Tucked inside this week's Nintendo Direct was a release date a lot of people have been waiting for: Deltarune Chapter 5 lands on June 24 — and yes, that's just days from now.
If you've somehow missed the phenomenon, a bit of context. Deltarune is the long-running follow-up to Undertale, the 2015 cult classic from Toby Fox that became one of the most beloved indie games ever made. Rather than release all at once, Deltarune has rolled out chapter by chapter over the years, and Fox has been candid that the complete story is planned across seven chapters. Chapter 5 pushes the saga firmly into its second half, and the sense that things are building toward a finale is palpable.
Mechanically, it's classic Deltarune: a role-playing adventure that fuses turn-based combat with Undertale's signature bullet-hell dodging, wrapped in Fox's unmistakable mix of razor-sharp humor and sudden, gut-punch sincerity. The series is also famous for its branching paths — including the infamous darker route that dramatically changes how the story plays out — so no two journeys through Deltarune are quite the same.
What makes this release land so hard is the goodwill Fox has built up. Undertale earned a reputation for respecting its players, hiding extraordinary depth and secrets beneath a deceptively simple exterior, and Deltarune has carried that torch. Every new chapter is treated less like a game launch and more like an event.
It's launching on Switch and Switch 2, slotting neatly into a stacked month for Nintendo's new hardware that also includes the Star Fox revival a day later. For owners of the new console, late June is shaping up to be a brilliant time to own one.
For completionists, Deltarune is the gift that keeps on giving. Between its multiple routes, hidden bosses, secret rooms and the kind of missable content the series delights in, a true 100% run means replaying chapters with a very different mindset — exactly the sort of deep-dive we love at PIXELFORGE.
We'll have impressions once Chapter 5 is in our hands. For now, clear your calendar for June 24.
Sources: https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/nintendo-direct-june-2026-every-announcement-game-reveal-and-trailer and https://www.gamesradar.com/video-game-release-dates/