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Epic Games Store Adds Game Gifting After Seven Years

Cross‑region gifting will follow in a future update.

Overview

  • A new Gift button enables a "Buy as a Gift" flow to select a friend, add a preset message, and optionally schedule delivery.
  • Gifts cover paid games, editions, durable add-ons and eligible bundles, excluding free titles, pre-purchases, subscriptions and in-game currency or consumables.
  • Recipients have 14 days to accept or decline, and purchases are automatically refunded if declined or already owned.
  • Gifting works only within the same region for now, with cross-region support planned in a future update.
  • Gift purchases earn Epic Rewards worth 5%–20% back, and balances can be applied toward gift purchases, narrowing a long-running gap with Steam’s feature set.