playing game developed by
272:used early access to help complete
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1741:Hutchinson, Lee (August 3, 2014).
1693:Scaurus, Mark (October 19, 2012).
1475:from the original on April 7, 2016
1320:Makuch, Eddie (January 26, 2014).
1184:Wawro, Alex (September 22, 2015).
993:Berling, Dale (October 28, 2011).
215:. Microsoft similarly started the
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3069:Arguella, Diego (March 4, 2020).
2769:Graft, Kris (December 13, 2013).
2741:Grubb, Jeff (November 14, 2017).
2713:Bailey, Kat (November 14, 2017).
2560:Yin-Poole, Wesley (May 6, 2014).
1798:Dane, Patrick (August 29, 2017).
1292:Makuch, Eddie (August 16, 2016).
1210:Machkovech, Sam (June 15, 2015).
1132:Kuchera, Ben (January 13, 2013).
1024:Bensen, Julian (March 20, 2013).
275:Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms
2795:Kuchera, Ben (January 4, 2014).
2687:Welsh, Oli (February 10, 2015).
2527:Sterling, Jim (April 11, 2014).
2502:"Unturned review (Early Access)"
2118:Gilyadov, Alex (July 26, 2017).
2029:Horti, Samuel (August 1, 2018).
1863:Walker, Alex (January 5, 2016).
1403:
1236:Nutt, Christian (May 19, 2016).
1104:Nutt, Christian (May 13, 2016).
1076:Wawro, Alex (January 28, 2016).
579:Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
431:5th edition Dungeons and Dragons
372:Notable games using early access
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2983:"Early Access games done right"
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2875:"HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON STEAM"
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909:Ralph, Nate (October 2, 2013).
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146:raised from these early sales.
2610:"Double Fine™ - Action Forums"
2226:Li, Roland (January 3, 2021).
1835:Green, Holly (June 24, 2016).
1494:Chalk, Andy (April 11, 2018).
1461:Gies, Arthur (March 3, 2016).
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2062:Bratt, Chris (May 14, 2015).
1522:Martin, Matt (June 6, 2017).
1158:Graft, Kris (July 10, 2014).
864:
702:PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
587:PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2662:"About Early Access Reviews"
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1919:Kerr, Chris (May 8, 2018).
1050:Tach, Dave (May 19, 2014).
854:Crowdfunding in video games
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73:non-disclosure agreements
3103:Early access video games
331:Fortnite: Save the World
3113:Video game distribution
2233:San Francisco Chronicle
659:Another example is the
3123:Video game development
341:Mass Effect: Andromeda
299:Mass Effect: Andromeda
110:alpha or beta releases
2475:Hernandez, Patricia.
1705:on February 23, 2017.
947:MIT Technology Review
823:Ark: Survival Evolved
414:Ark: Survival Evolved
3118:Video game marketing
2616:on February 21, 2015
1674:. September 18, 2018
1138:Penny Arcade Reports
740:Kerbal Space Program
567:Kerbal Space Program
212:Dungeon Defenders II
3022:on October 10, 2015
2989:. February 27, 2015
999:Indie Game Magazine
923:on October 16, 2013
508:Oxygen Not Included
49:video game industry
2153:. October 15, 2019
2097:Rock Paper Shotgun
1954:The Globe and Mail
497:Klei Entertainment
355:Steam Early Access
280:Ghost Recon Online
278:(previously named
53:development cycles
3048:GamesIndustry.biz
2961:GamesIndustry.biz
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1671:GamesIndustry.biz
1588:GamesIndustry.biz
1271:GamesIndustry.biz
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217:Xbox Game Preview
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