2024-02-18 05:27:59
Epic Games Store released 1,300 games last year 2024.02.18 14:27 Game Mecca Reporter Kim Hyeong-jong
▲ Representative image looking back at the Epic Games Store in 2023 (Photo source: Epic Games official website)
According to an Epic Games report, the number of games released on the Epic Games Store last year was 1,300, which is regarding 1/11th of that of Steam.
Epic Store announced its 2023 performance on its official website on the 16th. According to this, over 1,300 new games were added to the Epic Store in 2023, with a total of 2,900 games registered in the store. This is an 88% increase compared to the previous year.
▲ Epic Games user spending amount and number of free games (data source: Epic Games website)
Meanwhile, the total amount spent by users on the Epic Games Store last year was approximately $950 million (KRW 1.266 trillion), a 16% increase compared to the previous year. It has not been able to keep up with the increase in the number of games, and in fact, the amount of user spending on third-party games and applications, excluding its own games such as Fortnite, was $310 million (regarding KRW 413 billion), a 13% decrease compared to last year.
In 2023, the number of daily active users on the Epic Games Store will peak at 36.1 million, and the number of monthly active users will peak at 75 million, showing an increase compared to the previous year. The biggest contributor to this is its game Fortnite and distribution of free games. Epic Games distributed 86 free games last year, which is worth regarding $2,000 at regular price.
▲ Statistics on the number of games released on Steam by year (data source: Steam db homepage)
Meanwhile, the total number of games registered on Steam in 2023 is 14,467 (Steam db tally), which is regarding 11 times more than the Epic Games Store. The total number of games released on Steam from 2006 to 2023 is approximately 83,400.
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