While playing Fall Guys on PC many players get the Epic Games Account error and need a fix. It says “Session expired, please restart your game.” followed by an error code: 200_1040. Aside from this others get the error 201_003 but the problem is more or less the same. So in this guide let us check how to fix the session expired error for Fall Guys and solutions for error codes 201_003 and 200_1040.
How to Fix the Epic Games Account Error
There are two fixes for this error:
- Restart your game to fix this error. Close the game, you can also end it from Task Manager to make sure it closed properly. Once stopped completely, launch the game again and it should start working.
- Verify Game Files Integrity: This method is even suggested on the Fall Guys site to resolve the Missing Game Files error. What this does is it checks all the game files and fixes any corrupt files. You can check file integrity on Epic Games by:
- Launch the Epic Games client.
- Go to your Library.
- Look for Fall Guys and click on the three dots at the bottom right corner of it.
- Here, click on Verify.
- Wait for all the files to get verified.
- Once it is done restart the game.
In case the above methods don’t work, you can try these basic fixes to solve the error 200_1040 or 201_003:
- Restarting your PC: Press Alt + F4 and choose Restart. After your PC restarts try playing the game to see if you get the error.
- Check your internet: Having stable internet is a must for any online game and Fall Guys is no exception to this rule. Do a speed test to check your internet speed and ping. If your internet is slow or ping is high you should try fixing it and then playing the game.
- Refresh your internet: One of the ways to get your internet to work properly again is to refresh your connection. If you play using a wired connection then plug out and plug in the Ethernet cable. As for a solution to fix your wireless connection, you can reboot your router.
That covers everything you need to do to fix the Epic Games Account Error for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. If you need help with other topics on this game be sure to check our Fall Guys guides.
