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Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine is an Epic Games product filed under Game Development Software. Lifecycle: versioned, 11 versions listed, latest 5.8 (17 Jun 2026).

Releases and Lifecycle

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Release and support dates as published by Epic Games; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

Unreal Engine 11 versions

Dates are the dates of Epic's release announcements on its developer forums. Epic does not publish end-of-support dates for engine versions.

VersionReleasedSource
5.8[1]
5.7[2]
5.6[3]
5.5[4]
5.4[5]
5.3[6]
5.2[7]
5.1[8]
5.0[9]
4.27[10]
4.26[11]
Sources 11
  1. Unreal Engine 5.8 Released (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14
  2. Unreal Engine 5.7 Released (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14
  3. Unreal Engine 5.6 Released (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14
  4. Unreal Engine 5.5 Released (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14
  5. Unreal Engine 5.4 Released (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14
  6. Unreal Engine 5.3 Released (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14
  7. Unreal Engine 5.2 Released (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14
  8. Unreal Engine 5.1 Released (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14
  9. Unreal Engine 5.0 Released (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14
  10. Unreal Engine 4.27 Released! (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14
  11. Unreal Engine 4.26 released! (Announcements, Epic Developer Community Forums) retrieved 2026-10-14

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Metrics 3

Company gross revenue thresholdUSD of gross revenue over the last 12 months (corporate group)Royalty RevenueUSD of worldwide gross revenue per Royalty ProductUnreal Engine seat (User)Seat per User

SKUs 3

Unreal Engine (free use)FreeUnreal Engine (royalty model)RoyaltyUnreal Subscription seatSeat

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