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.

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

Steam now shows when Early Access games were last updated. The update appears if a game goes 12 months without an update. This feature helps you avoid wasting money on dead games. Early access games are a great way to test titles in development,

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

Valve is introducing a feature that will give users insight into which game available in Steam Early Access is rarely updated by developers.

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.

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.

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

It'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 might exceed their initial budgets is a neat thing.