Epic Games Store Year in Review: Alarming Growth and 2025 Vision
Whether you support the store or want to form an opinion, the Epic Games Store Year in Review is noteworthy. Some may not appreciate the store, but indicators suggest progress in PC gaming. Let us detail 2024 and see Epic's 2025 plans.
Epic Games Store Year in Review Infographic: Key Highlights
Huge Growth in Community
The headline is the Epic Games Store community with over 295 million PC users. This is a jump of 25 million in one year. Counting cross-platform accounts, there are approximately 898 million total Epic accounts. People signed up and are staying.
More Time Gaming Than Ever
Gamers spend serious time gaming on the platform. In 2024, players clocked in 2.68 billion hours playing third-party games on the Epic Games Store. This is significant gaming engagement.
Flood of New Games
The store library is growing fast. With self-publishing tools, the Epic Games Store added an amazing 1,100 new games in 2024. This is a huge content increase for players, from indie to AAA.
Free Game Fever Continues
Epic's free games are a powerful draw. They gave away 89 free games in 2024. Users claimed them 595 million times. The estimated worth of these free games is $2,229 per player, with a 76% average critic score across these titles.
Looking Ahead to 2025: Mobile and More Big Games
Expectations for the Epic Games Store in 2025 include:
- Mobile App Improvements: Enhancements to the Epic Games Store Mobile App, App Library, and Discover experience.
- Mobile Self-Publishing Tools: Developers get more tools to bring mobile games to the store.
- More Big Games Coming Up: Anticipate titles like Splitgate 2, 33 Immortals, Killing Floor 3, Borderlands 4, and Cronos: The New Dawn on the platform.
The 2024 review shows major Epic Games Store growth and engagement. Epic is building its reputation in PC gaming. With a huge user base, a growing game library, and free games, 2025 should be another exciting year for the platform with mobile plans and big game releases.
