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Toby Fox
Fox in 2016
Born
Robert F. Fox

(1991-10-11) October 11, 1991 (age 34)
Manchester, New Hampshire, US
Other names
  • Radiation
  • FwugRadiation
EducationNortheastern University (BS)
Occupations
Years active2008–present
Works
Fox's voice
Toby Fox discussing playing by ear
Recorded April 2012
Websitetoby.fangamer.com Edit this at Wikidata
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Robert F. "Toby" Fox (born October 11, 1991) is an American video game developer and composer. He is best known for developing the role-playing video games Undertale and Deltarune. Fox's early work consisted of developing RPG Maker games and creating ROM hacks, including the EarthBound Halloween Hack. Fox then moved on to composing music, including for Andrew Hussie's 2009 webcomic Homestuck.

In 2015, Fox created Undertale, which became a breakout hit and pop-culture phenomenon. It has received nominations for a British Academy Game Award, three Game Awards, and three D.I.C.E. Awards. Following the success of Undertale, Fox went on to compose music for several other indie games, as well as contributing to the soundtracks of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and the Pokémon video games. From 2018 onwards, Fox began releasing Chapters of Deltarune, an episodic video game set in a parallel universe to Undertale; the game has received critical acclaim.

Early life

Robert F. Fox[1] was born on October 11, 1991,[‡ 1][2] in Manchester, New Hampshire, the third of four children.[3] Fox discovered EarthBound when he was four years old after the game was gifted to one of his older brothers for "Christmas or his birthday", and credited the game with helping him learn how to read.[2][4] He often drew stage layouts based on the Mega Man X series during church service around age five.[5] After Fox's brothers told him about RPG Maker 2000 in elementary school, they began creating games together using the program, including Fox's first game, Toby's Adventure.[5][6] Fox learned about the Touhou Project franchise through a free games website at age 10, and played the games Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and Perfect Cherry Blossom.[7]

Fox playing the piano at PAX East 2012

Fox's interest in Earthbound was furthered at age 11 after discovering a fansite for the game, Starmen.net, which motivated him to create games to impress the site's members.[2] During his time in high school, Fox began creating Earthbound ROM hacks, releasing the EarthBound Halloween Hack in 2008 as part of a ROM hacking competition on Starmen.net.[2][8] The song "Megalovania" made its first appearance in the ROM hack's soundtrack.[8] When Fox was disallowed by his parents from attending a yearly Starmen.net forum meetup, its founder Reid Young advised Fox to threaten to "smoke a cigarette" if he wasn't allowed to attend, which ultimately worked.[9] Fox additionally discovered the English fan translation of the 2008 role-playing game OFF through the forum.[10]

Primarily a self-taught musician, Fox began relearning the piano during middle school to play video game music he knew by ear, having previously taken lessons in second grade; he also played the trumpet through high school.[11] Fox later recalled to Touhou Project creator ZUN that he had received a standing ovation following a piano rendition of Necrofantasia from Perfect Cherry Blossom at a high school summer camp gathering.[7] As a senior, he began creating piano covers of music from the webcomic Homestuck, gaining recognition from its creator Andrew Hussie, and later became the music team's production coordinator.[12] Fox attended and graduated from Northeastern University.[13]

Career

Undertale (2015)

The logo for Undertale

Fox's most well-known work is the 2015 role-playing video game Undertale, which he also composed the soundtrack for.[3] It was Fox's debut game, outside of ROM hacking. Undertale was developed across 32 months.[14] Development was financed through a crowdfunding campaign on the website Kickstarter. The campaign was launched on June 25, 2013, with a goal of US$5,000; it ended on July 25, 2013, with US$51,124 raised by 2,398 people.[15] Fox worked on the entire game independently, besides the art assets to avoid relying on others.[14] Fox recruited Temmie Chang to work on art for Undertale.[16] Fox conceptualised the character designs for Undertale during college, drawing them in his notebook.[17]

