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

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

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.

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 rolled out a subtle change to the store pages of early access games, seemingly in an attempt to warn players about purchasing an in-development title that might have been abandoned by its developers.

Valve has a warning label feature towards Early Access Software that has not been updated for quite some time.

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

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

Valve has rolled out a new Steam feature that warns you when a game in Early Access hasn't had an update in a while, but there are caveats.

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