{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8580d95b88adad18a0c8106a","clusterId":"c_dc696d636feca893ff24b17b","slug":"steam-early-access-data-shows-56-7-percent-of-12-320-titles-idle-for-a-year","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Steam Early Access Data Shows 56.7 Percent of 12,320 Titles Idle for a Year","summary":"A Steam data collection published on October 10 found that of 12,320 games in Early Access as of September 26, 6,989 had gone a year or more without updates. Among the 9,063 titles in Early Access longer than a year, 6,977 sat idle. Separately, 4,632 titles that reached full release between 2020 and 2025 were cataloged by time spent in Early Access.","whyItMatters":"The figures give Valve's automatic inactivity notice a measured base rate: a title past its first year on the store is more likely than not to be the one it gets attached to.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eValve already flags these pages itself. Early Access store listings with no update for at least twelve months carry a notice that reads, in part, that the last developer update was over a certain number of months ago and that the information and timeline provided may no longer be current.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe data covers two populations instead of one. The 12,320 titles counted on September 26 are the whole realm of Early Access games as it stood that day. The 4,632 titles released between 2020 and 2025 are a different set, gathered to measure how long a full release takes.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Of 12,320 Steam Early Access games counted on September 26, 6,989 had gone a year or more without updates. The count rises with time spent in Early Access: 87 percent of titles past five years sit idle. Most full releases, by contrast, arrive within three years.","twitterPost":"Steam data from October 10: 6,989 of 12,320 Early Access titles had gone a year or more without updates. Among games in Early Access over a year, 6,977 of 9,063 sat idle. 87 percent of titles past five years. Full releases mostly land within three years.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"A data collection posted October 10 on Reddit and the blog Gamer Of Passion counted 12,320 Steam Early Access games as of September 26, of which 6,989 had gone a year or more without updates. Among titles in Early Access longer than a year, 6,977 of 9,063 sat idle, and the proportion climbs with time: 87 percent for games past five years. A separate survey of 4,632 titles that reached full release between 2020 and 2025 found most graduate within three years.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261016-473785/\",\"title\":\"Over Half of Games in Steam Early Access, About 7,000 Titles, Have Gone a Year or More Without Updates; The Longer Early Access Drags On, the More \\\"Silent\\\" Titles There Are\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4702,"outputTokens":673,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792131730,"createdAt":"2026-10-16T06:17:36.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-16T06:21:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T06:21:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_dc696d636feca893ff24b17b","canonicalTitle":"Steamで早期アクセス中ゲームの「過半数」、約7000本が1年以上更新なし。早期アクセスが長期化するほど、“音沙汰なし”だらけに","representativeArticleId":"a_ec3baa00208c94c1d7a70185","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-16T04:58:34.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-16T04:58:34.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T06:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261016-473785/","title":"Steamで早期アクセス中ゲームの「過半数」、約7000本が1年以上更新なし。早期アクセスが長期化するほど、“音沙汰なし”だらけに"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}