Despite the many free games that the Epic Games Store can offer, it's showing impressive growth — raising nearly $680 million through player purchases in 2019.
This is a direct result of an update and analysis of the Epic Games Store. The "Free Games" category offered by the store includes 73 games that have been downloaded a total of more than 200 million times. It's a great communications stunt by the founder and CEO of Epic Games, but also a chance for the different games offered for free to have their little moment of glory. After this very positive observation, Epic Games announces that they will be offering weekly free games throughout the year 2020.
As you know, Fortnite — Epic Games' most famous game — has raised over $250 million on its own, including the sale of battle passes, as well as various cosmetic items for your avatar. Also note that this impressive growth comes from the fact that they have offered exclusive PC games in the store. In this list, we can see : Borderlands 3, The Division 2, Control, World War Z, and many other notable games.
The Epic Game Store is making an exceptional growth compared to 2018, let's wait for the next report in order to know more about the evolution of the editor.
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