Undertale sold more than 3.5 million copies,[18] and has been ranked by numerous publications as one of the best video games of all time.[a] Undertale has received nominations for a British Academy Game Award, three Game Awards and D.I.C.E. Awards.[23][24][25] Following its release, Undertale garnered an extensive fanbase.[26][27] Fox commented that he did not mind if people stated that they did not like Undertale, saying that it was "not for everyone".[27] In 2016, YouTube personality MatPat gifted a copy of Undertale to Pope Francis.[28] Also in 2016, Fox wrote that his personal opinion was that Undertale was still "niche" and deserved an "8/10" review score.[26] He also became a contributor to the A Profound Waste of Time magazine.[29] Fox was then chosen to be part of the 2018 Games Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his role in creating Undertale; by which point had sold over 2 million copies.[30]

The success of Undertale, especially in Japan, afforded Fox the opportunity to meet Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai.[31] In September 2019, Sans, a character from Undertale, was later included in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a Mii costume available through downloadable content, along with an instrumental composition "Megalovania", for which Fox provided a new arrangement.[32][33]

Deltarune (2018–present)

The logo for Deltarune

Fox initially conceived of the idea for his game Deltarune in a fever dream in 2011, with an initial version being created in 2012 before being abandoned.[34][35] On October 30, 2018, Fox posted a request for fans of Undertale to check its official Twitter account in 24 hours. The following day, Fox released the first chapter of Deltarune for free under the guise of a "survey".[36][37] Deltarune takes place in a parallel universe to the setting of Undertale, with Fox describing it as being "more enjoyable" to those that had completed it.[34][38] At the time, Fox stated that he did not wish to spend longer than seven years on the project; he expressed interest in assembling a team to aid development, stating that without one he had "absolutely no estimation of its completion".[39][40]

After Deltarune had been playable for several months, Fox stated he had hope he would complete its remainder, saying: "Slowly I'm writing and drawing it all out."[41] He stated that he had already written about 50 songs past Chapter 1.[41][42] On September 17, 2021, Fox released the second chapter of Deltarune for free since "the world has been really tough for everybody recently", referring to the struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic. He released the next two chapters, 3 and 4, bundled in with the first two as a paid game on June 4, 2025;[43][44][45][46] future chapters will be added to it as free updates for owners of the paid version.[‡ 2] On June 24, 2026, Chapter 5 was released, and Chapter 6 is projected to release in 2027.[47][48] Deltarune is set to have a total of seven chapters.[49]

Other projects

Composing and voice acting

Fox has composed music for the 2017 Homestuck video game Hiveswap,[50] Undertale artist Temmie Chang's short narrative game Escaped Chasm,[51] and Game Freak's 2019 role-playing game Little Town Hero, the last of which was arranged by Pokémon composer Hitomi Sato. He also composed a track for Pokémon Sword and Shield,[50] and multiple tracks for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.[52][53] He also remixed Ed Sheeran's "Celestial" for Scarlet and Violet's expansion The Indigo Disk.[54] In 2024, he partnered with Japanese game developer ZUN for the Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost downloadable content, which included a track that combined the Touhou song "U.N - Owen Was Her?" with Undyne's boss battle theme "Battle Against a True Hero" from Undertale.[55]

Fox has done voice acting work for multiple television and web series. In 2023, Fox had his voice acting debut in the animated television series We Baby Bears. He plays a skeleton named Jared in the episode "Polly's New Crew".[56] Fox stated that it had "been a dream of [his] to be a voice actor in cartoons".[‡ 3] In 2025, Fox voiced John Egbert in the Homestuck animated pilot.[57]

Philanthropy

During an Undertale speedrun at the Games Done Quick event AGDQ 2017, Fox made a $10,000 donation.[58] Undertale has been part of several Humble Bundles, collections of games sold to support charity, including two that donated all proceeds to coronavirus relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, raising $6.5 million in 2020 and $1.1 million in 2021.[59][60]

To commemorate Undertale's 7th anniversary in 2022, Fox held the "Spamton Sweepstakes" charity auction on September 17, in support of Child's Play and Pakistan Children Relief, through Deltarune's website.[61] The event ultimately raised $322,805.68.[62] Following a 2024 copyright dispute between the team of Undertale fan game Undertale Yellow and Materia Collective's CEO Sebastian Wolff over the use of Fox's music in the game, Fox donated $20,000 to AbleGamers as a token of apology.[63]

