Epic Games Store is seeing near-Steam-like engagement levels

The Epic Games Store is hitting its stride. Epic revealed today that its PC gaming portal hit 61 million monthly active players on PC. It also had an average peak-concurrent player count of 13 million on PC. This came as Epic gave away free games as part of “The Vault” promotional event. Free games included Grand Theft Auto V, Ark: Survival Evolved, Civilization VI, and Borderlands: The Handsome Collection.

The Vault was a major event for Epic and its store. It didn’t just spend money to acquire the rights to give away the games, it also had a huge marketing budget. You could find ads for the free games on websites, podcasts, and more. And it looks like that has paid off.