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unrealThis category page features the latest and most popular technology books focused on Unreal game development. Browse beginner to advanced C++ scripting and Blueprint visual scripting books to master Unreal Engine and create stunning, high-quality games. Whether you want to learn about AI, VR, shaders, multiplayer, or optimize performance, these books have you covered. Read reviews and previews to find the right Unreal book for your skill level.

Bestsellers

A range of our top selling game development products from the last year.

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Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine 5
Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal E ...
May 2022Ellipse568 Pages

$61.99
Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting
Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C+ ...
Aug 2023Ellipse384 Pages

$39.99
Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5
Game Development Patterns with Unreal En ...
Jan 2024Ellipse254 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$31.99
Architectural Visualization in Unreal Engine 5
Architectural Visualization in Unreal En ...
Feb 2024Ellipse496 Pages

$39.99
Elevating Game Experiences with Unreal Engine 5
Elevating Game Experiences with Unreal E ...
Sep 2022Ellipse760 Pages

$63.99
Game Development Projects with Unreal Engine
Game Development Projects with Unreal En ...
Nov 2020Ellipse822 Pages

$35.99
Unreal Engine 4.x Scripting with C++ Cookbook
Unreal Engine 4.x Scripting with C++ Coo ...
Mar 2019Ellipse708 Pages

$29.99
Unreal Engine 4 AI Programming Essentials
Unreal Engine 4 AI Programming Essential ...
Mar 2016Ellipse188 Pages

$29.99
Hands-On Artificial Intelligence with Unreal Engine
Hands-On Artificial Intelligence with Un ...
Apr 2019Ellipse552 Pages

$29.99
Unreal Engine Game Development Blueprints
Unreal Engine Game Development Blueprint ...
Dec 2015Ellipse352 Pages

$43.99

What's New

Our latest game development releases from the last few months.

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Architectural Visualization in Unreal Engine 5
Architectural Visualization in Unreal En ...
Feb 2024Ellipse496 Pages

$39.99
Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5
Game Development Patterns with Unreal En ...
Jan 2024Ellipse254 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$31.99

Rising Stars

Recently released game development books which are getting a lot of attention.

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The Essential Guide to Creating Multiplayer Games with Godot 4.0
The Essential Guide to Creating Multipla ...
Dec 2023Ellipse326 PagesEllipseHalf Star 1

$35.99
Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023
Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023
Oct 2023Ellipse548 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$43.99
Unity Cookbook
Unity Cookbook
Nov 2023Ellipse780 PagesEllipseHalf Star 3

$39.99
Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences with Unity 2022
Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences wi ...
Nov 2023Ellipse566 Pages

$43.99
Photorealistic Materials and Textures in Blender Cycles
Photorealistic Materials and Textures in ...
Oct 2023Ellipse394 Pages

$31.99
XR Development with Unity
XR Development with Unity
Nov 2023Ellipse284 Pages

$31.99

Audience Favourites

Our most rated game development products by our Customers.

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Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5
Game Development Patterns with Unreal En ...
Jan 2024Ellipse254 Pages

$31.99

Quick Learns

Our game development books which are under 200 pages long.

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Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine
Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal E ...
Jul 2015Ellipse188 Pages

$25.99
Unreal Engine 4 AI Programming Essentials
Unreal Engine 4 AI Programming Essential ...
Mar 2016Ellipse188 Pages

$29.99
Unreal Engine Virtual Reality Quick Start Guide
Unreal Engine Virtual Reality Quick Star ...
Feb 2019Ellipse178 Pages

$22.99

Beginner's Corner

Our top picks for starting your game development journey.

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Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine 5
Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal E ...
May 2022Ellipse568 Pages

$61.99
Unreal Development Kit Game Design Cookbook
Unreal Development Kit Game Design Cookb ...
Feb 2012Ellipse544 Pages

$36.99
Unreal Development Kit Beginner's Guide
Unreal Development Kit Beginner's Guide
Aug 2011Ellipse244 Pages

$25.99
Learning C++ by creating games with UE4
Learning C++ by creating games with UE4
Feb 2015Ellipse342 Pages

$28.99
Unreal Engine 4.X By Example
Unreal Engine 4.X By Example
Jul 2016Ellipse506 Pages

$43.99
Mastering Unreal Engine 4.X
Mastering Unreal Engine 4.X
Jun 2016Ellipse384 Pages

$43.99
3D Game Design with Unreal Engine 4 and Blender
3D Game Design with Unreal Engine 4 and ...
Jun 2016Ellipse252 Pages

$37.99
Learning Unreal Engine Game Development
Learning Unreal Engine Game Development
Feb 2016Ellipse274 Pages

$39.99
Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Essentials
Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Essenti ...
Feb 2016Ellipse266 Pages

$39.99
Unreal Engine 4 Virtual Reality Projects
Unreal Engine 4 Virtual Reality Projects
Apr 2019Ellipse632 Pages

$29.99

2024 Essentials

The must-have game development books and resources for this year.

