FTC distributes $126m in refunds to “tricked” Fortnite players charged for unwanted purchases
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The Federal Trade Commission has distributed $126 million in refunds to Fortnite players who were charged for “unwanted purchases”.
In this second round of refunds, the FTC has already distributed 969,173 checks and PayPal payments back to consumers between June 25th and 26th.
Players have until July 9th, 2025 to file for a refund, provided they meet eligibility requirements and have a valid claim.
The move follows the FTC’s first round of Fortnite-related refunds in December 2024, which totalled more than $72m across 629,344 payments to those “tricked” by Epic Games.
This means that between the two rounds, the FTC’s Fortnite-related refunds total almost $200m.
“Deceptive” practices
The FTC has advised that PayPal recipients in this second refund round should redeem their payments within 30 days, while check recipients should cash in within 90 days. Recipients with further questions have been recommended to contact refund administrator Rust Consulting.
The commission stated that it will also reopen a process for Fortnite players, their parents or their guardians to submit compensation claims stemming from its settlement with Epic Games back in March 2023, when the Fortnite maker agreed to pay $245m.
That settlement from Epic Games was to be used towards refunds for consumers and was intended to prohibit the company from “charging consumers without obtaining their affirmative consent”.
The FTC claimed that Epic’s practices were “deceptive” and tricked players into making unwanted purchases, having argued at the time that “the company used dark patterns to trick players into making unwanted purchases and let children rack up unauthorised charges without any parental involvement”.
