Year in review: Not all PC gamers are a fan of the Epic Games Store, just whether you love it or detest it, in that location's no denying that the platform'south frequent costless game giveaways are pretty great. It seems quite a few others agree with that sentiment: according to the platform, nearly 750 million free titles were claimed throughout 2022.

That'due south an astounding number, and it seems to testify that Ballsy'southward hazard on freebies has largely paid off. Those complimentary games -- there were 103 unique giveaways in full -- managed to internet the EGS a whopping 160 million PC customers in total, and 56 monthly agile users in December, according to the platform's latest Year in Review web log post.

While not all of the freebie hunters spent money on Epic, the platform still generated $700 million in user spending throughout the year, $265 million of which went toward third-party games hosted on the EGS. The rest, presumably, was revenue generated past Epic's own games, such every bit Fortnite.

User playtime hours as well climbed to 5.lxx billion hours final year, upwards from 3.35 billion the year before. Part of that increase can likely exist attributed to lockdowns and stay-calm orders imposed by governments due to the Covid-19 pandemic, merely still -- growth is growth.

Looking alee, Epic is apparently hoping to meridian these numbers, while also bringing some new features to its platform, including Player Profiles, game Achievements, and a "Social Overhaul," whatever that means.