| Metric | Value | |--------|-------| | Early Access start date | Nov 8, 2013 | | Duration (as of Oct 2023) | 10 years, 11 months | | Major content updates | Build 41 (“Animation Overhaul”), multiplayer rework | | Current status | Active development |
Valve introduced Steam Early Access in March 2013. The median time in Early Access is approximately 8 months (Ratzenböck, 2020). However, outliers challenge this norm. Through archival data (SteamDB, Steam Charts), we identify Project Zomboid (The Indie Stone) as the longest active Early Access title, having entered the program on November 8, 2013 —over 10 years as of this writing. longest early access game on steam
A. Researcher Journal: Journal of Digital Game Studies (Hypothetical) Date: October 2023 | Metric | Value | |--------|-------| | Early
| Metric | Value | |--------|-------| | Early Access start date | Nov 8, 2013 | | Duration (as of Oct 2023) | 10 years, 11 months | | Major content updates | Build 41 (“Animation Overhaul”), multiplayer rework | | Current status | Active development |
Valve introduced Steam Early Access in March 2013. The median time in Early Access is approximately 8 months (Ratzenböck, 2020). However, outliers challenge this norm. Through archival data (SteamDB, Steam Charts), we identify Project Zomboid (The Indie Stone) as the longest active Early Access title, having entered the program on November 8, 2013 —over 10 years as of this writing.
A. Researcher Journal: Journal of Digital Game Studies (Hypothetical) Date: October 2023