In 2021, millions of PC users flock to the Epic Game Store.
The store now has 194 million users, up 34 million from 2020, according to the latest figures released by Epic Games.
Daily active users reached a peak of 31.1 million, and concurrent users peaked at 13.2 million. Monthly active users peaked at 62 million users in December, up 11% from 56 million in 2020.
People are also buying a lot of games in 2021. About $840 million was spent through stores last year, a 20% increase from 2020, according to Epic. There are currently 917 games on sale on the Epic Games Store, double the number of games available. In 2020, third-party games accounted for 36% of all sales and player spending exceeded $300 million. This number is up 12% from 2020.
In the free games category, 89 free games were distributed to players in 2020, and players claimed 765 million free games.
Customers are also spending more time playing games in 2021. At the end of the year, players spent about 6.2 billion hours in games.
Epic says that for 2022, it has a lot in store for PC users.
One good thing is that the company plans to continue to distribute free games weekly, profiles are coming soon, and regarding library and download management, Epic will aggressively address these issues in the coming year. This includes the ability to prioritize and queue selected games, more options to help filter and organize your game library, and more.
The company will also continue to iterate on social features, including voice on the platform for non-game-related parties, work to put other community features into service starting with user-driven ratings and polls, and will have Game Center to keep up to date with the latest game publishers about Updates and news from games that players own or follow.
If you want to keep up with all things Epic Games Store and launcher, be sure to bookmark Epic’s Trello board.
