大明王朝1789 | Ming dynasty 1789

Ming Dynasty 1789 entered Steam Early Access on June 15, 2020 as a plot-driven strategy game with ongoing story content being developed chapter by chapter. The developer shipped one notable update on July 22, 2020 — adding the second half of Chapter 2 for the "judges' line" storyline along with system improvements — indicating that at launch the game's narrative was incomplete and being built out over time. Since that July 22, 2020 update, the developer has posted nothing further. There have been no patch notes, announcements, development updates, or any other communication from Long Qi Software Technology in the nearly six years since. The game remains listed as Early Access, meaning the developer has never formally declared it finished or graduated it to a full 1.0 release. With the narrative explicitly mid-story at the time of the last update, an Early Access label still active, and no developer communication since July 2020, there is significant uncertainty about whether development is continuing. The game's reviews (46% positive from 507 reviews) suggest players have had a mixed experience, but the core concern for prospective buyers is whether the story content they'd be buying will ever be completed.