As a concept Early Access is an idea I love as it allows for otherwise potentially niche titles that would have been unable to get
funded by big publishers a chance to get made and satisfy the target audience, but in practice Steam's system is a steaming mess.
With Switchcars nearing its release, Altfuture caught attention not only of the
biggest PC press and indie
publishers, but it was eventually
funded by Vlambeer — the famous indie studio leading the action rogue - like market at that moment.