Football Manager 2020 is one of the latest free games on the Epic Games Store, and being part of the offer has done wonders for the football game's player count. The simulation game's been downloaded a million times so far, dwarfing players from other platforms.
Series director Miles Jacobson broke the news on Twitter. "We were told to expect big numbers, but am amazed with what we're seeing," he wrote. "Over 500,000 players of Football Manager 2020 on the platform in 24 hours, and over 120,000 currently playing on the platform." As usual, Epic's weekly free games changed over on Thursday. Football Manager 2020's regular price is $60, so free is quite the heavy discount that, obviously, many decided to take advantage of.
Jacobson then updated that it had become one million, which is several times as many that tried it on a free fortnight on Steam. Players are still stretching their managerial talents on Valve's platform, mind, with over 80,000 currently playing according to Steam Charts, at time of writing, with a peak of over 93,000, and an all-time peak of over 180,000. Epic doesn't yet have a Steam Charts or SteamDb equivalent to verify sales or player stats.
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