Access project version in Unreal Engine

If you want to access your project version in C++ or Blueprints you can implement the following simple blueprint function library method, this can be included in an existing blueprint function library that you might have for your project, otherwise a new one can be created.

class MYGAME_API UMyFunctionLibrary : public UBlueprintFunctionLibrary
{
  UFUNCTION(BlueprintPure)
  static FString GetProjectVersion();
}

FString UMyFunctionLibrary::GetProjectVersion()
{
  FString ProjectVersion;

  GConfig->GetString(
    TEXT("/Script/EngineSettings.GeneralProjectSettings"),
    TEXT("ProjectVersion"),
    ProjectVersion,
    GGameIni
  );

  return ProjectVersion;
}

Now the following blueprint function can be called from any blueprint in your project to get the project version, and formatted as a string like so: