Epic Games Store Free Games Claims Statistics 2026 [662 Million Claims, 16% Conversion and the Steam Spillover]
Epic Games Store players claimed 662 million free games in 2025, up from 595 million in 2024, according to Epic’s Year in Review published February 3, 2026. This page covers Epic Games Store free games claims statistics from 2021 to 2025, how many claimers later spend money, the Steam spillover Epic measured, and the giveaways open in October 2026.
Epic Games Store Free Games Claims Statistics
How Many Free Games Were Claimed on the Epic Games Store in 2025?
Players claimed 662 million free games in 2025 across 100 giveaways, Epic reported in its 2025 Year in Review. The 2024 edition put claims at 595 million across 89 titles.
Annual totals have moved in both directions. Epic reported over 765 million claims for 2021, nearly 700 million for 2022 and 586 million for 2023.
Epic credits the program with driving discovery and engagement in 2025. The review gives one annual total and no claim counts for individual titles.
Source: Epic Games Store Year in Review, 2021 to 2025 editions
Each claim is a copy added to an Epic account, and the review reports no count of unique claimers or installs. Concurrency figures, like those in our Steam user trends for 2026, measure activity instead.
Are Mobile Claims Part of the 662 Million?
Epic says it launched the Free Games program on mobile for the first time in 2025. Its review does not split the 662 million between PC and mobile.
Mobile giveaways moved from a monthly to a weekly schedule in March 2025, Notebookcheck reported.
Source: Epic Games Store 2025 Year in Review, February 2026; Notebookcheck, March 2025
Epic Games Store Free Games Offered and Their Value, 2021–2025
| Year | Free games offered |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 |
| 2024 | 89 |
| 2023 | 86 |
| 2022 | 99 |
| 2021 | 89 |
Source: Epic Games Store Year in Review, 2021 to 2025 editions
Epic offered 100 free games in 2025, up from 89 in 2024 and 86 in 2023. The 2022 program ran 99 titles.
Average scores across the free titles rose from 75% in 2022 and 2023 to 76% in 2024 and 78% in 2025, per Epic’s stats summaries.
Source: Epic Games Store Year in Review, 2022 to 2025 editions
How Much Were Epic’s Free Games Worth?
The 2025 giveaways carried $2,316 in total value per player, Epic said, against $2,229 in 2024.
| Year | Value of the year’s free games, as published |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,316 |
| 2024 | $2,229 |
| 2023 | Over $2,000 |
| 2021 | $2,120 |
Source: Epic Games Store Year in Review, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions
Epic labels the 2024 and 2025 figures as total value per player. The 2021 and 2023 reviews state the combined worth of the year’s giveaways instead.
16% of Claimers Pay Later: Free Games Claims and Conversion
On average, 16% of people who claim Epic giveaways later pay for something in the store, Epic Games Store head Steve Allison told Game File in early February 2026.
Source: Game File interview with Steve Allison, February 2026
Does Epic Make Money From Free Game Claims?
Allison estimated that Epic’s 67 million average monthly users in 2025 were a little under half of Steam’s count. By his calculation, Epic generates 10% of the player spending Steam does.
He told Game File the store has “got to work on conversion.” Our Epic Games Store vs Steam market share breakdown sets the two storefronts side by side.
Source: Game File, February 2026
Allison joined Saber Interactive as chief business officer in July 2026. Martin Keely, formerly SVP of Battle.net and technology services at Blizzard, became VP and GM of the Epic Games Store and Epic Online Services.
Source: Game Developer, July 29, 2026
Do Epic Free Game Claims Lift Steam Player Counts?
Epic measured a 40% lift in Steam concurrent users while a title was free on the Epic Games Store in 2025. Platform-wide peaks are logged in our Steam concurrent player records.
More than 77% of 2025’s free games also set an all-time Epic Games Store peak CCU record during their free week. Epic calls the combined result a halo effect across PC gaming.
Source: Epic Games Store 2025 Year in Review, February 2026
Blood West’s Steam Sales on Its Giveaway Day
New Blood Interactive CEO Dave Oshry posted on X on January 16, 2026 that Blood West “sold like 200% more on Steam” on its Epic giveaway day over the 2025 holidays.
WN Hub noted that Blood West also ran a 60% Steam discount at the end of December. Console sales rose too, without published figures, and Oshry said Epic’s giveaway payment went to developer Hyperstrange.
Source: Dave Oshry on X, January 16, 2026; WN Hub, January 2026
October 2026 Giveaways: Epic Free Games You Can Claim Now
Sker Ritual and Home – A Unique Horror Adventure are free to claim from October 22 to October 29, 2026. Game Rant lists the pair at $29.98 combined.
| Free game | List price | Free window, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Sker Ritual | $24.99 | Oct 22 – Oct 29 |
| Home – A Unique Horror Adventure | $4.99 | Oct 22 – Oct 29 |
| Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise | $19.99 | Oct 15 – Oct 22 |
| Bad Cheese | $12.99 | Oct 15 – Oct 22 |
Source: Game Rant, October 2026
Epic swaps its free titles each Thursday at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m. ET, per Game Rant. Neither October 22 title had been an Epic freebie before.
Horror has led the month: Bad Cheese was October’s third horror giveaway, after System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster and Out of Sight.
GOG and Amazon Prime Gaming ran their own PC giveaways in October 2026, Game Rant’s monthly roundup shows. Our look at how GOG’s audience compares with Steam’s covers that storefront’s numbers.
Source: Game Rant, October 2026 giveaway coverage
$400 Million in 2025: Third-Party Spending Next to the Giveaways
Players spent $400 million on third-party PC games on the Epic Games Store in 2025, up 57%. Total PC player spending reached $1.16 billion, up 6%.
Third-party spending stood at $355 million in 2022, $310 million in 2023 and $255 million in 2024. Total PC spending was $820 million, $950 million and $1.09 billion in those years.
Source: Epic Games Store Year in Review, 2022 to 2025 editions
The 2025 third-party total excludes in-app purchases that developers process through their own payment systems. Games using those systems accounted for 35% of the 2.78 billion third-party hours.
Total store gameplay hours fell 14% to 6.65 billion in 2025, while third-party hours rose 4%. Epic notes its spending figures reflect consumer retail spend, inclusive of taxes; our PC gaming market size statistics cover the wider sector.
Source: Epic Games Store 2025 Year in Review, February 2026
Third-party spending kept rising in 2026, up 40% year over year from January to April, Epic said at its State of Unreal keynote on June 17, 2026.
Source: GamesBeat, June 17, 2026
FAQs
How many free games did Epic give away in 2025?
Epic offered 100 free games in 2025, and players claimed them 662 million times, according to the Epic Games Store 2025 Year in Review published February 3, 2026.
How much were Epic’s free games worth in 2025?
The 2025 giveaways carried $2,316 in total value per player, up from $2,229 in 2024. Both figures come from Epic’s own Year in Review stats summaries.
Do people who claim Epic free games buy anything?
About 16% do. Steve Allison, then head of the Epic Games Store, told Game File in February 2026 that this average share of giveaway claimers later pays for something in the store.
What free games are on Epic right now?
Sker Ritual and Home – A Unique Horror Adventure are free on the Epic Games Store from October 22 to October 29, 2026. Game Rant lists their combined value at $29.98.
Is the Reddit claim that Epic free games go unplayed backed by data?
Not directly. Epic publishes no playtime data for claimed copies. Its 2025 review says more than 77% of that year’s free games set an all-time Epic Games Store peak CCU record during their free week.
