Tutorial: Building a Pause Menu in Unreal Engine 4

Gavin Eisenbeisz demonstrates how to create an Unreal Engine 4 pause menu with pause, resume and quit controls.

Archive republication: This article was originally published on 16 December 2020. It has been translated into English and lightly updated for clarity while preserving the original reporting and context.

Gavin Eisenbeisz

In this 20-minute tutorial, Gavin Eisenbeisz demonstrates how to create a pause menu in Unreal Engine. Following the guide produces a menu with controls to pause the game, resume play and quit.

UE4 Pause Menu Tutorial — How to make a Pause Screen in Unreal Engine 4