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For most PC gamers, the Epic Games Store is a place for awesome free games and the occasional exclusive. Everything else is split between Steam and GOG. (No one uses whatever Amazon’s launcher is.)
As Epic Games continues to try and make a dent in the PC gaming space, the storefront’s general manager Steve Allison has admitted that the experience still kinda sucks right now.
Epic Games Store improvements are finally coming
Speaking at the State of Unreal 2025 showcase, where we also saw our first look at The Witcher 4, Allison stated that “even after years of building the store on PC, we know there’s still a ton of work to be done to deliver a world-class experience.”
Allison explained that many “long overdue” features are “finally” on their way to the Steam competitor. After years of waiting, key features such as game pre-loading, game gifting and more are coming to the storefront in the foreseeable future.
After years of trying to encroach on the majesty of Steam, Allison revealed that basic features such as “game-independent voice chat, text chat, and parties, along with robust game invites for third-party games” will also be added to the underbaked storefront.
However, the biggest issue of the Epic Games Store is the basic things, like performance. Scrolling through a large list of games is a lot slower than Steam and the storefront often hangs at unexpected moments. (Also, that damn cloud syncing bug is extremely frustrating.)
“We’re also putting great focus on ongoing launcher improvements that will make the store feel great to use,” the Epic Games Store manager explained. Hopefully, we won’t have to wait too long for those improvements to release.
As someone who actually uses the Epic Games Store quite a lot, I’ve never quite understood the sheer disdain towards it. After all, a second launcher on my PC doesn’t bother me much. Nevertheless, the store experience is considerably worse than Steam, and it shouldn’t have taken this long for Epic to actually address it.
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