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Actually, a fellow user not only was able to verify it as well, but also found it allows the game to be run without needing the Epic Games Launcher running as well. Since that command-line argument (parameter) you found does more than initially-realized, I'm moving it to the notes section of the Epic Games Store availability section.
Thanks again for finding this!