Deltarune 2 is free because the world sucks right now

After waiting three years for news on the next chapter of the Deltarune series, independent developer Toby Fox’s surprise announced earlier this week that it would be released on September 17th. When it finally became available, the game was free to play, and the rush of players trying to download it was so severe that it temporarily blocked all of Itch.io.

Deltarune is a new series of games that appear to be set in the same universe as the hugely popular Subtitle. Like this game, Deltarune is developed by Toby Fox, although this time Fox is not alone and is working alongside a team of other developers. The first chapter of Deltarune was also posted as a surprise when it was launched in 2018.

The hype surrounding this new chapter was huge and once it came out the demand for the game caused Itch.io’s servers to crash for about five minutes, with about eight more minutes of degraded performance for users trying to crash. ‘access the store.

Like the first chapter released three years ago, Deltarune Chapter 2 is available free of charge. On the official game website, creator Toby Fox explained why the final chapter is free.

“It’s been a really tough world for everyone lately. So I decided to release DELTARUNE Chapter 2 for free, ”Fox said. “I guess like a house cat dropping bugs at your door, I can, with some pride, show you the weird things I’ve done.” I don’t know if this will help, but I hope so.

In this same post, Fox explained how the next chapters of the Deltarune saga will be released, explaining that they will all be released at the same time when completed. These future chapters will not be free and instead the full game will be sold and “will certainly cost more than SUBTITLE. “No date has been given for when fans can expect Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of Deltarune.

Deltarune Chapter 2 is currently available on PC and Mac.