Fall Guys is a battle royale title many players install via Epic Games.

Users cant play Fall Guys because of this Epic Online Services issue.

Is the same error spoiling your Fall Guys fun?

A Fall Guys image

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it’s possible for you to check for server-side incidents on theEpic status page.

ClickEpic Online ServicesandFall Guyson that page to see if theyre fully operational.

Wait a few days until the server-side issue gets sorted.

Server status details for Fall Guys

Then try launching Fall Guys again.

So, maybe doing the same thing will work for you as well.

Did this resolution work for you?

The Sign Out option in Epic Games

If not, proceed to the third potential error 200_001 solution.

Verify Fall Guys

Verifying Fall Guys is among the more widely confirmed fixes for the 200_001 error.

Epic Games has a Verify option that scans Fall Guys files when selected.

The Manage option

Thats a good troubleshooting option because it fixes corrupted installations and restores game files.

A verifying progress bar will appear below Fall Guys in your gaming library.

Wait for the verification scan to finish before closing Epic Games.

The Verify button

Verify Windows System Files

If verifying Fall Guys doesnt work, run a System File Checker scan.

The System File Checker (SFC) tool verifies Windows files.

It will display a Windows Resource Protection message when finished.

The SFC command

That scan applies repairs to the system image, which can fix the SFC tool not working.

Flush the DNS

Error 200_001 can also arise because of connection glitches.

Resetting an internet connection by flushing the DNS can feasibly resolve such glitches.

Flushing the DNS cache from Command Prompt.

Try flushing your PCs DNS in the following steps:

Try playing Fall Guys after the restart.

If error 200_001 persists, dont give up!

The next potential resolution below could fix the issue.

DNS server address settings in Windows

Change to a Google DNS Server

Your PCs DNS server might not be a very reliable one.

So, changing DNS server configs on your PC is another potential error 200_001 fix worth trying.

you’ve got the option to change your DNS server configs via the Control Panel.

The Uninstall option in Settings

Check out ourguide to changing DNS serversfor full instructions.

Youll need to input8.8.8.8and8.8.4.4in the preferred and alternative DNS boxes to switch to the Google server.

Uninstall and Reinstall a Visual C++ Redistributable Package

Then shut the installer when it says “setup successful.”

The X64 download permalink for Visual C++ 2015-2022

Select to cycle your laptop/desktop.

Open Epic Games Launcher and launch Fall Guys to see if the issue persists.

Reinstall Fall Guys

Reinstalling Fall Guys will likely resolve error 200_001 if the games installation is corrupted.

The Visual C++ 2015-2022 installer

As the game only weighs in about two gigabytes, reinstalling it wont take that long.

As previously stated, it probably wont take long given Fall Guys' size.

The resolutions in this guide will likely patch up the 200_001 error for most Fall Guys players.

An Uninstall option in Epic Games

If they dont work for you, we recommend you submit a request to Epics technical support service.

The Choose Install Location window in Epic Games