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Is Epic Games down right now?

No, it’s up.

Epic Games appears to be up and running normally.

checked responded in 57msHTTP 200

Over the last 7 days, Epic Games has answered our automated checks with 100.00% availability and a typical response time of ~44 ms. According to Epic Games's official status page, the most recent outage began 2026-08-28 13:55 UTC and lasted 37m (severity: down). It was reported as "Fortnite Login Issues on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5".

Epic Games runs the Epic Games Store, Fortnite, and the online services behind many third-party titles. Because so many games use Epic Online Services for login and matchmaking, an identity incident can break sign-in to unrelated games as well as Fortnite itself.

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Is Epic Games down for everyone or just you?

Our automated checks are reaching Epic Games normally right now, and it answered our last one in 57ms. That makes any trouble you are hitting more likely to be local to your connection, account or network than a full outage, which usually means you can fix it from your end.

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Epic Games response time (last 24h)

Last 24hpeak 490 ms

Epic Games incident history (last 90 days)

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All 25 recorded outages

6 of the incidents below were reported by Epic Games on days we were not yet monitoring, so the timeline above leaves those days hatched rather than colouring them in.

DateWhat happenedDurationSeverity
Fortnite Login Issues on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5Reported by Epic Games37mDown
Fab Plugin IssueReported by Epic Games7d 17hDegraded
Error When Installing or Updating on Epic Games StoreReported by Epic Games3dDegraded
Fortnite Login IssuesReported by Epic Games33mDegraded
Matchmaking & Parties Fortnite IssueReported by Epic Games13mDegraded
Mouse Input Issue in Fall Guys and Other TitlesReported by Epic Games1d 3hDegraded
Fortnite Reload Matchmaking IssuesReported by Epic Games37mDegraded
Intermittent Fortnite Matchmaking ErrorsReported by Epic Games22mDegraded
Fortnite Matchmaking IssueReported by Epic Games1h 21mDegraded
Matchmaking IssuesReported by Epic Games14mDown
Issues Browsing Sketchfab ContentReported by Epic Games6d 23hDegraded

Epic Games uptime

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Measured since 2026-08-12. Windows reaching further back are averaged over the 39 days we watched, not the full period. Counts our own checks. Days Epic Games reported an incident are coloured in the timeline above but do not change this figure.

What to do if Epic Games is down for just you

  • Restart the game client and launcher completely.
  • Check your connection type — NAT and firewall settings often block game servers.
  • Verify or repair the game files through the launcher.
  • Confirm the servers for your region aren't in scheduled maintenance.

Frequently asked questions

Epic Games appears to be up and running normally. Last checked 2026-09-19 05:06 UTC.

Epic Games’s official status page

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