![]() ![]() ![]() Updated January 19, 2021 by Thomas Bowen: Epic exclusivity has been a controversial topic in PC gaming for quite some time now, with many players unhappy about the company snapping up big titles to drive players to the platform. The publisher acquired exclusive rights to many major titles over the years, but which titles stand out in their library as their best? Furthermore, which exclusives should players avoid? Here's a list of the five best and worst exclusives in the Epic Game Store library. RELATED: 5 Things Steam Does Better Than The Epic Games Store (& 5 That Epic Does Better) Some exclusives would eventually make their way to the Steam library. This created a backlash from Steam fans, but there is no denying they have great titles available to be purchased. The developer has partnered with many indie companies to publish games exclusively to the store. ![]() In a statement to PC Gamer, they also mentioned their plans to give developers self-publishing tools to help make the store more accessible to new devs: "Our investment into content is going to continue and multiply as we work toward an open store and launch even more platform features.Since its start in 2018, the Epic Games Store has grown its library. Wishlist improvements, achievement and player profiles are all set to arrive this year as well, which all sounds very nice indeed. They also made 103 free games available, and those freebies were claimed a whopping 749 million times. The number of games available on their store grew from 190 in 2019 to 471 in 2020. Last month, they released some stats showing the platform's growth. There's more on the way for the Epic Games Store too. Then there's a bunch of Ubisoft stuff, such as Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time Remake, Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine, amongst others (though these technically aren't fully exclusive, as they'll be available on the Ubi Store too). The upcoming schloosies we do know about include Darkest Dungeon 2, Kena: Bridge Of Spirits and Chivalry 2, which will all be timed exclusives. Even still, it's possible there's a whole heap of games coming to Epic over the next couple of years that have yet to be announced. Sometimes Epic-exclusive means you can't get it anywhere else (like Hitman 3), while other times it just means "not on Steam", but can be found elsewhere too (like The Outer Worlds, which was also on Xbox Game Pass for PC). The number of schloosies coming could vary massively depending on what they mean by the term. They didn't get much more specific than that, but still, that's a helluva lot of games. "We have more exclusives coming in the next two years than we have published to date," an Epic spokesperson told PC Gamer. This weekend, they revealed they have more exclusives than ever arriving on the Epic Games Store over the next couple of years. However, they certainly aren't slowing down on those schloosies: rather, it seems Epic plans on releasing loads more in the not-so distant future. Some of you may be happier with that than others, given their exclusivity deals have been a little bit cursed previously. ![]() It's been a little while since Epic Games announced a new store exclusive. ![]()
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