The Epic Video games Retailer has launched its 2023 12 months in assessment, which incorporates stats revealing it gave away greater than $2,000 value of video games final 12 months.
A weblog publish on the Epic Video games Retailer, which seems to be to rival different PC storefronts equivalent to Steam, revealed it gave away 86 video games in whole amassing to a beneficial retail worth of $2,055. Greater than 580 million video games had been downloaded by means of the free giveaway supply.
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 12 months.
This nonetheless pales compared to Steam, nonetheless. The newest information for Valve’s platform noticed it hit 132 million month-to-month lively customers by the top of 2021, a quantity that is probably 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 prime titles by participant spending and engagement had been Genshin Impression, 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 practically 5 years.
Epic Video games’ objective 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 individuals in.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.