The Epic Games Store is currently unavailable and prevents users from accessing the servers. The Epic Games Store is one of the largest digital stores for PC games. While the Epic Games Store may not attract quite as many users as Valve’s Steam, it is still very popular and is home to games like Fortnite and other EGS exclusive products.

Epic Games Store users typically have no problems accessing the store and everything it has to offer. It’s rare for the Epic Games Store servers to go down, but that’s exactly what appears to be happening right now, on Wednesday, December 4th.

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Thousands of PC gamers have used Down Detector to report issues accessing the Epic Games Store. In particular, users cannot log into the servers. While the storefront itself remains visible, if you can’t log in, it’s essentially useless to anyone looking to buy a game, download a game you already own, or claim the latest free Epic Games Store game.

Is the Epic Games Store not available right now?

The current free game on the Epic Games Store is the most popular Brotatowhich added co-op support in a recent update. Epic Games Store users are running out of time to file a claim Brotato for their digital libraries, and the servers being down makes it much harder to claim the free game. Hopefully the Epic Games Store issues will be resolved before then Brotato will be removed from the free games offering so that anyone interested can secure the game for their collection.

The range of free games on the Epic Games Store changes every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. CT. Brotato is replaced by Bus Simulator 21: Next Stop And LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. The problems with the Epic Games Store should be resolved by then. We will update this article once services are fully restored.

Epic Games Store

A digital video game storefront for Windows PC and macOS, created and operated by Epic Games. Originally launched in December 2018, the Epic Games Store is both a website and a standalone launcher.