Beginning as a Quixotic attempt at Compete with Valve's Steam in 2018 became a little less quixotic because the epic posted it “Year in review“For 2024, boasting numbers showing marked improvement from recent years. The market is still not near Steam numbers, but has never been left with colds despite the relatively small market.
In terms of the good news, Epic said the store reached 295 million users on PC and nearly 900 million cross-platform accounts when included with things like other devices playing Fortnite (mobile, console , etc.). This represents the growth of nearly 100 million from last year, boasting a 67 million monthly user rate. Epic said it was a 6% increase of more than 2023, but they refused to give a MAU for the total of 2023, instead focused only in December.
To the less good news in comparison of the yearsEpic revenue for third-party PC games has dropped from $ 310 million $ 255 million, a massive 18% year-to-year collapse. Considering it is the bread and butter of online stores and above all where they take their money, Maths really work to assume that the users are increasing especially for its own epic games. Total income from $ 950 million to $ 1.09 billion while third-party revenue decreases type bares.
In terms of player spending and contact, the top three titles are all free-to-play: Hoyoverse's Genshin Impact claims the top area, followed by the Epic's own rocket league, and then re- Hoyoverse with Honkai Star Rail. The first paid game on the list is Grand Theft Auto V, the most visible piece of media of all times.
In the near future, Epic plans to improve their mobile apps, which is the result of a current war that the publisher is fighting against Google and Apple. The PC client will finally add features such as voice chat, text chat, out-of-game invites, and pre-loading.
While the numbers can be interpreted either way depending on where you decide to focus, the falling third-party income is completely caused by concern. It is likely that individual games in steam or first-party shops on consoles made more than 2024 than all EPIC third-party revenue as a whole. Unless this trend is upside down, it's hard to see the epic that continues to sell third-party games when wide, most of their income derived from their own titles such as Fortnite, Rocket League, and Fall Guys .
