Deltarune Chapter 5, subtitled The Field of Pink and Gold, launches on June 24, 2026, as a free update for everyone who already owns the game. Toby Fox confirmed the date during the Nintendo Direct on June 9, and the chapter releases simultaneously worldwide at 11:00 AM Eastern across Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, and Mac. For existing owners there is no separate purchase and no add on fee.
The reveal landed as a genuine surprise because of how soon it arrives. Chapters 3 and 4 dropped in June 2025, which makes this the shortest gap between Deltarune installments yet, a sharp contrast to the years that separated the earlier releases. Fans who expected to wait until late 2026 instead got a firm date barely two weeks out, the kind of fast turn the community rarely gets from Fox.
How much does Deltarune cost and what do you get?
The full game sells for $24.99 and that single price now covers all five released chapters. Fox committed to this structure back in April 2025, promising he would only ever charge for content that already existed and would add every finished chapter afterward at no extra cost. Anyone who buys it after June 24 receives Chapters 1 through 5 for that same flat price.
That approach is unusual in a market full of season passes and paid expansions, and it has built an unusual amount of goodwill. Deltarune is planned to run for seven chapters total, so two more remain after this one, and the pricing promise means existing owners simply keep receiving the story as it is completed. It is a model that treats the audience as patrons of a long project rather than a recurring revenue stream.
Do you need to play Undertale first?
You do not. Deltarune is a standalone parallel story set in a different continuity from Undertale, so it can be enjoyed without finishing the older game, even though it borrows characters and themes that longtime fans will recognize. The series follows Kris, Susie, and Ralsei through a strange Dark World, blending bullet dodging combat with the humor and emotional turns that made Fox's earlier work a landmark.
What has the fandom most charged up is the tease at the end of the new trailer, a single line reading that Chapter 6 is waiting. No date exists for Chapters 6 or 7 yet, but the message signals the project's momentum is not slowing down. For anyone who has followed this odd, funny, and quietly devastating RPG chapter by chapter, June 24 is the date to clear on the calendar.