That’s a whole lot of gaming hours at no cost, no doubt no cost to players, that is, but of course, there is a cost to Epic as mentioned. Remember in 2021 we saw the likes of Control, NBA 2K21, Dead by Daylight, Rage 2, and Sonic Mania, plus the year before, GTA V no less, and Total War Saga: Troy (which was free on its release), not forgetting Kingdom Come: Deliverance.Įpic notes that it gave away more than 765 million free games in total throughout 2021. The news that free games will keep being deployed as tempters to sign up to the store – and stay engaged once there – is no real surprise, though there may be folks wondering just how long Epic can continue to fork out big bucks for some of the huge titles it secures as freebies. Spending on the Epic Games Store hit $840 million (around £630 million, AU$1.2 billion) in 2021, but only 36% of that was on third-party titles (meaning the majority went on Epic’s own games, principally Fortnite stuff).Īnalysis: How many free games were grabbed – and at what cost to Epic? Also, we’re looking at social features including “voice on platform with game agnostic parties”, backed up with work on beefing up community engagement aspects with user ratings for games and polls.Įpic also said (opens in new tab) that a “number of huge games will be coming out on Epic Games Store in 2022” which includes the likes of Dying Light 2, Stalker 2, Rainbow Six Extraction and more.Īs for the stats from 2021, Epic notes that it now has 194 million gamers with accounts, and 917 games on the store – almost double the amount present at the end of 2020.
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