It feels like almost every game in early access stays that way forever. Gets all the attention while in early access and then the devs abandon it like Valheim.

Project Zomboid has been promising NPCs since 2019. It's a 2013 game for fuck sake it shouldn't be in Early access for over a decade.

Subnautica i guess was the only game that left early access properly, though it took them like 7 years

Roboquest

>>714730979 (OP)
Approaching Infinity. Off-brand star trek roguelike, basically

Was in development hell/trapped on shrapnel games 2013-2020. Got on steam early access in 2020 with more content than a good 2/3 of "complete" games and left EA a few months back.

>>714730979 (OP)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/588650/Dead_Cells/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/962130/Grounded/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/368340/CrossCode/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091500/Cyberpunk_2077/

Here's a few off the top of my head. Buying games in early access and seeing it go along the development process was fun like 10 years ago, but I just don't bother with EA games anymore. It's not like I'm running out of games to play.

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>>714730979 (OP)
>Project Zomboid has been promising NPCs since 2019
2013.

>>714731329
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091500/Cyberpunk_2077/

lol
it wasn't released in Early access it just sucked, and still does.

>>714731412
It was a joke, autist-kun. And it's been good since the 2.0 update.

>>714731504
>And it's been good since the 2.0 update.

They removed reddit Keanu Reeves and rewrote the whole story and made the game an actual RPG with fun combat and a world you can actually interact with that's not full of cripple NPCs that stand up and run after a gunshot?

>the last spell
>hades
>rimworld
>chrono ark
>lobotomy corporation
>troubleshooter
>synthetik
>factorio

>>714730979 (OP)
Factorio

>>714730979 (OP)
>hades
>baldurs gate 3
>deep rock galactic
EA gets abused, but good games do emerge from it occasionally. And despite being wasted potential: the game, Valheim is still a very good video game imo

>>714731951
>but good games do emerge from it occasionally.

Then why didn't you name any good game?

>>714730979 (OP)
Rim World
Slay the Spire
FTL
Crystal Project
Noita
Underrail
Atom RPG
Factorio
Artificial Dream in Arcadia

Starbound burnt me enough for early access-related stuff, and I've been hesitant since. Streets of Rogue was good though, I waited years for their weekly updates to finish and for it to release, and had fun. A shame SoR2 is being hit with so many issues.

>>714732085
FTL released before early access existed

>>714730979 (OP)
Foxhole.

>>714732087
>Starbound burnt me enough for early access-related stuff

Oh wow i never knew that game was even finished.Didn't the dev lie about 99% of the thigns he wanted to implement and the game ended completly different?

>>714730979 (OP)
The game that filtered carlets. Was in early access for 8 years.

>>714732284
>>714732087
it wasn't really finished it was just marked complete. theres no content, it's basically a (really cool) sandbox and it runs like shit. i think they updated something in the past year or two but i didn't look.

>>714732228
I could have sworn FTL was early access

>>714731706
>synthetik
Too bad they took two steps back with the sequel

>>714732381
idk a lot about its development, think i got it in a humble bundle or something. its old though.

>>714730979 (OP)
Rimworld, and it's getting another DLC in four days.

Didn't Qud finally leave EA?
>But the wokeism
Then just kill them or something I dunno

>>714732228
>>714732381
>>714732553
FTL was a Kickstarter game if I remember correctly, and one of the few good ones.

Descenders.

>>714732659
thats the only scenario less believable than EA success

>>714732918
Indeed, I'm quite surprised that we managed to get both FTL and Rimworld.

>>714732343
If i buy this game, will i learn how to assemble a car irl?

>>714731193
Neat. Reminds me of Space Rangers.

>>714733190
In theory, not practice.

>>714733190
The game doesn't hold your hand and you will likely have to look up a tutorial on how to assemble the car yourself.
No different from real life I suppose though eh?
What you will likely learn is how a car works and get a hang of common car issues as you will be spending sometime troubleshooting once you've assembled the car and by extension, engine.

Allegedly QUASIMORPH
Hey, don't ask questions, kiddo

>>714732487
Dont remind me please.
>>714733715
Good game, consistent updates, however still in EA. Hopefully, more map types by the time they reached 1.0

>>714732284
>>714732087
>>714732356
Starbound is 2d sidescrolling minecraft. Dogshit/BAREBONES vanilla game but can be fun if modded enough.

