Every month you can go on the Epic Games Store and snag a usually pretty decent game for absolutely free. It’s not clear if this largesse is meaningfully moving the needle in the company’s battle to establish itself as a competitor to Steam,

Five years after its launch, the Epic Games Store is close to reaching a user base of 300 million PC players, despite tough competition from Steam.

Epic saw 295 million Epic Games Store PC users, up 25 million year-over-year, according to a blog post. 595 million free games were claimed during the year as well. Epic is promising a bunch of improvements to the Epic Games Store in 2025,