Like what, the players do not go there (only) to recover the games offered by the platform.
If the year 2020 has been over for four weeks, the promoters of the Epic Games Store (EGS) have only just completed the compilation of all the statistics of the platform. They made a nice infographic out of it that is an opportunity to discover some interesting little things about Steam's number one competitor.
Still free games in 2021
In the first place and the title of our brief will have undoubtedly put you on the way, the EGS confirms an impressive number of users: more than 160 million. We also learn that the EGS has more than 56 million active users in December against 120 million on Steam.
Better, the EGS can be proud of having reached 31.3 million daily active players, a value in progress of 192% over one year. Finally, the EGS points out that its peak of users stands at 13 million players in 2020 while it had reached "only" 7 million in 2019.
Such an audience translates into good financial results. Thus, the EGS was able to count on more than 700 million dollars spent. By returning the advanced information, however, we realize that Fortnite remains the main source of income: the EGS evokes “only” 265 million dollars spent on third-party games.
In addition, to put the “performance” of 2020 into perspective, let us recall that in 2019, the expenditure reached $ 680 million. By comparing this information with the 70% increase in the number of hours spent playing on the EGS, we imagine 1 / that Fortnite remains a powerful engine and 2 / that players still come a lot for the games offered!
Gifts which should continue during 2021 and which should accompany a lot of ongoing projects on the EGS. The hodgepodge is the improvement of the wish list, the redesign of social networks, achievements and player profiles.