The Epic Games Store, the video game digital distribution service from Epic Games that is partially known for giving away free PC games practically every week, including, most recently, Bear and Breakfast, is expanding to the Google Play Store in 2025, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has announced. Sweeney shared the news yesterday amid reports about how Judge James Donato had issued his final ruling for the Epic v. Google case, effectively deciding that Google’s Android app store is an illegal monopoly. The original word from Sweeney, who called the ruling a “victory,” can be found below.
Big news! The Epic Games Store and other app stores are coming to the Google Play Store in 2025 in the USA – without Google's scare screens and Google's 30% app tax – thanks to victory in Epic v Google.https://t.co/1g6uuw1CJB
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) October 7, 2024
In Epic v. Google, Epic successfully argued that Google had created such a substantial array of deals with developers, carriers, and device makers that it was nigh-impossible for rival stores to spring up. By blocking those sorts of deals, and proactively helping rival app stores, it’s possible some real competition to Google’s monopoly could now arrive.