- 'Wtf is going on': Indie dev discovers their neglected Steam game is powering an Undertale multiplayer mod following its freak 1700% jump in player activity - 27 July 2026
few months ago, indie developer RetroSpecter noticed something unusual about Crashphalt , their first completed game that launched on Steam in 2018: Since their last check-in on the neglected platformer, Crashphalt had suddenly gained over 500 reviews. In its first four years, it had barely managed a dozen... Read more.
- "I dunno why they chose Crashphalt": forgotten Steam game suddenly becomes a hit after players start using it for Undertale online multiplayer - 27 July 2026
Released back in 2018, Crashphalt is a free and eccentric multiplayer game in which players do ground-pounds to send out seismic ripples, striving to punt each other off-screen. It's got an "overwhelmingly positive" Steam user review reception , as of writing, but that's not entirely a judgement on its quality. You see, Crashphalt is a hit today partly because you need it to run an online multiplayer mod for Toby Fox's wonderful RPG Undertale . Of Crashphalt's 555 currently existing user reviews, the vast majority were written over five years after release, and either totally disregard or cruelly dunk on Crashphalt. An example: "10/10 Funny Undertale game, will never play this." Read more
- You can grab Undertale for less than $1, as the genre-defining indie RPG beats its all-time player peak for the first time in 10 years - 17 March 2025
Undertale was, for me, at least, the defining game of the indie RPG genre back when it came out in 2015. Far from just its ubiquity on social media, I remember this thing blowing my mind in ways that, nowadays, feel almost a little pedestrian. That's not to knock it in retrospect—it's still rather very good—but it was very much making strides in what videogame RPGs could actually, well, do. There's a reason other indie RPGs have followed in its progenitor footsteps... Read more.
- After Undertale Yellow's success, another fan game is on the way - 16 January 2024
Another fan-made Undertale game is now in "full swing" following the success and support of Undertale Yellow. Called Undertale Blue, developer Team Azure celebrates the start of the project, following Toby Fox coming out in support of Yellow on Twitter amid music license issues. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Free Undertale prequel seven years in the making is finally out GameMaker, the engine behind Undertale and Hotline Miami, is now free The best Christmas levels in PC games in 2022
- Free Undertale prequel seven years in the making is finally out - 10 December 2023
Undertale is by far one of the best, and most influential, indie games ever made. Developed by Toby Fox, who's now working on the episodic Deltarune, it's also had its fair share of fan games. One such fan project has been in development for seven years, and after all that time Undertale Yellow has finally been released, and you can play it for free. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: GameMaker, the engine behind Undertale and Hotline Miami, is now free The best Christmas levels in PC games in 2022 AEW had Sans cosplay and ran the Undertale soundtrack on TV, the madmen
- GameMaker, the engine behind Undertale and Hotline Miami, is now free - 22 November 2023
Want to get into game development? Think you could make the next Undertale or Hotline Miami ? GameMaker, the tool behind both of those games is now absolutely free for non-commercial use. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best Christmas levels in PC games in 2022 AEW had Sans cosplay and ran the Undertale soundtrack on TV, the madmen Undertale creator shares a development update on Deltarune, including new music
- These eight games will be leaving Xbox Game Pass tomorrow - 14 March 2023
Eight games are leaving Xbox Game Pass , meaning that – once they've expired – you will no longer be able to play them on the service. Microsoft announced the following games leave the service tomorrow, March 15 : F1 2020, Goat Simulator, Kentucky Route Zero, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Paradise Killer, Undertale, Young Souls, and Zero Escape: The Nonary Games. You are likely familair with the majority on the list, but you may not be well versed on Paradise Killer, Young Souls, or Zero Escape: The Nonary Games. Well, let us tell you about them. Read more
- March's Game Pass leavers include Undertale and Guardians Of The Galaxy - 2 March 2023
March means Springtime has begun and it’s finally time to say goodbye to Winter - and a fresh batch of Game Pass leavers. This month’s leaving soon list is bulkier than usual, with games such as Guardians Of The Galaxy , Goat Simulator, and Undertale all waving goodbye on March 15/16th. Read more
- Deltarune isn’t coming out this year, but here’s some more Toby Fox bangers - 15 September 2022
It’s been just about a year since Chapter 2 of Deltarune was released for free, but we won’t be seeing any more from the game this year. That’s the message from dev Toby Fox, who’s posted an update on how Deltarune’s coming along. Fox’s message to those eagerly awaiting more from the game was published to mark the seventh anniversary of his indie RPG smash Undertale. It shares some new screens, GIFs, a video and even some tunes. Read more
- Toby Fox wrote a fanfic to explain why Undertale's Sans is the 'ultimate Tumblr sexyman' - 15 September 2022
The kids these days have all sorts of memes, and most of them scare and confuse me. Forgive me, then, that it took me a while to figure out the precise meaning of the "Semiannual Sexyman Showdown": a Twitter-hosted competition between various beautiful, fictional men for the title of "Ultimate Tumblr Sexyman"... Read more.
