Epic Games Store has its fair share of users even after its lack of features compared to the industry giant Valve’s Steam. Epic Games Store has been growing its users rapidly over the past few years mainly due to the free games it offers. While errors are common with any launcher, a frequently encountered error is the Epic Games Store Game Unavailable error. You may encounter this error soon after purchasing a game and attempting to install it. The error can also occur in other scenarios and is mostly caused when the Epic servers are down. So, the first thing you should do when you encounter the error is to check the Epic Server Status. But, in case the servers are fine and you still get the error, here is what you need to do.
Epic Games Store Game Unavailable Error Fix
While the Game Unavailable error can occur when the servers are down, it’s rarely the case that the Epic Games Store servers go down for prolonged periods. Even when the servers go down, they come back online quickly.
To fix the Epic Games Store Game Unavailable error, all you need to do is browse through the Store and the game will automatically become available for download. Some users had to spend as much as fifteen minutes before the owned game could be downloaded. There is also another way this works, go to the Epic Games Store library and locate the game that’s owned but unavailable for download. Now, click on the three dots below the game and choose to go to the Store Page of the game. Return to the Library again by clicking on Library from the left menu. When you return to the Library, the unavailable game should have the install option.
You may also want to check the status of the game servers you are trying to download. For example, if you are trying to download BF2042, check that the EA servers are up. If the servers are down, the game may be unable to download. Also, if the above fix did not work, you may have to restart the launcher a few times and spend some more time on the Store.
The cause of the issue is mainly the launcher and server coordination not being apt in the case when the game servers are fine and the Epic Games Store is also up. In most cases, this error can be simply fixed by spending some time on the launcher so it has time to communicate with the servers.