Epic Games Store third-party games hit $251 million in player spending

Epic Games is celebrating the growth of its PC gaming store by sharing a number of informational tidbits about its performance. Most notably, the company revealed that players spent $680 million on the platform since launch. That’s a good sign for the competitor to Steam — but it’s worth noting that majority of that cash went directly to Epic. Of that $680 million, Epic Games Store customers spent $251 million on third-party games. That means $429 million went to Epic games, and that primarily means Fortnite.

But that ratio of 1.7-to-1 in terms of revenue for Fortnite versus non-Epic Games isn’t really a problem. Fortnite brings in a huge audience that is willing to spend money, and that could spill over into other games. Valve Software, the company that owns and operates Steam, probably sees something similar where its games like Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive represent an out-sized proportion of its customers’ spending.