Deltarune Chapter 5 was officially announced during the June 2026 Nintendo Direct, and it now has a release date: June 24. For players who have followed Toby Fox’s long-running follow-up to Undertale, the next chapter is finally close enough to mark on a calendar.
The timing matters because Deltarune has been moving in uneven bursts for years. Fox’s 2015 hit Undertale made him a name on its own, after he said he made Undertale to show that such a game was possible. Then the first couple of Deltarune chapters arrived for free in 2018, and chapters 3 and 4 did not follow until 2025. That is why a date this close feels notable now: fans are looking at a new installment without a seven-year gap hanging over it, even if the wait between releases has still been long.
The game’s Nintendo presence also gives the announcement extra weight. Chapters 3 and 4 were a launch title for the Nintendo Switch successor, and the game includes a special room built to use the mouse controls on Switch 2. All previous chapters are already available on Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, which means the audience for Chapter 5 is not being asked to start from scratch when it lands.
That said, the reveal leaves the most important detail untouched: what Chapter 5 will actually add when it arrives. The franchise has been unfolding in pieces since 2018, and the latest date puts pressure on Fox to show that the momentum from 2025 was not a one-off. For now, the clear news is simpler than the speculation around it — Deltarune Chapter 5 is scheduled for June 24, and the next stop for players is not years away.
