cm0002Feb 4

Epic Games Store [unfortunately] saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025

https://literature.cafe/post/28547092

Epic Games Store [unfortunately] saw a 57% increase in purchases for third-party PC games in 2025 - literature.cafe

>Epic Games have release their 2025 Year in Review for the Epic Games Store, and they appear to be doing doing quite well compared to previous years. Be sure to check out our guide to play titles from Epic Games Store on SteamOS / Linux. > >For 2025 they’re reporting 317 million total PC users, with a 67 million average for monthly active users (-1%) and 31 million average daily active users (-2%). > >Epic has a lot of cash thanks to the success of Fortnite, and they’ve been burning through it to get people into using their store along with giving out all those free games (100 given away free in 2025). So third-party PC game revenue is essential if they want the store to actually succeed and it appears they are starting to turn things around.

Show threadCanadianCorhenFeb 4
Bought my first game on epic this year: Alan Wake 2.
Show threaddukemirage
lol the salty downvotes
Feb 5 at 10:30amWeb
Show threadHolytimesFeb 5

It wouldn’t call it salty so much as disgusted down votes. Salty implies someone’s jealous, and why the fuck would anyone be jealous of someone else buying a game regardless of where it’s from. Makes no damnable sense.

On the other hand it’s well known the majority of gamers that frequently online discussions anywhere on the internet dislike the epic store and see it as awful. So calling them disgusted down votes fit.

Show threadCanadianCorhenFeb 5
Yea, definitely felt dirty buying from there, but it’s the only store the game will ever be available from, and Remedy makes fine games
Show threadSidyctism II.Feb 6
Wait, does remedy have an exclusivity deal with epic?
Show threadCanadianCorhenFeb 6

For Alan Wake 2, yea

Epic entierly funded the game, and as far as I know, that includes it being solely on EGS

ign.com/…/alan-wake-2-developer-defends-deal-with…

Alan Wake 2 Developer Defends Deal With 'Excellent Partner' Epic Games, Despite The Fact It's Still Missing From Rival Storefront Steam - IGN

Remedy Entertainment has spoken out to defend its publishing deal for Alan Wake 2, which saw the game launch on PC exclusively via the Epic Games Store. More than two years later, there's still no sign of it coming to rival storefront Steam.

IGN
Show threaddukemirageFeb 5

Disgust, lol

it’s just another store people