Epic Video games Retailer Gave Away $2,000 Value of Video games in 2023

The Epic Video games Retailer has launched its 2023 yr in evaluate, which incorporates stats revealing it gave away greater than $2,000 value of video games final yr.

A weblog put up on the Epic Video games Retailer, which appears to be like to rival different PC storefronts reminiscent of Steam, revealed it gave away 86 video games in complete amassing to a really helpful retail value of $2,055. Greater than 580 million video games had been downloaded via the free giveaway provide.

As for precise participant numbers, the Epic Video games Retailer reached 75 million month-to-month lively customers in December 2023, which was a ten% enhance from the earlier yr.

This nonetheless pales compared to Steam, nevertheless. The newest information for Valve’s platform noticed it hit 132 million month-to-month lively customers by the tip of 2021, a quantity that is doubtless grown considerably since then contemplating the platform’s concurrent customers jumped from 27.4 million on the similar time to 33 million by January 2023.

Participant spending was additionally up for the Epic Video games Retailer in 2023, rising by 16% to $950 million. Its high titles by participant spending and engagement had been Genshin Affect, Rocket League, Lifeless Island 2, Grand Theft Auto 5, and Fortnite.

These large numbers nonetheless aren’t sufficient for the storefront to be worthwhile although, as Epic Video games Retailer boss Steve Allison admitted in November 2023 it was nonetheless a loss chief for the corporate after almost 5 years.

Epic Video games’ aim is solely to develop the shop presently, utilizing ploys just like the weekly free giveaways, main unique video games, and an 88/12 income break up (in comparison with Stean’s 70/30) for builders to attract folks in.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.