Deltarune Chapter 5 lastly has a launch date, and Undertale mastermind Toby Fox has used the chance to provide followers a progress replace on Chapter 6.
The yearlong look ahead to extra from the lead developer’s parallel story RPG lastly got here to an finish when it confirmed up for right this moment’s June 2026 Nintendo Direct. The reveal got here with a launch date of June 24, 2026, promising to launch the fifth main replace for PC, Nintendo Swap, Swap 2, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in simply 15 days.
It has been somewhat a couple of 12 months since Chapter 4 launched, so Fox made positive to make the wait value it with a 46-second video that confirmed simply sufficient whereas saving among the greatest moments for full launch. You may see the teaser footage within the Deltarune Chapter 5 trailer beneath.
Instantly following Deltarune’s Nintendo Direct cameo, Fox took to his newsletter to share somewhat bit extra behind-the-scenes information. After a fast apology for the wait, he defined the trailer itself was made by artist Everdraed, with its music carried out and organized by Carlos “insaneintherain” Eiene. Animator, developer, and Undertale’s Temmie, Temmie Chang, dealt with the stunning artwork featured on the finish of the trailer.
“In Chapter 4, we noticed darkish clouds on the horizon… That’s why, let’s not look there for now,” Fox mentioned when describing Deltarune Chapter 5. “Let’s flip round and watch the solar, earlier than it goes down fully. Let’s smile once more. Let’s have yet one more enjoyable journey, okay?”
“In my view, it matches nicely within the total story of the sport,” he continued.
With the subsequent chapter simply weeks away, Fox is able to provide a progress replace on Chapter 6. He mentioned it is “growing nicely,” explaining there’s been good progress on issues like cutscenes and NPC interactions. Fox even went so far as to say that “this Chapter is simpler to make than the others, so the event goes fairly quick.”
“This sounds loopy, nevertheless it’s not unrealistic that some workers members could begin engaged on Chapter 7 earlier than the tip of the 12 months,” Fox added.
As Deltarune Chapter 5 prepares to launch and work on Chapter 6 progresses easily, the look ahead to the seventh and last chapter might not be fairly so long as some believed. Within the meantime, you may learn IGN’s 9/10 evaluate of its first few chapters. You too can compensate for all the pieces else introduced on the June 2026 Nintendo Direct.
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