As a platform developed in the past 5 years, Epic’s store has a modern design language. This is where its advantage Epic Games Store. For some, the added range of features in Steam and its breadth of menus may lead to confusion rather than a freeing feeling of choice. Steam’s look has been iterated upon over its 20 years in existence but it doesn’t necessarily have the most contemporary of looks. Epic Games Store offers streamlined navigation You could argue there is less need for a recommendation engine on the Epic Games Store with fewer titles to wade through, but it’d be nice to have it regardless. The Explore Queue does a similar job but based on your game searches.Įpic Games do something less personalised with a general Discovery page available to all users, showcasing new stuff.
Discovery Queue offers recommendations to you in Steam based on titles you’ve played as well as what’s new and popular. Not only is Steam ahead on quantity but it’s better at helping you find games you might like within its huge selection. So, if quantity matters to you, then Steam is well ahead. Steam offers access to around 50,000 titles while Epic Games Store came in at under 2,000 – as of 2022.
There’s no contest if you’re looking for the biggest game library possible.
