Undertale

Overview

Undertale is a 2015 role-playing video game created by American indie developer Toby Fox. The player controls a child who has fallen into the Underground: a large, secluded region under the surface of the Earth, separated by a magical barrier. The player meets various monsters during the journey back to the surface, some of which may engage in combat. The combat system involves the player navigating through mini bullet hell attacks by the opponent. They can opt to appease monsters in order to spare them instead of killing them. These choices affect the game, with the dialogue, characters, and story changing based on outcomes.

Outside of artwork and character designs by Temmie Chang and other guest designers, Fox developed the entirety of the game by himself, including the script and music. The game took inspiration from several sources, including the Brandish, Mario & Luigi, and Mother role-playing game series, bullet hell shooter series Touhou Project, and the role-playing game Moon: Remix RPG Adventure. Undertale was originally meant to be two hours in length and was set to be released in mid-2014.

Undertale was released for OS X and Windows in September 2015. It was ported to Linux in 2016, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2017, the Nintendo Switch in 2018, and Xbox One in 2021. The game was acclaimed for its thematic material, combat system, musical score, originality, story, dialogue, and characters, although reaction to the art style was mixed. It has sold at least five million copies. It was nominated for multiple accolades, including game of the year from several gaming publications and conventions, and is considered one of the greatest video games ever made. A game with a parallel story, Deltarune, has been released episodically since 2018.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Undertale PS4 Gameplay Walkthrough Part 1 (True Pacifist Run) - No Commentary, RabidRetrospectGames. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie

Developer

tobyfox

Publisher

8-4, tobyfox

Series

Undertale

Engine

GameMaker: Studio

Platforms

PlayStation 4, Windows, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

PEGI

12

USK

6

CERO

B

CLASS IND

10

GRAC

15+

ACB

PG

ESRB

E10+

Release dates

Editions

Check out the store

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies30

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

5

Silver

10

Bronze

14

Total

30

Points

1260

Platinum time

5 hours

100% time

5 hours

Difficulty

2 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Playthroughs for 100%

1

New Game Plus

No. A new run starts over, but bosses remember earlier playthroughs

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

No

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC comes in

Does not exist

DLC note

No DLC

Missable trophies

15

Chapter select fixes a miss

No

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English, Japanese

Region note

One trophy list for every region.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

Yes

Other versions

One list for PS4 and Vita

Players with the platinum

40.2%

Missable trophies

• Dognation Level 1 to Dognation Level 15

Grind

• Donations for every Dognation level

Glitches and fixes

• Like Getting Items can fail to unlock

• Don't You Have Anything Better to Do? Obtain all other Undertale trophies. Platinum 34.83% of players
• Don't Worry, I Have Lots of Ideas for Trophies Get an item. Bronze 38.58% of players
• Like Getting Items Get two items. Bronze 38.2% of players
• Or Getting More Items Get three items. Bronze 38.03% of players
• Help Me, I'm Out of Ideas Get four items. Silver 37.9% of players
• Ruins Enter the Ruins. Bronze 39.5% of players
• Mouse Reach the mouse hole in the Ruins. Bronze 38.48% of players
• Exodus Arrive at Snowdin. Bronze 37.31% of players
• Manna Get to the Spaghetti save point in Snowdin. Silver 36.95% of players
• Midpoint Arrive at Waterfall. Silver 36.18% of players
• Rain Reach the place where it rains. Silver 35.92% of players
• Final Stretch Enter Hotland. Silver 35.38% of players
• Final Stretch II Reach Hotland 2F. Silver 35.29% of players
• Final Stretch III Reach Hotland 3F. Gold 35.23% of players
• Good Luck Reach the second save point in the CORE. Gold 35.03% of players
• Dognation Level 1 Donate 2G to the Dog Shrine. Bronze 35.42% of players
• Dognation Level 2 Donate 6G to the Dog Shrine. Bronze 35.35% of players
• Dognation Level 3 Donate 12G to the Dog Shrine. Bronze 35.34% of players
• Dognation Level 4 Donate 20G to the Dog Shrine. Bronze 35.33% of players
• Dognation Level 5 Donate 30G to the Dog Shrine. Bronze 35.31% of players
• Dognation Level 6 Donate 43G to the Dog Shrine. Bronze 35.3% of players
• Dognation Level 7 Donate 59G to the Dog Shrine. Bronze 35.29% of players
• Dognation Level 8 Donate 78G to the Dog Shrine. Bronze 35.28% of players
• Dognation Level 9 Donate 100G to the Dog Shrine. Silver 35.28% of players
• Dognation Level 10 Donate 125G to the Dog Shrine. Silver 35.25% of players
• Dognation Level 11 Donate 155G to the Dog Shrine. Silver 35.22% of players
• Dognation Level 12 Donate 190G to the Dog Shrine. Silver 35.18% of players
• Dognation Level 13 Donate 230G to the Dog Shrine. Gold 35.15% of players
• Dognation Level 14 Donate 280G to the Dog Shrine. Gold 35.12% of players
• Dognation Level 15 Donate 350G to the Dog Shrine. Gold 35.1% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 175 MB

Update patch01.08

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

Undertale had no game content as DLC, only a dynamic theme, which is still sold.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

Undertale is single-player only and has no online play.

Services

Service	Status
Online play	Does not exist

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Designer	Toby Fox
Writer	Toby Fox
Composer	Toby Fox
Artist	Temmie Chang
Artist	Toby Fox

Credits

Publisher

8-4, tobyfox

Developer

tobyfox

Released

2017-08-15

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Disc ID

CUSA08801

Region

US

Time to beat

about 8.3 hours