// News // 29th Jan 2021 — 3 years ago // By Jamie Davies

Epic Games Store - How 2019 Compares to 2020

Epic Games has released its annual Year in Review for the ever-growing Epic Games Store. We thought it'd be a swell idea to compare the company's most recent review with the previous year's. How does 2020 stack up against 2019 for the Epic Games Store? Well... all the numbers are bigger—we can tell you that upfront—but let's find out by how much!

Epic Games Store Customers

2019: 108 million
2020: 160+ million

Money Spent by Epic Games Store Customers on PC

2019: $680 million
2020: $700 million

Money Spent by Epic Games Store Customers on Third-Party Games

2019: $251 million
2020: $265 million

Number of Games Given Away

2019: 73 (valued at $1,455)
2020: 103 (valued at $2,407 with an OpenCritic)

Copies of Free Games Claimed

2019: over 200 million
2020: over 749 million

Social Media Followers

Instagram

2019: 2.32 million
2020 5.5 million (136% increase)

Twitter
2019: 3.41 million
2020: 4.1 million (20% increase)

Facebook
2019: 644 thousand
2020: 1.1 million (71% increase)

Countries and Territories Represented by Creators

2019: 235
2020: 235 (no change)

Number of Creator Codes Used on Third-Party Epic Games Store Purchases

2019: 1,733,180
2020: 4,269,208

Summing Up

2020 has been a record year for the Epic Games Store, and its meteoric rise shows no sign of slowing. The year has seen the store improved with the addition of automated refunds, additional currencies, price-based filters, critic reviews on store pages and more. In the coming year, it promises to implement user profiles, social features and achievements. Considering that the Epic Games Store is hot on the heels of Steam, it's crucial that Epic gets these components right. If it does, it could get Valve mighty hot under the collar.