Bridging the Gap: Epic to Steam Linking

Steam and Epic Games are two of the most popular gaming launchers for Windows PC. While these platforms are separate, you can link your Epic Games and Steam accounts to enjoy features like friends sync, cross-play, and achievement sync.

Here’s how to link your Epic Games and Steam accounts and why you should do it.

Why You Should Connect Your Epic Games and Steam Accounts

While there are several benefits of linking your Epic Games and Steam accounts, the most important ones are listed below:

• You can link Epic Games and Steam accounts to invite someone from your Steam friend list to play games on Epic Games. This way, you can even play with a friend who doesn’t have an Epic Games account (check out how toset up your Epics Games account ).
• If a game is available on both Epics Games and Steam and supports cross-progression, you can link both platform accounts to carry your progress from one platform to another. This is especially useful when you’re havingtrouble playing games on Steam or Epic Games.
• After linking both accounts, you can purchase games from Epic Games Store using your Steam Wallet’s balance.

Having known the reasons, now let’s check out how to quickly link your Epic Games and Steam account.

How to Link Your Epic Games and Steam Accounts

To connect your Epic Games and Steam accounts, follow these steps:

1. Visit theEpic Games website on your browser.
2. ClickSign In in the top-right corner and sign in with your Epic Games account.
   
3. Click yourusername in the top-right corner and selectAccount from the menu that appears.

4. ChooseApps and Accounts from the left sidebar and clickConnect underSteam .

5. ClickLink Account .

6. Enter your Steam username and password and click onSign in .

And that’s about it. You’ve successfully connected your Epic Games and Steam accounts.

In the future, if you wish to unlink Epic Games and Steam accounts, click yourusername and chooseAccount . Then, chooseApps and Accounts from the left sidebar and clickRemove under Steam. ChooseUnlink from the confirmation box that crops up.

Your Epic Games and Steam accounts will be unlinked. You will also receive an email confirming the unlink.

Quickly Switch Between Epic Games and Steam Accounts

Linking your Epic Games and Steam accounts is a relatively simple process that can be completed in a few clicks. By linking your accounts, you can keep your friends list and other data synchronized.

You can also use this to connect to cross-play games that support it and unlink whenever you like.

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