Additionally, the shift in monetisation model will coincide with the game's long-awaited release on Switch and Xbox, as well as the arrival of a new PlayStation 5 version, and its debut on the Epic Games Store.Īs part of its transition to free-to-play, Fall Guys - which celebrates its second birthday later this year - will be hitting the reset button, and 21st June will see it re-launching with a new season that Mediatonic is referring to as Season 1: Free For All, promising 'stacks of new challenges and rewards'.Īs with Rocket League before it, which similarly went free-to-play after being snapped up by Epic Games, Fall Guys will be adapting a monetisation model that'll be immediately familiar to Fortnite players. ORIGINAL STORY 6:35pm: Knockout battle royale game Fall Guys is going free-to-play from 21st June, developer Mediatonic has announced. Watch on YouTube Fall Guys - Free for All Trailer. Existing Steam users, however, won't be forced into a mandatory move and will able to continue playing as before, with Mediaonic promising the Steam version will 'continue to receive all the usual updates', including new seasons, patches, and features. The news isn't hugely surprising, of course Epic Games acquired Mediatonic in 2021, and while the developer insisted Fall Guys would 'remain available on Steam' at the time, the money was on it following a similar trajectory to Rocket League - which ended up ditching Steam in favour of the Epic Games Store after it went free-to-play following an acquisition by Epic.Īs so here we are as of 21st June, when Fall Guys is delisted on Steam, new players will only be able to access the game by download its launcher on the Epic Games Store. UPDATE 11.30pm: Following Fall Guys' free-to-play announcement earlier this evening, developer Mediatonic has provided some additional details relating to the PC version, confirming the game will be delisted from Steam as of 21st June - although existing users will be able to continue playing on Valve's platform.

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