Visual Studio Tools for Unreal Engine makes it easier to write and debug C++ code for Unreal Engine from within Visual Studio, with features such as:

• View Unreal Engine logs
• View Blueprint references and assets¹
• Expand Unreal Engine macros²
• Unreal Engine name convention checker
• Intellisense tuned for Unreal Engine projects²
• Add Unreal Engine classes inside Visual Studio
• See Unreal header tool warnings in Visual Studio
• Visual Studio performance is tuned for large projects²
• Be more productive with High-Level Shading Language (HLSL) files via syntax highlighting and statement completion

¹ As of Visual Studio 2022 17.10, you no longer need Visual Studio Tools for Unreal Engine to view UE Blueprints in Visual Studio.² These features are available in Visual Studio 17.7 or later without installing Visual Studio Tools for Unreal Engine.

Supported Visual Studio versions

Visual Studio Tools for Unreal Engine is available for free and supports Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.7 or later.

We recommenddownloading and using the latest version of Visual Studio.

Supported Unreal Engine versions

Unreal Engine version 4.27 and 5.0 or later.

See also

Install Visual Studio Tools For Unreal Engine
Quickstart: Visual Studio Tools for Unreal Engine
Add Unreal Engine classes, modules, and plugins in Visual Studio
View Unreal Engine logging in Visual Studio
View Unreal Engine Blueprints in Visual StudioOverview of Unreal Engine
Get started with Unreal Engine