ye , software development works like this Say the game will release in 2 years , but still be in alpha 2 and a half years later with barely any of the planned progress made 1126 dayzstandalonenowduein 2016 for 40 In late 2014 , roughly a year after first early access release , they said the game will enter beta in late 2015 and release in second half of 2016 . Now , we ' re still in alpha and probably will be for atleast another year , which means that the game is only behind schedule 2 years , right ? Well , in reality , however , we ' re probably looking at another 2 years of alpha like , seriously , look at the roadmap they accomplished like not even a quarter of what they wanted to achieve in one year in two years , ~~ then the game dies ~~ 2 years of betaIf they keep up the current progress , the game might release by 2020 . Realistically , if they keep up the current progress , the game won ' t release at all .