2025 was a year of growth for the Epic Games Store, setting up for a strong 2026.
Players spent $1.16 billion in the store across 3P and 1P titles, a 6% increase year over year. To help your business grow, take advantage of Launch Everywhere With Epic, Epic First Run and Epic Rewards: https://store.epicgames.com/distribution
Negative users expect the Epic Games Store to fill with poor-quality AI tools made using Claude.
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@UnrealEngine Its gonna be filled with bad AI tools made with claude
State of Unreal's update on the Epic Games Store. In December, the store hit a record of 78 million monthly active users. Revenue in 2025 was $1.16 billion player spend, up 6% on third-party and 1st party games.
3rd party-only spending in 2026 hit $400 million. There are 6,000 games in the catalog and 3,000 partners.
Developers keep 100% of net revenue on the first $1 million in net revenue per product per year. After that, devs pay a 12% royalty to Epic.
Epic First Run means devs keep 100% of revenue on the first six months before launching on other stores. Launch Everywhere with Epic lowers the royalty from 5% to 3.5% with sim ship in the store.
And players get 5% back in rewards on third-party content purchases.
@UnrealEngine I think my purchasing has slowed even though more content is around, most of it is the same experience.