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Architectural Visualization in Unreal Engine 5
Architectural Visualization in Unreal En ...
Feb 2024Ellipse496 Pages

$39.99
Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5
Game Development Patterns with Unreal En ...
Jan 2024Ellipse254 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$31.99

Express Tutorials

Learn core game development skills and be productive within two hours.

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Unreal Engine 5 - Environment Design
Unreal Engine 5 - Environment Design
Aug 2022Ellipse71 minutes

$19.99

Career Pathways

A collection of reading lists made by our expert authors to help get you your next job.
Getting Started with Unity Game DevelopmentGetting Started with Unity Game DevelopmentGetting Started with Unity Game Development
Getting Started with Unity Game DevelopmentAn enjoyable and intuitive approach to getting started with C# programming and Unity game development. This reading list will help you build a solid foundation in Unity and discover techniques to create impressive 2D/3D games, cross-platform mobile g ...

Certification Prep

Essential study guides and materials to ace your certification exams.

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Game Development Projects with Unreal Engine
Game Development Projects with Unreal En ...
Nov 2020Ellipse822 Pages

$35.99

Popular Authors (5)

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Mr. Harrison Ferrone
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Harrison Ferrone is an instructional content creator for LinkedIn Learning and Pluralsight, tech editor for the Ray Wenderlich website, and used to write technical documentation on the Mixed Reality team at Microsoft. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Columbia College, Chicago. After a few years as an iOS developer at small start-ups, and one Fortune 500 company, he fell into a teaching career and never looked back.
Most popular book by Mr. Harrison Ferrone
Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity 2019
Sergey Kosarevsky
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Sergey Kosarevsky is a software engineer with experience in C++ and 3D graphics. He worked for mobile industry companies and was involved in mobile projects at SPB Software, Yandex, Layar and Blippar. He has more than 12 years of software development experience and more than 6 years of Android NDK experience. Sergey got his PhD in the field of mechanical engineering from St. Petersburg Institute of Machine-Building in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. In his spare time, Sergey maintains and develops an open source multiplatform gaming engine, the Linde...
Most popular book by Sergey Kosarevsky
Android NDK Game Development Cookbook
Kumsal Obuz
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Kumsal Obuz is a self taught, but veteran web developer with more than 15 years of experience in two different countries, leading teams and projects of various sizes. After several years of preparation and transition, he started his own game studio in August 2020. He launched a small puzzle strategy game at the end of 2020 and is currently working on an ambitious farming simulation game. He also likes to mentor, perhaps due to his genetic background since both of his parents are teachers, and because of his love of Godot, founded and still orga...
Most popular book by Kumsal Obuz
Game Development with Blender and Godot
Gonçalo Marques
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Gonçalo Marques has been an active gamer since the age of 6. He has been using Unreal Engine since 2016 and has done freelance and consulting work using the engine. Gonçalo also released a free and open source plugin called UI Navigation, which has garnered an extremely positive reception with over 100,000 downloads and is still receiving frequent updates and fixes. Thanks to the development of this plugin, he became an Epic MegaGrant recipient. He is now working at Funcom ZPX, a game studio in Lisbon that has contributed to games such as Conan...
Most popular book by Gonçalo Marques
Game Development Projects with Unreal Engine
Mr. Oscar Baechler
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Oscar Baechler is a CG generalist, professor, painter, photographer, open source advocate, and community organizer who teaches at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. He's published a number of mobile games with a Blender pipeline and created animation for clients both big and small. Oscar runs the Seattle Blender User Group and Ballard Life Drawing Co-op and has presented on CGI at SIGGRAPH, LinuxFest Northwest, the Blender Conference, OSCON, Usenix LISA, SeaGL, SIX, WACC, and others.
Most popular book by Mr. Oscar Baechler
Blender 3D By Example