{"id":15382,"date":"2022-05-13T14:17:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1645003"},"modified":"2022-05-13T14:37:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T12:37:20","slug":"evil-dead-game-on-steam-is-it-an-epic-games-store-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/evil-dead-game-on-steam-is-it-an-epic-games-store-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil Dead game on Steam: Is it an Epic Games Store exclusive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Leane\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>If you\u2019ve tried to find the newly released <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/evil-dead-game-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Evil Dead: The Game<\/a> on Steam, you will have noticed that it doesn\u2019t seem to exist on that particular PC launcher\/storefront.<\/p>\n<p>Hardened Steam users know that this is becoming increasingly common \u2013 more and more PC launchers are popping up all the time, and game developers\/publishers often make exclusivity deals with these rival platforms.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, we\u2019d be amazed if you\u2019re managing to be a computer-based gamer in this day and age without having two or three or even four different launchers installed on your machine.<\/p>\n<p>So, what gives with Evil Dead: The Game not being on Steam? Keep on reading to find out.<\/p>\n<h2>Evil Dead game on Steam: Is it an Epic Games Store exclusive?<\/h2>\n<p>Evil Dead: The Game is <strong>not on Steam<\/strong>, and the developers have not announced any intention to bring the game to that particular platform.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for this? Well, it looks like the game\u2019s developer (Saber Interactive) and publisher (Boss Team Games) have opted to strike a deal with the <a href=\"\/\/store.epicgames.com\/en-US\/p\/evil-dead-the-game&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\">Epic Games Store<\/a> instead. You can click that link in the previous sentence to head over to Epic\u2019s product page for the game.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tag\/fortnite\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Fortnite<\/a> creators from Epic are, of course, one of the biggest rivals to Valve\u2019s Steam launcher at that moment \u2013 they even give out <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/free-epic-games-store-game\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\">Epic Games Store free games<\/a> every couple of weeks to keep people sweet. And if that rivalry could be dramatically referred to as a war, Epic seems to have won this particular battle.<\/p>\n<p>If you play on console as well as PC, you can pick up Evil Dead: The Game from the <a href=\"\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-GB\/games\/store\/evil-dead-the-game\/9PD4JFNZCZ90&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\">Xbox Store<\/a> or the <a href=\"\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-gb\/concept\/10002761&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\">PlayStation Store<\/a> if you don\u2019t fancy going down the <a href=\"\/\/store.epicgames.com\/en-US\/p\/evil-dead-the-game&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Epic Games Store<\/a> route. All those versions of the game are out now, and you can click those links to check them out. The Nintendo Switch version is said to be coming at a later date.<\/p> <p>NVIDIA GeForce Now is also getting involved in the PC side of Evil Dead: The Game, which will be music to the ears of any game-streaming fans out there.<\/p>\n<p>This means that, if you have the PC version via Epic Games Store, you should be able to stream it onto your phone using NVIDIA GeForce Now. NVIDIA has done a whole <a href=\"\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/12\/geforce-now-thursday-may-12\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\">blog post<\/a> about that if you\u2019d like to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimesGames&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Radio Times Gaming on Twitter<\/a> for all the latest insights. 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