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While slightly later into the 2025 than expected, the Epic Games Store has finally released its 2024 year-in-review – revealing a bunch of interesting stats including monthly active users, the total number of free games claimed and the best-selling titles on the platform.
Taking to their blog, Epic have now released their ‘Epic Games Store 2024 Year in Review’, writing “As with previous years, we've spent time reflecting on the year we've had in 2024 while taking a look ahead at some of the most anticipated store features and releases coming in 2025.”
The full suite of stats and graphs can be found HERE, but some of the most notable milestones/achievements include an updated PC user base of 295 million (a year-on-year increase of 25 million), with the full number of “Epic cross-platform accounts” nearing 900 million (likely due to Fortnite).
In terms of retention, the Epic Games Store saw a slight decline in peak monthly users (from 75m to 74m), but was made up for thanks to its average daily users growing by 6% to 31.5 million alongside average monthly users (also up by 6%).
One of the biggest benefits of the Epic Games Store is its weekly free game giveaways, with 2024 seeing a total of 595 million claims across the 89 titles which were given away – averaging 6.6 million per game.
Finally, while we did not get any concrete figures, Epic did share their list of top-performing games from 2024 (by player spend and engagement) with the top 5 being as follows:
- Genshin Impact
- Rocket League
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Fortnite
In terms of what to expect for 2025, Epic has promised to continue with its free game program, while also introducing new store features – including but not limited to the addition of non-gaming apps, a new download manager and the ability to gift titles to your friends.
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