Undertale
A small child falls into the Underground, where monsters have long been banished by humans and are hunting every human that they find. The player controls the child as they try to make it back to the Surface…
Undertale is an adventure developed by tobyfox, released 15 September 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One. The main story takes about 8.3 hrs to finish.
What Undertale is
Undertale is an adventure game developed by tobyfox and released in 2015. It was published by 8-4. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker: Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"A long time ago, two races ruled peacefully over the Earth: HUMANS and MONSTERS. One day, a terrible war broke out between the two races. After a long battle, the humans were victorious. They sealed the monsters underground with a magical spell. In the year 201X, a small child scales Mt. Ebott. It is said that those who climb the mountain never return. Seeking refuge from the rainy weather, the child enters a cave and discovers an enormous hole. Moving closer to get a better look... the child falls in. Now, our story begins."
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy, drama, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Undertale holds a critic score of 96 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 27 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 91, across 1,906 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 13 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GB RAM and 128MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Undertale launched on 15 September 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Until Dawn, Mad Max and Soma. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Until Dawn, Mad Max, Soma.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Undertale yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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