“Fortnite” has officially returned to Apple’s iOS App Store in the U.S.. The news came on Tuesday afternoon via a post on the official X account for the Epic Games shooter.
“Fortnite is BACK on the App Store in the U.S. on iPhones and iPads… and on the Epic Games Store and AltStore in the E.U!,” read the post. “It’ll show up in Search soon!”
As of now, “Fortnite” will not appear if searched on the App Store. However, the game can be downloaded on iPhone and iPad via a link shared in the post announcing the return.
“Fortnite’s” return to Apple platforms comes almost a month after a District Court in California found the tech juggernaut willfully violated a court order in its suit against publisher Epic Games. According to legal documents obtained by Variety, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said, “For the reasons set forth herein, the Court finds Apple in willful violation of this Court’s 2021 Injunction which issued to restrain and prohibit Apple’s anticompetitive conduct and anticompetitive pricing. Apple’s continued attempts to interfere with competition will not be tolerated.”
In the suit, Epic Games argued that Apple was acting as a monopoly by taking a 30% cut on all in-app purchases while strictly prohibiting all other third-party payment methods.
In response to the ruling, Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney wrote on X, “NO FEES on web transactions. Game over for the Apple Tax. Apple’s 15-30% junk fees are now just as dead here in the United States of America as they are in Europe under the Digital Markets Act. Unlawful here, unlawful there.”
On May 19, Apple and Epic Games filed a joint notice to “submit that they have resolved all issues presented by the Motion to Enforce filed on May 16, 2025 (Dkt. 1568) and that no further submissions by the parties or action by the Court are required with respect to that Motion,” according to legal documents obtained by Variety.
“Fortnite” and other Epic titles were removed from the App Store back in August 2020 after Epic filed the antitrust suit against Apple.
