Epic is “rebuilding the underlying architecture” of its Games Store in 2026

For many years now, the Epic Games Store has slowly but surely been entrenching itself into the PC gaming space, and while the platform has amassed hundreds of millions of users, it still plays second fiddle to Valve’s Steam platform. That said, Epic appears to be continuing to commit to improving the Epic Games Store, with 2026 set to bring a ton of improvements, including a rebuild of “the underlying architecture of the Epic Games Store Launcher.”

Releasing their 2025 year-in-review, Epic offered a look at some of their biggest achievements from the past 12 months, including reveals that the recently-released gifting feature was used over 100,000 times during the past holiday season. Other various stats, including how many free games were claimed, can be found HERE.

For our purposes however, the most interesting aspect pertains to the future, with Epic confirming some pretty big overhauls over the coming year, writing:

“We’re in the process of rebuilding the underlying architecture of the Epic Games Store Launcher and plan to ship improvements this summer. These changes will make the storefront on the launcher responsive and feel good to use, with fast load times and greater stability.”

Other ancillary improvements planned for the year include:

• Community Spaces
• Cross-platform chat enhancements
• Voice chat and game-independent parties (Q2 2026)
• Cross-platform library for players across PC and mobile
• Regional storefronts with localised discovery

There is no denying that Epic has been bringing a ton of improvements to its PC storefront over the past few years. That said, with Steam having over a decade worth of a head start, the Epic Games Store still has plenty to work on.

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KitGuru says: What do you think of the Epic Games Store today? Will any of the above changes make a dent in Steam’s user base? Let us know down below.

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