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Current Epic Games status

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Epic Games is working normally

Epic Games status was last checked by IsDown on at , and appears to be operational. We've received 8 user reports in the past 24 hours.

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Epic Games service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

Check the number of user-reported issues over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe.

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Epic Games recent outages and downtime history

IsDown has tracked 466 incidents since started monitoring Epic Games status in June 2020. We collect data from 4600+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage. It will show official Epic Games outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

Date Incident Duration
Dec 15, 2025
05:08 AM UTC
Minor
We're working to resolve an issue where some fields in the Publishing Tools appear blank when edi...
about 1 hour
Dec 12, 2025
03:15 AM UTC
Major
We’re working to resolve the Epic Games Store erroring when trying to redeem or make a purchase, ...
about 3 hours
Dec 11, 2025
05:29 PM UTC
Major
We are aware of the matchmaking issues some players might be experiencing when trying to access d...
about 3 hours
Dec 03, 2025
04:30 PM UTC
Minor
We are currently investigating an issue with P2P relayed connections in the EU region.
2 days
Nov 30, 2025
06:54 PM UTC
Not Confirmed by Epic Games
Possible Outage Indicated by User Reports
about 1 hour
Nov 29, 2025
07:32 PM UTC
Not Confirmed by Epic Games
Possible Outage Indicated by User Reports
about 1 hour
Nov 26, 2025
05:54 PM UTC
Major
We’re aware of players being unable to login to Epic Games Store, Fortnite, Rocket League, Fall G...
about 3 hours
Nov 21, 2025
04:12 PM UTC
Major
⚠️ We're actively working on resolving an issue causing some players to experience matchmaking di...
about 1 hour
Nov 20, 2025
02:49 AM UTC
Minor
⚠️❗️ We're aware of issues preventing people from logging into Epic Online Services titles. We'r...
about 1 hour
Nov 19, 2025
04:35 PM UTC
Major
We're aware of issues impacting Rocket League Matchmaking and are currently investigating.
44 minutes

User comments about Epic Games status

See what users are saying about Epic Games issues that impacted them and how they are affected by the outage. You can see if other users are experiencing the same issues and if there are any workarounds or solutions.

  • whenever i click reconnect to rocket league servers it doesnt work.

  • Katie - Epic game store not loading and fortnight not connecting to servers.

  • superherorob - the kim kardashian cup is not working it sayes error 1# pls help fast.

  • Mprime10 - the game loads then wont log in.

    Fortnite
  • Says error 500 when I purchase the free game for today.

  • couldnt get in game, was in queue for 10 mins.

    Fortnite
  • Jay - I'm not able to sign in on my epic games account. when I try to login it says "you haven't signed in with this account before'.

  • ballistic ranked queue loading indefinitely <.1s latency, negligible packet loss oceania servers 4000 reported active players.

    Fortnite
  • Not connecting to epic servers.

    Fortnite
  • Epic Games launcher failing to open.

  • lex - opening rocket league force closes, and epic opens with a 500 internal error.

  • bea - fortnite kicked me and said error occurred when trying to connect.

    Fortnite
  • When I open thw app om my switch it pops up with a res screen "An error erred while connecting to Epic. Please try again later" my switch has perfect wifi connection..

  • taylayuhay - it says servers down for me.

    Fortnite
  • Matchmaking stopping working. All 3 of us logged out, tried to get back in and now are unable to, met with only error messages. 3 different devices..

    Fortnite
  • Down in Canada, cant login.

  • Malthe - Can't update fortnite. Epic games says "An unknown error occurred performing that action. Please try again." This has been going on for 3 hours now...

  • Lightitup - Not being able to load in Battle Royal.

  • it will not let me play on amazon luna.

    Fortnite
  • Handre - Cant join fortnite servers down.

  • It says retry after i click my account.

  • random pop ups in my tab when using the a button controller to play gta 5 which i have on steam. asking me to link other accounts and linking to a forza page in spanish..

  • Ann - Epic games won't open for me, and I can't get Genshin Impact to launch because of it.

  • J - Fortnite and epic games launcher login is not functional.

  • I Cant log in to epic games.

  • Javy - cant log in the epic games launcher.

  • vegard - so its just like everyone else, i have been kicked out of the game and now its have been on (checking for updates) the last 50/60 minutes now. i was lucklig playing some creative, but still why cant i join back. i do play on Xbox (s) so it have been some isues with xbox, please do something..

    Fortnite
  • alex - not dowloading the updates.

  • Its not letting me on my fortnite and nothing is operational.

  • Lisa - Unable to access server, constant checking for updates - server down for 40 minutes.

    Fortnite

Epic Games scheduled maintenances

IsDown aggregates scheduled maintenances for Epic Games. Currently, there are 1 more maintenances scheduled.

  • Jan 20 2026
    EOS Maintenance

    Scheduled for January 20, 2026 at 06:00 AM UTC · until 07:00 AM UTC

    EOS infrastructure update - January 20, 2026 at 06:00 UTC We will be updating the network infrastructure for Epic Online Services to improve security and resilience. - Duration: Up to 1 hour. - Impact: We do not expect significant player impact. ...

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Monitoring Epic Games since June 2020

Tracking 79 Epic Games services and regions

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117 incidents in 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Epic Games down today?

Epic Games isn't down. You can check Epic Games status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Epic Games official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Epic Games status?

Epic Games is currently operational. You can check Epic Games status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a Epic Games outage now?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is Epic Games down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of Epic Games being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are Epic Games outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Epic Games official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is Epic Games having an outage right now?

Epic Games last outage was on December 15, 2025 with the title "Publishing Tools Previous Values Appear Blank"

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Epic Games?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Epic Games is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about Epic Games's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.

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