Epic Games Store Tops $1 Billion in 2024, but 3rd Party Sales Fall Further
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In 2024, the Epic Games Store surpasses $1 billion in revenue, with growing user numbers but declining sales of third-party titles. Many store improvements are planned for 2025, including the release of non-gaming apps and further expansion of the mobile store.
The Epic Games Store (EGS) passed the billion dollar mark in revenue in 2024. A total of $1.09 billion was generated (€1.04 billion), an increase of 14.74% over the previous year ($950 million). The number of PC customers increased from 270 million to 295 Million - nearly 898m cross-platform Epic accounts. Although total revenue from the store increased, the percentage of revenue from third-party PC games in the Epic Games Store decreased by 18% from $310 million to $250 million (€239 million). This is also reflected in the number of hours of gameplay. 7.72 billion gameplay hours were counted on the Epic Games Store, of which 2.68 billion hours were from third-party games. This means that Epic Games' own games (Fortnite, Rocket League, Fall Guys) continue to be the revenue drivers on the platform. These figures reflect actual customer spending and don't include the value of coupons, Epic Funding or other promotions.
In 2024, 89 free games were offered on the Epic Games Store, with nearly 595 million free games claimed by users. This type of user acquisition programme will continue in 2025 on both PC and mobile.
Total PC Customers
2024: 295m+
2023: 270m+
2022: 230m+
2021: 194m+
MAU in December
2024: 74m
2023: 75m
2022: 68m
2021: 62m
$ spent by PC players on the Epic Games Store
2024: $1.09b
2023: $950m
2022: $820m
2021: $640m
$ spent by players on 3rd-party PC games on the Epic Games Store
2024: $255m
2023: $310m
2022: $355m
2021: $300m
The top PC games in 2024 were Genshin Impact, Rocket League, Honkai Star Rail, Grand Theft Auto V and Fortnite. Rocket League and Fortnite are from Epic Games, while Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail from HoYoverse are PC exclusives on the Epic Games Store. These five games are followed by Wuthering Waves (PC exclusive on EGS), EA Sports FC 24, Destiny 2, Fall Guys (from Epic Games) and Alan Wake 2 (PC exclusive on EGS). The top 11 to 20 games on the Epic Games Store include Farming Simulator 22 from Giants Software and Dead Island 2 from Plaion, as well as EA Sports FC 25, Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk 2077, The Sims 4, Black Myth: Wukong, Dead by Daylight, Satisfactory and Warframe.
Plans for the Epic Games Store in 2025: - Epic Games Store Mobile App: Improved app library and discovery experience, AAB file type support and more - Opening self-service publishing tools to all mobile developers - Non-gaming apps on PC and mobile - Gifting as a new purchase option - New Download Manager (PC/Mac) with more options - Pre-load (PC/Mac) of games before launch - Search & Browse overhaul (PC/Mac) - Multi-platform social features - Platform store switching: Users will be able to switch from their native platform store view to other supported platforms to browse and buy apps
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