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Deltarune, you may remember,arrived fairly suddenlyback in late 2018 as a surprisingly free, surprisingly deep and surprisinglysort-of-but-sort-of-notsequel to the beloved comedy-RPG. It took another three years for Chapter 2 to follow on from the roughly three-hour opening section,arriving with similar surprisetowards the end of 2021. At the time, Foxconfirmedthat there would be more Deltarune to come, but he had opted to drop things in episodic fashion rather than as one complete story as originally planned.
That’s probably a good thing for those awaiting Deltarune, as we’re now almost three years on from Chapter 2 - and six from part one, good lord - and chapters 3 and 4 areyet to be seen. Part of that is likely due to the decision to bundle the next two sections together, as Fox announced last year, with Chapter 3 said to be “content complete” back in October.
Since then the team have brought on some new developers to help out, with a latestSpring newsletter updatefrom Fox (thanks,PC Gamer) saying that “Chapter 4 development is going better than ever” as a result and is on track against the team’s own deadlines. “I feel really good about this, champ,” Fox added.
While that may give hope of Chapter 3 and 4 arriving soon, Fox is quick to steady expectations. While around 10 maps, a few cutscenes and a gimmick - similar to the teacup ride in Chapter 2 - are pretty much all that’s left, the team then plan to spend “an unknown amount of time” smoothing out the chapters’ pacing and overall experience.
As such, Fox says that there’s no release date on the cards yet: “Even if Chapter 4 is completed smoothly, there may be surprise factors, so we’re not at the point where we can make a solid promise.”
So expect a release date maybe sometime soon, but notsoon. Given how the previous parts of Deltarune arrived with sudden fanfare, there’s a good chance the next you hear of Chapters 3 and 4 is when they’re out and ready to play.
“In other words, the release is still quite far… but also a very real thing that is weighing on us more and more with each passing month,” Fox said, feeling the anticipation more than perhaps anyone: “I can’t wait for you guys to see more of the moments and characters I’ve had in my head for the past 8 years…”