Well ok, it does one thing better than minecraft: there's an open source port that even works with steam workshop mods. https://github.com/OpenStarbound/OpenStarbound

>>714734227
>minecraft
it wishes it was a terraria

>>714734323
Terraria is too good to be comparable to being a 2d version of minecraft, anon. After all, terraria's vanilla is actually a complete game with a decent amount of content while minecraft's is insanely empty/barebones.

>Best zombie game on the market

>Continuous development with regular free updates that extend the game's lifespan

>Bad

I understand why a lot of people resent EA and crowdfunding. A lot of con-man9s and grifters, but it's better than “full releases” where the designer has a deadline and can't fully develop his ideas and starts making compromises.

>>714734583
>best on the market
doesnt mean
>even as good as things that already released

>>714733190
Maybe? It's missing some really steps when it comes to building a car though

>>714734583
>Continuous development with regular free updates that extend the game's lifespan
It's only continuous because they've spent an entire decade making changes at a snails pace instead of adding new content, ala reworking the entire animation system. Louisville was the biggest addition and it's clear that it actually needs more of an incentive to exist, that being NPCs.

>>714732659
Wasn't Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night also a kickstarter? I really liked that one. I know it is just your bog standard Igavania, but I happen to really like Igavanias.

>>714734807
over 10 years of development but still with less budget than lousy corporate projects. They're making a profit now, but the process was painful.

>>714730979 (OP)
I think the poster child for this is Divinity

>>714730979 (OP)
Meh. If they're priced appropriately for autistic passion project grinds and they do deliver on content size why not.

Zomboid gave more than any other dev would've because they'd have stamped a "this is finished" over a shitty system that's like every other generic system and call it a day and that's whatd have happened if the indie stone sold to Microsoft or some shit.

>>714735543
There are so many projects with cut contents and half-baked ideas. Beamng started in 2005, imagine if it was a half-baked console game. They probably would have given up

>>714735543
>Zomboid gave more than any other dev would've because they'd have stamped a "this is finished" over a shitty system that's like every other generic system and call it a day and that's whatd have happened if the indie stone sold to Microsoft or some shit.

Exactly. I followed a kickstarter game called Stonehearth by the EVO (fighting game) founders. They used the game as free venture funding to get their dev studio off the ground. Then when they got bought out by Riot (for Rising Thunder), slapped 1.0 on their city builder and abandoned it.

I enjoyed Workers and Soviets or whatever it's called, it's a pretty fun city builder

Hades
Rimworld
Barotrauma
Forest
Phasmophobia
Was factorio in early access?
Some of these games were already "complete" when they got on early access and that says a lot

>>714730979 (OP)
>Kenshi
>Satisfactory
>all the latest Larian games (DOS, DOS2, BG3)
>Sons of the Forest
>Conan Exiles
>They Are Billions
Technically 7D2D has "left Early Access" and moved onto a plan of (as quoted) "Is Minecraft Early Access just because it still gets biome and content updates?" But the simple fact that it's still devoid of so many of it's stated goal features, like the campaign and bandits, means to me it's still EA without the logo. The roadmap suggests it'll actually leave EA in Q4 2025, but they missed the window of the first update from the stated Q4 2024 all the way to last week, it'll be more like 2027.

>>714730979 (OP)
don't worry, NPCs were only a few months max away from completion 6 years ago so they have to be right around the corner

>>714736213
Hades to me felt like Supergiant not getting funding from big corporations (WB had backed their other games), and going to EA to finish the game. And it turned out to be their best game. Also the lack of shareholders expectations helped them. You saw what happened to Yuzu when Balan failed.

Risk of Rain 2 was EA and it was good but then gearbox bought them out and fucked it in the ass.

>>714731592
It's not an RPG in any way shape or form and still has all the celeb and e-celeb tranny cameos.

Against the Storm
Roboquest
Rimworld
Barotrauma
The Forest
Phasmophobia
Subnautica
All shit I have bought, played, and enjoyed throughout their early access period.

>>714736281
>Sons of the Forest
>good
That game was fucking dogshit even The Day Before in a playable state was better

>>714736965
They technically were still indie for Hades

>>714740089
They were indies but used funds from big publishers. They saw the light in EA, just as Klei did with Dont Starve