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Undertale

by tobyfox·published by tobyfox

15 September 2015E10+26
PCLinuxWindowsMacPlayStationPS VitaPS4XboxXbox OneNintendo

Reader score

8.5/ 10

158 votes

How long to beat

23 players

4h

Rushed

main story only

8h

Normally

story and some extras

13h

Completionist

everything in it

Where to get it

Trailer

Gallery

10

Screenshots

Key art

About

Years after a devastating war between humans and monsters, a child has fallen through a hole and into the monsters' underground world. Under the care of a kindly monster woman named Toriel, they learn the basics of the underground world, including that they may be attacked by other monsters who are less friendly. After the child leave's Toriel's care, it's up to them how they proceed through the underground, including whether they kill the monsters in their way or try to find peaceful resolutions to conflict.

Undertale is an Eastern RPG with some action aspects in its combat system. In the overworld, the player explores areas, solves puzzles, and talks to NPCs. When a battle is triggered, typically through random encounter, the game switches to the combat screen. A heart representing the child's soul appears in a small box, in which objects representing the monsters' attacks appear and must be dodged in real time. On the child's turn, they can attack monsters more directly through the fight command. A meter that determines the strength of the player's attack must be hit with good timing in order to deal more damage.

Alternatively, players may choose to perform friendly actions in battle or show mercy to the opponent in order to resolve conflict without bloodshed. It is possible to finish every encounter in the game without killing anyone, though some monsters are more difficult to do this with than others. The player may need to perform certain actions in the overworld before some monsters can be befriended.

Although only one Undertale save file can be kept at a time, the game remembers certain player actions across playthroughs, mainly in reference to how violent or peaceful they were. Resetting to an earlier save or starting a new game after specific actions are taken can affect how some NPCs treat the player and how the story is ultimately resolved.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / IsometricSide view

Engine

GameMaker: Studio

Editions

Undertale: Collector's Edition

Mods

Undertale: Bits and PiecesUndertale TogetherDesert BusUndertale Red & YellowDeltataleUndertale: Repent to JesusUndertale PlusUndertale Together: Next SoulOneTaleGundertaleUndertale Hard Mode: Director's CutSilvatale

Languages

2 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English——
Japanese——

Also known as

UT — Acronym

UNDERTALE — Stylized title

UNDERTALE.exe — Windows Executable

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Facts

Developer

tobyfox

Publisher

tobyfox

Also worked on it

temmie

Released

15 September 2015

Series

Undertale

Platforms

PCLinuxWindowsMacPlayStationPS VitaPS4XboxXbox OneNintendoSwitchPS1

Age ratings

PEGI12USK6CEROBCLASS_IND10GRAC15+ACBPGESRBE10+

Standing

Top 1% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Diagonal-downTurn-basedJapanese-style RPG (JRPG)Menu structuresFantasyComedy