The year 2021 has been here with us for several weeks and the company Epic Games has decided to publish its statistical results for the year 2020. They did so through contribution on their official website, confirming that the distribution of free weekly games will continue in 2021.
It’s 2021 and that means:
✔️ More Games
✔️ More Options
✔️ More Fun
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— Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) January 28, 2021
Thanks to a community of developers, publishers, players and creators, the Epic Games Store has seen historic growth in global engagement. At present, the company boasts more than 160 million Epic Games Store users. The number of daily active users increased by 192 percent, to a total of 31.3 million active players per day. Monthly active users increased in December from 32 million in 2019 to 56 million.
Increased traffic undoubtedly means higher revenues from the purchase of the games themselves. In 2020, players spent more than $ 700 million on Epic Games, of which third-party games accounted for 37 percent (about $ 265 million). Last year, the Epic Games store community also invested 70 percent more time in games, with a total playing time of 5.70 billion, which is 2.35 billion hours more than in 2019.
The Epic Games Store has also grown from 190 games in 2019 to 471 in 2020. In 2021, Epic is going to further expand its catalog of games on offer. “In 2021, we plan to rapidly expand the catalog of new titles available in the Epic Games Store by providing developers with self-publishing tools for the EGS platform, and will soon release details of these specific plans.” features a post on the official Epic Games website. In total, the store also released 103 weekly free games.
The most popular titles among players were Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Borderlands 3, Godfall, Rocket League, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, Grand Theft Auto V and undoubtedly also Fortnite.
This year, Epic wants to focus on work to ensure that the store is open to developers who want to publish titles in it. “We want a seamless and seamless environment for developers who want to bring their games to the Epic Games store. This gives Epic Games Store customers the opportunity to buy the games they want, whenever they want, while developers have a much fairer distribution of revenue. ” states the contribution.
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