Steam will label early access games that haven’t been updated in a year

When you click on an early access game on Steam, you might see a new note that could give an idea whether its developer has already abandoned the project. As SteamDB first reported, Steam has started adding notes on games’ official pages if they haven’t been updated in a while.

Steam’s early access program allows you to purchase work-in-progress titles to play on your PC. Each participating title has an information box, where developers answer questions, such as how long they expect the game to be in early access. That’s where you can find the new warning, which tells you when a title was last updated. Not every game has a note that tells you when its last update was rolled out, though. Valve told PCGamer that it will only add the notice for an early access game if it hasn’t been updated for a year.

Specifically, the note will show up if it’s been 12 months since a new build has been added to the game’s default branch in Steamworks, or if it’s been 12 months since the developer has notified players about an “update type event,” which includes major updates, regular updates and patch notes. In the end, it’s still up to you whether you want to download and play a game that hasn’t had a recent update. But the warning could help you avoid projects that are pretty much dead if you don’t want to waste your time and money on games that may never be fully released.

Related Posts

What Class Is The Yamaha A-S301? What To Know About The Amplifier Before You Buy

Cesc Maymo/Getty Images When people think of the Yamaha brand, they likely think of one of two companies. There’s the Yamaha Motor Company, which is responsible for various modes of…

Read more

OpenAI co-founder John Schulman has left Anthropic after less than a year

Less than a year into his tenure at the company, OpenAI co-founder John Schulman is leaving Anthropic. The startup confirmed Schulman’s departure after The Information, Reuters and other publications reported…

Read more

Google’s Magic Editor will watermark its AI-tweaked photos

Spotting AI’s work can be increasingly difficult as its capabilities and subtleties continue to improve. This continued shift makes labeling AI generated work all the more critical — something that…

Read more

The Untold Winners of the Trump Memecoin Frenzy

It was the early hours of January 18, two days before Donald Trump was set to return to the White House. Tom had just slumped into bed when his phone…

Read more

3 Major Car Brands Chrysler Discontinued

Kenmo/Getty Images Of the Big Three carmakers in the U.S., Chrysler has seen the greatest changes in its domestic lineup. Ford and General Motors were involved in more foreign intrigue…

Read more

DeepSeek’s R1 and OpenAI’s Deep Research just redefined AI — RAG, distillation, and custom models will never be the same

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Things are moving quickly in AI—and if you’re not keeping up,…

Read more

Leave a Reply