Why? There are plenty of proper games that benefit from early access, and plenty of people that enjoy early access.

The greenlight system wasn’t any better, all it did was gatekeep indie developers while still being easy to manipulate.

Especially in a game like Civ. it’s hard to know how people feel about it until a week or so later. I remember when Civ 6 was said to be the best game in the series on release, but after spending some time with it, it was lacking. Reviews like these are more of a first impressions.