Epic Games Launcher

There are more and more games developers nowadays, who make their own launchers for their video games and, to be honest, they do make things easier, particularly if you are not a Steam user. Epic Games Launcher can be used to buy, download, install and launch everything developed and published by Epic Games. It is a clean piece of software, with a wide variety of useful features. Epic Games has a large amount of content to offer and it only makes sense that they've rolled out this launcher.

Epic Games Launcher is offered as a free piece of software, for Windows and Mac OS X. Once you run the setup file, the installation wizard will take care of everything for you, including setting up any prerequisite tools. It takes less than a minute to complete the installation process and you don't have to do anything along the way.

The user interface has a modern and elegant design, which makes navigating through different pages, looking up a game and installing it on your computer an effortless task. You can access different pages, for Fortnite, Paragon, Unreal Tournament and Shadow Complex via navigation tabs, located on the top edge of the window. Furthermore, because it is Epic Games we are talking about, you can also access a page for the ever-so-popular Unreal Engine and one for a series of modding utilities.

When you access a game's page, you can find a short description and the latest news about the title, as well as a large Install button. You only need to click this button and select an installation folder and the software will download and install the game right away, without asking for any further user input. In certain cases, you will have to go through an extra step or two, if the game has a price tag.

Besides Unreal Tournament and a few other titles, Epic Games are best known for the creation of the widely used Unreal Engine, which is why it has its own tab, and several sub-tabs, in the launcher. You can access a community page, from where you can reach the latest news, forums, a wiki and much more. Additionally, the software places a broad range of learning materials at your disposal, if you are interested in starting to work with the Unreal Engine. Furthermore, you can access a marketplace, from which you can buy all sorts of assets for your own projects.

Everything made by Epic Games be accessed and manage much easier with Epic Games Launcher.