The Steam notice can tell you if a game that still needs work hasn’t been updated in months or even years.

It’s still not exactly clear what updates are substantial enough to reset the counter and how long it takes between updates for it to appear. Open-world survival zombie sim Project Zomboid has been in Early Access on Steam for over a decade and doesn’t show the new warning because it still receives regular updates. Its last one was in January.

To save players from the disappointment of purchasing an early access game that has unknowingly been abandoned by its developers, SteamDB noted that Steam has implemented a new sy

I t's got its ups and downs, but I rather like Steam early access. Being able to get in on the ground floor of something, watch it develop, and support developers whose ambitions

It's not a universally applied system yet, but Steam will now tell players if an Early Access game hasn't been updated in over a year.

Steam has added a new warning to the Steam pages of early-access games that have not been updated in a long time.

Valve just implemented a welcome warning message that proves the company continues to put its Steam customers first.

If too much time passes between Early Access game updates on Steam, Valve will add a warning notice to the product page.

Steam now warns about Early Access games that haven't been updated in months, helping players identify unupdated games.

Valve now warns players about inactive games in Early Access to prevent purchasing abandoned projects. Games with over a year of inactivity receive a warning, with 20+ months labeled as high risk. Developers must update store pages regularly to avoid warnings and mislead players.