The game will have a soft launch into Early Access on 2nd of June - and we are not asking you to buy it.
As the description of the Early Access declaration on the store-page outlines, we estimate that we are many months away from a gold-version - possible another 24 months(!) needed for all the content to get into the game to make it a full release. And that is only if things progress nicely, and there is no major disruptions externally that occur...and we have seen that things can happen that no-one can predict.
So, here is the pleading: Don't buy the game now. Look at what the game offers today - and how much it doesn't offer - and make the decision to wishlist the game instead. It is the right choice to make.
Observe the progress the game makes, see the patch-notes as the come in, see the reliability (if, or not) of updates and improvements. Don't buy any Early Access title the first week. You are setting yourself up for disappointment.
With that, here is a pledge: The goal is to release this as v1.0 Gold, with all the content (read: levels and monster) as planned and it will not be released as a Gold version before it is. And the updates will be, as have been seen over the past year, be stable. Not fast, not revolutionary, but stable and not abandoned.
Not even if it sells 0 copies the first week. It will not affect the roadmap.
Actually, do me a favour - only buy the game in Early Access if you are willing to spend some time on discord to give your feedback or write posts in the Steam community forum to give your opinions or wishes.
Once the game goes Gold some advertisement will be done, guarantees of content will be given - and everyone is welcome to purchase and review it. Until then - don't. :)
Yes, you are literally told to not buy the game now. Your money is not needed to finish the game. I'd rather see that you are seeing the game when it is finished and ready for a full play-through. Early Access is only for those that like to punish themselves or want to truly be involved in the development of the game in some function.