After five years of development, The Wandering Village, one of Steam's coziest games is leaving Steam early access and making ...

In 2024, early access games only continued to thrive. Some of the biggest games of the year, like Palworld and Hades 2, became big hits even though they were part of a Steam program that allows ...

Return From Core exits Early Access today! Dive into Core Level 8, mod your world, and meet new monster girls—grab the 30% ...

Frosthaven, a dark fantasy tactical RPG adaptation of the acclaimed board game, will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam on July 31 for $39.99, publisher Arc Games and developer Snapshot Games ...

Skate early access is launching soon, bringing exclusive in-game rewards to players across platforms. However, this ...

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Valve originally released the Early Access route in March 2013, which lets developers fund their game with the help of customers who can also give feedback during development. Minecraft was ...

The concept of Early Access launches has become a mainstay in modern gaming, especially in connection with indie games – and there are brilliant examples of it working out: Hades, Against the ...

Early Access is a funny old sort. Steam’s commercialisation of the open beta allows developers to sell their games before they’re finished, working with the community they build around that ...

The idea of offering "early access" to games in development, for a price, started 10 years ago this week. This idea has spread to not just PC games, but PlayStation and Xbox console titles.

The Early Access portal — which enables Steam customers to buy games still in early development — has seen some remarkable successes. Just look at the open-world zombie game DayZ, which made ...

In the case of Sons of the Forest, developer Endnight Games knows what it's doing. Its first game, 2014's The Forest, spent four years in Steam's Early Access program before launching on PC and PS4.