Epic Games

aid: epic-games
name: Epic Games
description: >-
  Epic Games is the studio behind Fortnite, the Unreal Engine, the Epic Games
  Store, MetaHuman, RealityScan, Twinmotion, RAD Game Tools, and the Epic
  Online Services (EOS) backend. Epic operates a unified developer portal at
  dev.epicgames.com that hosts the EOS SDK and REST APIs (Auth, Connect,
  Friends, Presence, Lobby, Sessions, Achievements, Stats, Leaderboards,
  Player Data Storage, Title Storage, Voice, Sanctions, Anti-Cheat, Reports,
  P2P, Ecom, User Info), the Unreal Engine documentation, the Epic Games
  Store publishing tools, and the Kids Web Services (KWS) compliance platform.
  EOS is cross-platform and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox,
  Switch, iOS, Android, and web. This profile rolls Epic's developer-facing
  surfaces into a single index; the Unreal Engine surface has its own
  dedicated profile.
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url: https://www.epicgames.com
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
tags:
  - Achievements
  - Anti-Cheat
  - Cross-Platform
  - EOS
  - Epic Online Services
  - Game Backend
  - Game Development
  - Games
  - Identity
  - Lobby
  - Matchmaking
  - Multiplayer
  - Sessions
  - Unreal Engine
  - Voice
apis:
  - aid: epic-games:epic-online-services
    name: Epic Online Services (EOS)
    description: >-
      Epic Online Services is Epic's free cross-platform backend for games.
      EOS exposes both a native C/C++ SDK (with Unity, Unreal, and platform
      wrappers) and a set of REST web services covering identity (Epic
      Account Services, Connect, Auth), social (Friends, Presence,
      Blocklist), play (Lobby, Sessions, P2P, Voice), progression
      (Achievements, Stats, Leaderboards), storage (Player Data Storage,
      Title Storage), integrity (Anti-Cheat, Sanctions, Reports), and
      commerce (Ecom). All EOS APIs are gated behind an Epic developer
      organization, sandbox, and client credentials issued in the EOS
      Developer Portal.
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    humanURL: https://dev.epicgames.com/en-US/services/epic-online-services
    baseURL: https://api.epicgames.dev
    tags:
      - Achievements
      - Anti-Cheat
      - EOS
      - Game Backend
      - Identity
      - Lobby
      - Sessions
      - Voice
    properties:
      - type: Portal
        url: https://dev.epicgames.com
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/epic-online-services
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/epic-online-services/eos-get-started
      - type: SDK
        url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/epic-online-services/platform-sdks
      - type: WebAPI
        url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/web-api-ref
  - aid: epic-games:epic-account-services
    name: Epic Account Services
    description: >-
      Epic Account Services provides OAuth 2.0 / OIDC sign-in with an Epic
      Account, exposing user identity, display name, country, preferred
      language, and linked-account information to integrating games and
      tools. It powers cross-platform Epic login and is the identity layer
      underneath EOS Auth.
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    humanURL: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/epic-account-services
    baseURL: https://api.epicgames.dev
    tags:
      - Authentication
      - Identity
      - OAuth
      - OIDC
      - SSO
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/epic-account-services
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/epic-account-services/auth-interface
  - aid: epic-games:epic-games-store-publishing
    name: Epic Games Store Publishing
    description: >-
      The Epic Games Store publishing surface lets developers upload builds,
      configure store pages, manage offers, run sales, and integrate with
      EOS achievements and entitlements. Publishing tools include the
      BuildPatchTool / EOS SDK Tool for uploading builds and a developer
      portal for managing products. There is no fully self-serve public REST
      Store API; publishing is gated through Epic's onboarding.
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    humanURL: https://dev.epicgames.com/en-US/store
    baseURL: https://dev.epicgames.com
    tags:
      - Builds
      - Entitlements
      - Publishing
      - Store
    properties:
      - type: Portal
        url: https://dev.epicgames.com/en-US/store
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/epic-games-store
  - aid: epic-games:kids-web-services
    name: Kids Web Services (KWS)
    description: >-
      Kids Web Services is Epic's compliance and parental-verification
      platform for games and online services that handle children's data.
      KWS exposes REST APIs and an SDK for age verification, parental
      consent collection (COPPA, GDPR-K, age-appropriate design code),
      account linking, and consent revocation flows.
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    humanURL: https://kidswebservices.com
    baseURL: https://kidswebservices.com
    tags:
      - COPPA
      - Compliance
      - GDPR-K
      - Kids
      - Parental Consent
      - Privacy
    properties:
      - type: Portal
        url: https://kidswebservices.com
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.kidswebservices.com
  - aid: epic-games:unreal-engine-pointer
    name: Unreal Engine (Pointer)
    description: >-
      Unreal Engine is profiled separately. See the unreal-engine entry for
      Unreal SDK / Plugin / Pixel Streaming / RHI / Online Subsystem details.
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    humanURL: https://www.unrealengine.com
    baseURL: https://www.unrealengine.com
    tags:
      - Game Engine
      - SDK
      - Unreal Engine
    properties:
      - type: SisterEntry
        url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/unreal-engine
common:
  - url: https://www.epicgames.com
    name: Epic Games Website
    type: Website
  - url: https://store.epicgames.com
    name: Epic Games Store
    type: Store
  - url: https://dev.epicgames.com
    name: Epic Developer Portal
    type: Portal
  - url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs
    name: Epic Developer Documentation
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://dev.epicgames.com/community
    name: Epic Developer Community
    type: Community
  - url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/web-api-ref
    name: EOS Web API Reference
    type: APIReference
  - url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/epic-online-services/eos-get-started
    name: EOS Getting Started
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/services/en-US/Tutorials
    name: EOS Tutorials
    type: Tutorials
  - url: https://github.com/EpicGames
    name: Epic Games on GitHub
    type: GitHubOrganization
  - url: https://status.epicgames.com
    name: Epic Games Status
    type: Status
  - url: https://www.epicgames.com/help
    name: Epic Games Help
    type: Support
  - url: https://www.unrealengine.com/blog
    name: Unreal Engine Blog
    type: Blog
  - url: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/eula
    name: Epic Games Store EULA
    type: TermsOfService
  - url: https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/privacypolicy
    name: Epic Games Privacy Policy
    type: PrivacyPolicy
  - url: https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/eula
    name: Epic Games EULA
    type: TermsOfService
  - url: https://x.com/EpicGames
    name: Epic Games on X
    type: X
  - url: https://www.facebook.com/epicgames
    name: Epic Games on Facebook
    type: Facebook
  - url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epic-games
    name: Epic Games on LinkedIn
    type: LinkedIn
  - url: https://www.youtube.com/@epic
    name: Epic Games on YouTube
    type: YouTube
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]