Unreal Engine is regarded as the world’s most advanced real-time 3D creation tool for photoreal visuals and immersive experiences. Unreal Engine 5 has been made available recently, and it introduces a collection of groundbreaking features for rendering real-time worlds in incredible high-fidelity detail.
During the Summer Game Fest in 2020, Unreal Engine 5 was revealed to be running on PlayStation 5. The tech demo showcased some of what gamers can expect from games using this engine in unprecedented detail.
And during the GDC 2021 event, the studio behind Gears of War’s recent entries, The Coalition, revealed an Unreal Engine 5 tech demo known as Alpha Point, demonstrating this innovation’s ability to create realistic shadows and reflections.
Curious about the games confirmed to be using Unreal Engine 5 so far? We cannot wait to provide you with the list. It includes popular titles like “Tekken 8,” “Silent Hill” and “Fortnite,” and even has the mobile game version of “Game of Thrones.”
‘Lyra Starter Game’
“Lyra Starter Game” is a sample gameplay project created alongside Unreal Engine 5 development to serve as an excellent starting point for crafting new games and a hands-on learning resource.
‘Fortnite’
Released in 2017, “Fortnite” is an online video game developed by Epic Games. It is available in three distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine. They are “Fortnite Battle Royale,” “Fortnite: Save the World,” and “Fortnite Creative.”
‘The Matrix Awakens’
“The Matrix Awakens” is an open-world video game and technology demonstration developed by Epic Games using Unreal Engine 5. They did it in partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures, Wētā FX, The Coalition, Evil Eye Pictures, SideFX, and others for PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and Series S. It serves as a marketing collaboration for the 2021 movie, “The Matrix Resurrections.”
The game features Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Neo (Keanu Reeves), together with photorealistic 3D-scanned models of both Moss and Reeves from the present time, portrayed by themselves in cinematic and QTE shooter scenes. Here, the player can take control of IO, a character the developer introduced with Unreal’s MetaHuman creator tool.
‘Mortal Online 2’
First and foremost a player-driven game, “Mortal Online 2” is a first-person fantasy MMORPG game, a sandbox world filled with thousands of players, together filling the realm of Nave with content and unique stories.
Here are the rest of the games confirmed to be using Unreal Engine 5 so far:
- “Cepheus Protocol”
- “I Am Jesus Christ: Prologue”
- “The Bus”
- “Layers of Fear”
- “Redfall”
- “The Day Before”
- “Ark 2”
- “Wronged Us”
- “Black Myth: Wukong”
- “Off the Grid”
- “Hell Is Us”
- “Repo Man”
- “ArcheAge 2”
- “Mictlan: An Ancient Mythical Tale”
- “I.G.I. Origins”
- “The First Descendant”
- “Silent Hill 2” remake
- “Silent Hill: Townfall”
- Respawn’s “Star Wars” FPS Game
- “Paranormal Tales”
- “Dreamhouse: The Game”
- “ILL”
- “Echoes of the End”
- “Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2”
- “Ashes of Creation”
- “Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate”
- “STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl”
- “Avowed”
- “Quantum Error”
- “Midnight Society’s PVP Game”
- “Into the Echo”
- “Project: A.I.D.A.”
- “Instinction”
- “Stormgate”
- “Game of Thrones” mobile game
- “Legend of Ymir”
- Multiple The Coalition projects, including Gears of War
- “Project RYU”
- “Kingdom Hearts 4”
- “Rooted”
- “Vigilance 2099”
- “State of Decay 3”
- “The Wrestling Code”
- “Primitive”
- “Shadow Of Conspiracy: Section 2”
- “Tekken 8”
- New “Tomb Raider” game
- “The Witcher Polaris”
- “The Witcher” remake
- “Abandoned”
- “Project M”
- “Rennsport”
- “Code: To Jin Yong”
- “Arker: The Legend of Ohm” (3D)
- Ballistic Moon’s Unreal Engine 5 Game
Meanwhile, here are the games rumored to be using Unreal Engine 5 but have not been confirmed by the developer:
- EA’s “Iron Man” Game
- Mafia” prequel/”Mafia 4”
- “Mass Effect 4”
- New “BioShock” Game
- “Payday 3”
- Playdead’s next game
- “The Outer Worlds 2”
- PS5 horror game by Firesprite
- PlayStation-exclusive sci-fi RPG
Is your favorite game on the list?