- This Undertale mod adds local co-op, but playing online requires some extra work - 11 August 2022
Originally released in 2019, Moddb user Depa31's Undertale Together allows two players to complete the entirety of Toby Fox's 2015 indie adventure, well, together . With help from a remote desktop tool like Parsec , it can effectively offer online co-op as well... Read more.
- The Pope started 2022 by blasting a song from hit RPG Undertale - 6 January 2022
For some reason, the Pope has now heard one of the most iconic videogame songs of the 2010s, as sighted by Kotaku . Yesterday, during a weekly general audience , the speakers in the Vatican blasted Undertale's "Megalovania" as circus performers juggled and unicycled in front of His Holiness. There's video proof too, in case you, like me, couldn't believe this actually happened... Read more.
- Once again, people are forcing the Pope to like Undertale - 6 January 2022
In our first 'yes, this is totally normal' story of 2022, we are absolutely thrilled to report that a circus just performed Undertale 's Megalovania track in an audience with Pope Francis . yes, you read that right. You can catch the whole audience segment below, but the most interesting bit (including fire juggling and Undertale) begins at 53:28. If you want to skip right to Megolovania, head to 1:04:40. This isn't the first time the circus troupe has performed for His Holiness, either (though it is the first time videogame music has made an appearance during the audience). The troupe also played for Pope Benedict XVI way back in 2006 and more recently they did a show for Francis in 2017. Whether they'll be invited back after his sour face during this performance remains to be seen. Read more
- Deltarune Chapter 2 launched for free because the world is tough enough - 20 September 2021
Unlike the cheeky surprise release of its first free chapter back in 2018, we got a warning about Deltarune Chapter 2. It's out now, also free, because creator Toby Fox says the world has been tough enough lately. The not-a-sequel-or-prequel-but-sort-of-related game to Fox's hit RPG Undertale is still a work in progress, but the newest chunk of story should hopefully keep fans busy chatting and hunting for secrets for a while yet. It may indeed be a while, once again. Fox plans to release chapters three through five as a paid release when they're finished but even he doesn't know when that will be just yet. Read more
- Deltarune Chapter 2 continues the Undertale follow-up tomorrow - 16 September 2021
This week we'll get to play the second chapter of Deltarune , the neither-sequel-nor-prequel-but-maybe-related follow-up to Undertale , creator Toby Fox has announced. Surprise! Read more
- Deltarune Chapter 2 lands this week - 16 September 2021
Undertale creator Toby Fox released the first instalment in the episodic Deltarune series all the way back in 2018. Its follow up, Chapter 2, was meant to launch last year , but after a long silence we finally have a firm release date: Friday, September 17. That's very soon... Read more.
- The best Christmas levels in PC games in 2022 - 22 December 2020
What are the best Christmas levels in gaming? It may only come around once a year, but this festive season certainly knows how to make life incredibly difficult. Not only does it force you to brave that familiar chill of winter to buy a million presents, but it also imposes the issue of getting all your family together in one place. The holidays make the perfect time for indulging in a few levels of a co-op game with the family that will help you get through those cold, lazy days. Luckily, plenty of games have wintery-themed updates just for the holiday season, but let's not disregard all those with some of the best Christmas levels you can play all year round. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: AEW had Sans cosplay and ran the Undertale soundtrack on TV, the madmen Undertale creator shares a development update on Deltarune, including new music Undertale fans think Patrick Sta…
- The best RPGs on PC in 2020 - 11 November 2020
Last year brought RPG gems like Disco Elysium. Was there an RPG as good released in 2020? We’ve updated our list of the best RPGs of all time to reflect the best of the past year – and there’s still dozens of older classics, too. (more…)
- Celebrate Undertale's fifth anniversary with this orchestral concert performing the soundtrack - 16 September 2020
It’s been five years since Toby Fox graced our lives with Undertale , so let’s watch a concert to celebrate. Streamed last night, Undertale’s Fifth Anniversary concert saw the Music Engine orchestra perform songs from the soundtrack for over two hours, as well as piano performances from Toby Fox himself. Fox also took the anniversary as an opportunity to provide an update on second chapter of Deltarune , the next part of his quirky, twisty RPG series. (more…)
- The 11 nicest smiles in PC games - 3 April 2020
One Off The List is our weekly list feature. Is there something you think doesn’t deserve to be on this list? Comment with your reasons why, and next week it may be struck off. The human race evolved the facial expression known as the “smile” because we needed a way to silently communicate satisfaction to other members of our species. So we decided to bare our teeth at one another and squint. This stuck, and now even the characters of your favourite digital storyderby are doing it. It’s sort of disgusting, and yet… you know what, I like it. Here are the 11 best smiles in PC games. (more…)
