Download Free Unreal Engine 3D Scenes and Environments

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As a 3D artist working with Unreal Engine, you probably find yourself needing high-quality visuals for your projects. You may also find that achieving accurate lighting in your renders can be a challenge. 
Whether you're building 3D experiences for animation, automotive rendering, or even real-time applications like VR, getting your visuals and lighting right is essential.
Ideally, you don’t want to spend a ton of money or a lot of time doing these things, either!
That’s why here at CGI.Backgrounds, we’re releasing free Unreal Engine 3D scenes for you to download and use in your projects.

More About the Scenes

Each of our free Unreal Engine 3D scenes is a complete virtual environment. They include high-resolution HDRi Maps that use our RAY HDR technology. We provide both a version with image-based lighting data and a tone-mapped version for faster renders in real-time applications.
Both the visuals and lighting data in our HDRi Maps are captured from the real world. That means you can load them into Unreal Engine and, within a few clicks, have a perfectly lit environment with stunning 360° backgrounds.
Our Unreal Engine environments focus on settings such as urban streets, interiors, airplane hangars, and more. They’re perfect for showcasing vehicles, products, or even creating game worlds.
In addition to 360° visuals and lighting data, our Unreal Engine scenes include a 3D floor or ground plane, as well as other 3D elements in select scenes. This allows you to quickly drop in a digital twin or model and begin the 3D creation process.
These professionally designed scenes include realistic parallax, creating full immersion in your final render.

Who Are These Scenes For?

Our free Unreal Engine 3D scenes are perfect for:
  • Designers who want to showcase a product
  • Creating VR environments for real-time rendering
  • Interactive storyboards or product concepting
  • Performing character studies for video game development
  • Creating realistic 3D animations

Where to Download Our Free Unreal Engine 3D Scenes

You can download our Unreal Engine scenes and environments for free by visiting our search page and setting the availability filter to "free."
Here’s a link to all the free Unreal Engine environments you can download:
Select the scene you'd like to use, choose Unreal Engine under the "Select Engine" setting, choose your version options, and download your scene.

Need More Advanced Options?

Looking for additional 3D scenes for Unreal Engine or licensing options that allow you to use these scenes in production-ready work for big clients? Check out our Plans and Pricing page for affordable options.

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