How Many People Work at Epic Games? Headcount and Employee Trends

Epic Games, known for the Unreal Engine and popular titles such as Fortnite, employs approximately 3,575 people worldwide. The company added 382 new team members while 116 employees departed, resulting in net headcount growth of a little over 8%. This steady expansion underscores Epic’s continued investment in both its core engine technology and its growing portfolio of entertainment, publishing and online-service offerings.

Engineering is Epic Games’ largest function with 1,414 employees, accounting for roughly two-fifths of the total workforce and reflecting the technical depth needed to maintain Unreal Engine and develop in-house titles. Marketing & Product ranks next at 503 employees, followed by Business Management (405) and Operations (387), illustrating the scale required to support global distribution and live-service operations. Finance & Administration (188), Quality (152) and IT (141) each make up between 4% and 6% of staff, while Human Resources (124) and Sales & Support (115) round out the major groups. Together, these figures highlight a balanced mix of technical, creative and corporate capabilities across the organization.

Epic Games maintains a distributed footprint. Over half of all employees—about 2,088 people—work remotely or in smaller regional hubs classified as “Other.” The largest named office location is in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, home to roughly 559 employees and serving as the company’s headquarters campus. Additional U.S. presences include Seattle (212), Los Angeles (200), San Francisco (136), New York (118) and San Diego (49), underscoring coverage across key technology and entertainment markets. Internationally, the company’s biggest site is London with 116 employees, complemented by Montreal (56) and Vancouver (41) in Canada, reflecting Epic’s ongoing commitment to tapping global talent pools for both engine and content development.