# Will I have to pay unreal or epic the 5% royalty even if my game is free to download?

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**Category:** Community & Industry Discussion\
**Tags:** royalty-payment, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [December 14, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/will-i-have-to-pay-unreal-or-epic-the-5-royalty-even-if-my-game-is-free-to-download/412217 "2017-12-14T07:07:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![GuardianFerret](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@GuardianFerret](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/GuardianFerret)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/will-i-have-to-pay-unreal-or-epic-the-5-royalty-even-if-my-game-is-free-to-download/412217/1 "2017-12-14T07:07:32Z")

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I just started using Unreal Engine and I am very happy so far, but i have a question:  
Will i have to pay the 5% royalty fee to unreal/epic even if i market my game for free?  
I’m not trying to find a loophole, i was just curious. I was thinking about making my first game free so i could see exactly what the game developing market was like.

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**Author:** ![Everynone](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/everynone/32/1135017_2.png) [@Everynone](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Everynone)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/will-i-have-to-pay-unreal-or-epic-the-5-royalty-even-if-my-game-is-free-to-download/412217/2 "2017-12-14T08:09:57Z")

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5% of free is 0. If you make no profit, you pay nothing.

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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_61547468](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_61547468](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_61547468)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/will-i-have-to-pay-unreal-or-epic-the-5-royalty-even-if-my-game-is-free-to-download/412217/3 "2017-12-14T09:14:31Z")

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no 5% of a free game will be 0$ so you don’t have to pay.