Nirgendwo wurde von offizieller Seite behauptet, dass jeder mit Lord-Status auch am 16. schon den Key erhält.
“We want to announce that backers with “beta access” reward will start to receive invitations to play the current work in progress version beginning July 16 2020.
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Steam key delivery will take place in several waves, starting by backers with higher pledges.”
Source: https://forum.ancient-cities.com/t/first-closed-version-for-backers-release-date