Who owns Unreal Engine?
Unreal Engine is owned by Epic Games (the United States).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Epic Games — about, Epic Games, Inc. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Epic Games, Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Cary, North Carolina
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1998
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Productivity & developer tools
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine powers a large share of commercial video games and is now used for film and television backdrops, replacing green screens with live rendered environments. Epic licenses it on a royalty that only applies past a revenue threshold. Epic waives the royalty entirely for the first million dollars a game earns, a threshold set to let small developers use the same tools as the largest studios.
Ownership timeline of Unreal Engine
- Current owner Epic Games [1] reported
Where Unreal Engine sits in Epic Games
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Epic Games
Epic Games controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Epic Games Store (2018)
- Fortnite (2017)
Other brands in productivity & developer tools, and who owns them
The 32 brands in productivity & developer tools on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Dropbox, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DocSend | Dropbox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Baidu Drive | Baidu | 🇨🇳 China |
| 4PS | Hilti | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein |
| Google Cloud | Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Angi | IAC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Base44 | Wix | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| DingTalk | Alibaba | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Amazon Web Services | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
Every brand in productivity & developer tools and its owner →
About the owner: Epic Games
Epic Games is a privately held company headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, United States, founded in 1991. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control.
Epic Games is privately held, with its founder retaining control and Tencent holding a large minority stake bought in 2012. It sued both Apple and Google over app store commissions, litigation that has reshaped the rules for digital payments on phones.
🇺🇸 Unreal Engine and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Unreal Engine is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Unreal Engine?
The parent company of Unreal Engine is Epic Games, a privately held company headquartered in the United States.
Is Unreal Engine American?
Yes. Unreal Engine originated in the United States in 1998 and its owner, Epic Games, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Unreal Engine still owned by Epic Games?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Unreal Engine is still owned by Epic Games. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Epic Games — about — Epic Games, Inc., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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