With 2024 now effectively behind us, the Epic Video games Retailer has shared its annual look again on the 12 months that was. On the entire, it feels like a fairly good 12 months for Epic, which noticed the variety of video games on its retailer, and the variety of individuals utilizing it, each take large jumps.
The Epic Video games Retailer rang up 295 million customers in 2024, a rise over 2023 of 25 million, and the “Epic ecosystem” grew as effectively, to 898 million “whole Epic cross-platform accounts,” up by 94 million from the 2023 quantity. What actually shocked me, although, is that 1,100 new video games have been launched on Epic in 2024, taking the entire variety of video games on the storefront to over 4,000. Frankly, I did not notice there have been 1,100 video games on the Epic Retailer in whole.
That is nonetheless a far cry from Steam, which noticed practically 19,000 new video games arrive in 2024, however it’s undoubtedly motion in the precise course. Epic credited that progress of its sport choice to continued adoption of its self-publishing instruments, the Epic First Run exclusivity program and Now on Epic program for older video games (which has been prolonged to January 31, 2026), rising every day and month-to-month lively person numbers, and Epic’s beneficiant income share choices.
Epic bumped into surprising monetary points in 2023, saying it was “spending far more cash than we earn” and shedding 800 staff consequently. Nonetheless, the sport giveaways continued apace in 2024, with greater than 595 million free video games claimed—up from just below 586 million freebies in 2023—averaging out to $2,229 in “whole worth per participant.” Epic additionally confirmed that “this system isn’t slowing down and can proceed in 2025, on each PC and cellular.”
The Epic Video games Retailer launcher remains to be slightly tough across the edges: Epic stated in its 2023 12 months in overview that it had made efficiency enhancements “decreasing loading time to a 3rd of the prior load time based on benchmarks from Q1 2023 for 95% of customers,” and it is undoubtedly higher than it was (for me, a minimum of) however nonetheless slightly sluggish, notably when coping with massive libraries. Work on that can proceed in 2025: The obtain supervisor anticipated in 2024 is ready slated for the primary quarter of 2025 (so, quickly), enabling customers to “management the timing of updates, schedule downloads, and reorder your queue, amongst different quality-of-life modifications.”
Different notable options on the way in which embody gifting, preloading, an overhaul of search and browse performance “with a number of below the hood enhancements,” and new social options together with “all new voice chat, textual content chat, sport unbiased events, invite/be a part of/play and looking-for-group options throughout all Epic Video games Retailer supported platforms.”
Epic additionally shared a rundown of its prime PC video games in 2024, and whereas particular numbers aren’t included it is fascinating to see how they break down throughout three separate classes. Farming Simulator 2022 raised my eyebrow, however 2023 and ’24 editions weren’t launched, and the latest model, Farming Simulator 2025, did not come out till mid-November 2024.
Mythic
- Genshin Affect
- Rocket League®
- Honkai Star Rail
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Fortnite
Legendary
- Wuthering Waves
- EA Sports activities FC 24
- Future 2
- Fall Guys
- Alan Wake 2
Epic
- EA Sports activities FC 25
- Crimson Useless Redemption 2
- Cyberpunk 2077
- The Sims 4
- Black Fantasy: Wukong
- Useless by Daylight
- Passable
- Warframe
- Farming Simulator 2022
- Useless Island 2
(Why is not “Epic” the highest tier within the listing? I have no idea, however it looks as if a reasonably large oversight to me.)
Not a foul 12 months total, then, and extra free video games in 2025 is unquestionably one thing to pleased about. And sure, there may be an infographic—get the crash course model of Epic’s 12 months in overview beneath.
