Epic Games Store Saw Record-Setting Third-Party Sales Growth by 2025, Reaching 317M+ PC Users
I Epic Games Store it will not collapse Steam anytime soon, but the numbers shared by Epic in its Epic Games Store 2025 Year in Review blog post clearly show that the digital storefront is growing. The digital storefront is well known for its generosity free games and we’ve seen quite a few players do more than claim a free title each week, spending more time and money on third-party titles.
2025 was a record year for EGS, as player spending on third-party games increased 57% compared to last yearto reach a high record $400 million. Epic also added that the $400M number doesn’t even include what players would spend on third-party titles that process their payments, such as EA Sports FC 26, Marvel Rivals, Valorant, again Grand Theft Auto V.
Developers behind those games, and anyone else with a payment processing for them, get 100% of the revenue made from those purchases. Which, frankly, is what you’d expect, since Epic has spent years on lawsuits against him an apple regarding the issue of not being able to process its payments Fortnite.
Other record-setting numbers include 2.78 billion hours that players have spent on third-party games with the Epic Games Store, up from 2024’s 2.68 billion hours on third-party titles. That said, if you look at the total hours spent playing, players are only logged in 6.65 billion hours, a decrease from 2024 to 7.72 billion hours.
It also reached a record high monthly active users (MAU)to beat 78 million MAU on PC by December 2025. Overall, player spending increased by 6%, to $1.16 billion, from $1.09 billion in 2024. They exist now 6,000 games is available on the Epic Games Store for players to purchase.
When it comes to the Free Games Program, which seems to be driving a fair amount of engagement on the storefront, Epic disagreed. 100 games in 2025, with players looking for value 662 million copies. The amount of games wanted, in US dollars, is complete $2,316. The post also notes that free games have increased engagement for those titles on Steam, which sounds like a nod to last month’s story, where an indie publisher noted that having their game free on EGS was good advertising for Steam sales.
Finally, EGS has grown from 2024’s 295M users to massive 317 million users on PC. If you want to compare all EGS numbers from 2024 to 2025, you can view its 2024 report here.
As for what Epic has planned for 2026, the Fortnite company says it will focus on “brings long-requested features and deep platform improvements,” especially pointing out that the company is in the process of “rebuilding the underlying structure of the Epic Games Store Launcher,” with plans to ship these changes in the summer of 2026.
The changes promise a more responsive launcher that feels “good to use,” with better stability and faster loading times. It also promises public spaces in the Epic Games Store and the development of EGS community skills, even adding voice chat and private associations. It will also add cross-platform libraries between PC and mobile games, and the introduction of regional storefronts with local item discovery systems.
“In short: we’re building a fairer, more open marketplace for players and developers,” the blog post read.As we enter 2026, we remain committed to empowering developers and delivering the best possible experience for players, wherever they play..”
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