Game profile
Deltarune
Two schoolmates fall into a dark, card themed parallel world and must save a crumbling kingdom from ruin. Toby Fox's follow up to Undertale combines a charming turn based combat system, subtle humor and an unusually moving story about friendship.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is RPG / Adventure, set in a fantasy world. Visually it is built on pixel art, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It is available broadly, on 4 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- From Toby Fox
- Charming turn based combat
- Moving friendship story
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- exploring for its own sake is the point for you
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you are watching your budget
- you like a deliberate retro look over photorealism
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- pixel art puts you off
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
How long is Deltarune?
About 15 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 3 weeks, or 8 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 86 out of 100, which puts it above 66 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 384 overall. That is mid-table for this database. Not a standout at the top, but solidly rated.
For comparison, RPG averages 82 points across the database, so this one sits 4 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 94 collected ratings.
Released in 2025, so it is current. Expect it to run well on modern hardware and still get patches.
The facts
- Release year
- 2025
- Genres
- RPG, Adventure
- Playtime
- approx. 15 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Fantasy
- Visual style
- Pixel art
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Critic rating
- 86 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deltarune | 2025 | approx. 15 hrs. | 86 | Budget |
| Duskfade | 2026 | approx. 18 hrs. | n/a | Mid price |
| Realm of Ink | 2026 | approx. 40 hrs. | 84 | Mid price |
| Onimusha: Way of the Sword | 2026 | approx. 15 hrs. | 85 | Full price |
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- 84/100 Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Shared: RPG, Adventure, Fantasy
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