Mobile game development

Create high-fidelity mobile worlds.

Power AAA mobile gaming experiences with Unreal Engine. Leverage advanced rendering, graphics, and device optimization features to deliver exceptional performance and captivating experiences to your players, faster.

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June 23, 2026

Unreal Engine 5.8 is now available

Build bigger, better, more differentiated worlds in less time; easily populate them with high-fidelity animated characters and custom vegetation; and light and render them at the speed and quality your audiences demand.

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June 22, 2026

The road to Unreal Engine 6

We have started the road to UE6, where Unreal Engine and UEFN will come together into a single, unified engine. Read more about our vision, transition plans, and timeline.

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Features for mobile game development

Unreal Engine ships with everything you need to build high-fidelity mobile and cross-platform games. Get started with every feature included in your download, including complete C++ source code access.

Currently using Unity and thinking about trying Unreal Engine? You can learn more about what UE can offer and get help with your transition on our Switching to Unreal Engine page.

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Maximum fidelity, any platform

Ship games with industry-leading visual fidelity and performance. Whether you’re creating for mobile, PC, or console, Unreal Engine provides complete C++ source code along with advanced graphics and platform optimization tools to consistently build and scale high-fidelity cross-platform games.

Performance

Source code

Graphics

Screenshot of bridge with a house and flowers from Infinity Nikki

Courtesy of Infold Games

Efficient mobile development tools

Build, optimize, and test your games against targeted devices. Whether you’re porting your game to iOS or Android or building from scratch, access a suite of mobile tools to efficiently optimize performance and memory efficiency. Speed up iteration by previewing your work directly in the Unreal Editor to simulate how it appears on across devices.

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Android

Memory

Previewing

Courtesy of Netmarble

Production-proven results

Access the same mobile tools that are battle-tested in Fortnite. The Unreal Engine team designs, tests, and releases the same powerful tools used to build Epic's own games today, including Blueprint visual scripting and advanced systems for networking and multiplayer gameplay. We are committed to putting the most innovative features, with top-tier performance, in your hands.

Blueprint Visual Scripting

Networking and Multiplayer Gameplay

Mobile game success stories

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad

Unreal Engine 5 powers Game of Thrones: Kingsroad on PC and mobile

Netmarble

Carmen Sandiego

Carmen Sandiego looks to captivate audiences across mobile, console, and PC

Gameloft

Infinity Nikki

Infold Games discuss switching to Unreal Engine to take Nikki to a vast, whimsical open world

Infold Games

MONGIL: STAR DIVE

Netmarble leverages UE5 to deliver an expansive world across PC, console, and mobile

Netmarble

Let’s get started.

New to game development or just new to Unreal Engine? We’ve got a collection of learning, tutorials, samples, and guides to help you get up and running fast.

Tutorials

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Get Started with Unreal Engine

This five-part video series takes you on a whistlestop tour of the essentials, from installing UE5 and navigating the interface to packaging your project.

Your First Hour in Unreal Engine

Follow along with this course to learn the high-level basics of UE5 by making a very simple 3D Plaformer game from start to finish.

Your First Game in Unreal Engine

In this course, you’ll add several new game systems to the “First Hour” project, including timers, speed boosts, and dynamic obstacles.

Documentation

Whether you’re an artist, a designer, or a programmer, our comprehensive documentation has you covered.

Unreal Engine for New Users

Understanding the Basics

Working with Content

Programming with C++

Mobile Development

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Sample projects

Samples are pre-built projects designed to help you quickly learn and get working in Unreal Engine without needing to start from scratch. Download, play, deconstruct, and make them your own.

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Cropout

Cropout is a sample top-down casual RTS game that introduces best practices for building a project designed for cross-platform release.

Stack O Bot

The perfect starting point for new developers, the Stack O Bot sample game is designed to be a great learning resource.

Parrot Game Sample

This 2.5D pirate-themed platformer game sample is available as both Unity and Unreal Engine versions for you to compare.

Sessions & more

This YouTube playlist features a variety of content on mobile development.

Mobile development playlist

Catch up on mobile-related sessions from Unreal Fest, GDC, and Inside Unreal. Plus, see interviews with successful devs creating mobile games in UE5.

Licensing

We’ve streamlined our license terms to make your choices clearer. Need something designed just for you? Work with us to create a custom license. Visit our FAQ or reach out to the community if you have any questions.

Under $1 million USD in revenue?

Free

Game developers (royalties apply after $1 million USD gross product revenue)
Individuals and small businesses (with less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue)
For educators and schools (no revenue limits)

Access to the source code
All platforms & features
Forums and documentation on the Epic Developer Community

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Over $1 million USD in revenue?

Royalty-based

If you're creating a game or application that relies on engine code at runtime and will be licensed to third party end users, you'll pay royalties and won't be required to purchase seats.

Seat-based

If you're using Unreal Engine for commercial purposes, have generated more than $1 million in the past 12 months, and are not creating a game or application that relies on engine code at runtime and will be licensed to third party end users, then a seat license fee is required.

Need help?

Connect with creators across industries and around the globe. Share everything from shortcuts to snippets to secret shader tricks. When you use Unreal Engine, you’re never alone—our community of hundreds of thousands of developers is here to support you as you bring your idea to life.

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Ask and answer questions; show off your work and get inspiration from others.

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