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Early access

Early access, also known as alpha access, alpha founding, paid alpha, or game preview, is a funding model in the video game industry by which consumers can play a game in the various pre-release development cycles, such as pre-alpha, alpha, and/or beta, while the developer is able to use those funds to continue further development on the game. Those that…

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Notable games using early access

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Early access

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Early access

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related to Released · 72
Early access → According, Ark, August, Baldur's Gate III, Bannerlord, Battlegrounds, Besiege, Blade II, By, China, Conan Exiles, Darkest Dungeon, DayZ, Dead Cells, December, Don't Starve, Dragons, Dungeons, Epic, Epic Games
related to In development · 33
Early access → April, As, Best Early Access Game, Crab Champions, Crab Rave, Dead, December, Exile, Golden Joystick Awards, Grounded, Hytale, Into, January, July, June, Kickstarter, March, May, Noisestorm's, November
related to Unfinished games · 21
Early access → Another, DF-9, Double Fine, Double Fine's Tim Schafer, Earth, James Stephanie Sterling, JP LeBreton, Killing Day Studios, Later, Many, Shortly, Spacebase DF-9, Steam, Steam Workshop, Steam's, Steam's Workshop, The, The Escapist, There, Valve
related to Approach · 19
Early access → Desura, Development, EAP, Games, GOG, Humble Store, January, March, May, PayPal, Refinery, Steam, Steam's, Steamworks API, The, The Humble Bundle, To, Valve, While
related to Reception · 12
Early access → Battlegrounds, Eurogamer, Gamasutra, Game, Games, However, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Polygon, Steam's, The Game Awards, Video, Year
related to Steam Early Access · 8
Early access → After, Before, March, Steam, Steam Early Access, Steam Greenlight, The, Valve
related to Notable games using early access · 2
Early access → In, Minecraft

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No Man's Skyinstance ofFull release games0.80text
Mass Effectinstance ofFull release games0.80text
Paragoninstance ofThis approach has been used for games0.80text
Dauntlessinstance ofThis approach has been used for games0.80text
and Fortniteinstance ofThis approach has been used for games0.80text
Mass Effectinstance ofGames0.80text
Early accessrelated to ApproachTo0.60section
Early accessrelated to ApproachWhile0.60section
Early accessrelated to ApproachPayPal0.60section
Early accessrelated to ApproachThe0.60section
Early accessrelated to ApproachDesura0.60section

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