For Undertale's 10th anniversary, Fangamer and Fox held a two-day livestream in support of Doctors Without Borders on September 21 and 22, 2025, holding auctions for collectables and featuring new in-game content exclusive to the stream.[64][65] This livestream raised $361,407 across both days.[66][b]

Influences

Fox has described himself as being mesmerized by the music and atmosphere of Final Fantasy VI. Other Japanese role-playing games, such as EarthBound,[67] Secret of Mana and Super Mario RPG served as major inspirations; Fox looked up to Yoko Shimomura's works in particular. Her song "Megalomania" for Live A Live was particularly inspiring for Fox. He originally intended to use a cover of the song in a game, but he got tired of transcribing it and eventually made a new song called "Megalovania".[68] Fox has cited the Ace Attorney series as an inspiration for him, particularly in characterization.[34]

Personal life

Fox often hides his face, using the Annoying Dog (face shown) as a self-insert

Fox has been described as "a very private person," and has a relatively restrained presence on social media.[69] He only does interviews occasionally.[3][69][70] The Annoying Dog character in Undertale (pictured) is Fox's self-insert that he uses as an author surrogate. In filmed interviews, he uses a Annoying Dog puppet to hide his face.[71] Fox has lived in Boston, Massachusetts for a majority of his life.[72] He has chronic wrist and hand pain that regularly disables him from programming and composing, and often relies on speech-to-text software as his computer input method. In September 2020, Fox cited a flare-up of this pain as a factor in the delayed development of Deltarune.[73][74] Fox can speak Japanese and has a pet cat called Kikky.[69][‡ 4]

Works

Video games

Year Title Director Composer Writer Platforms Ref.
2006 Arn's Winter Quest Yes No Yes Super Nintendo (ROM hack) [‡ 5]
2008 EarthBound Halloween Hack Yes Yes Yes Super Nintendo (ROM hack) [75]
2015 Undertale Yes Yes Yes Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One [2]
2016 Rose of Winter No Yes No Windows [76]
2017 Hiveswap: Act 1 No Yes No Windows, macOS, Linux [77]
2018 Deltarune Chapter 1 Yes Yes Yes Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 [78]
2019 Escaped Chasm No Yes No Windows [79]
Little Town Hero No Yes No Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One [80]
2020 Dweller's Empty Path No Yes No Windows [81]
Hiveswap: Act 2 No Yes No Windows, macOS, Linux [‡ 6]
2021 Deltarune Chapter 2 Yes Yes Yes Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 [82]
2022 Pokémon Scarlet and Violet No Yes No Nintendo Switch [83]
2025 Deltarune Chapters 3+4 Yes Yes Yes Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 [84]
Off (remaster) No Yes No Windows, Nintendo Switch [85]
2026 Deltarune Chapter 5 Yes Yes Yes Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 [86]

Future games

Year Title Director Composer Writer Platforms Ref.
2026
 Hiveswap: Act 3 No Yes No Windows [87]
2027
 Deltarune Chapter 6 Yes Yes Yes Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 [88]
TBA
 Deltarune Chapter 7 Yes Yes Yes Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2

Guest composer only

Other credits

Year Media type Media title Role Notes Ref.
2009–2016 Webcomic Homestuck Composer [97]
2010 Album The Baby is You Writer, composer, vocalist Album made for Homestuck [97]
2012 Album I Miss You - EarthBound 2012 Composer [‡ 8]
2012 Website tane.us Guest arrangement Metronomy - Black Eye Burnt Thumb (Toby "Radiation" Fox CHIP MIX) [‡ 9]
2018 Album Pray Guest composer, lyricist and vocalist [98]
Video game Black Bird Game testing [99]
2020 Comic Hobonichi Mother Project "Pollyanna" comic Contributor [100]
Music video Chip Tanaka/Hammerhead Shark Song Director/animator (music video) [101]
2021 Video game Get in the Car, Loser! Credited for providing guest items and stories [102]
Song "Myths You Forgot" Featured artist In collaboration with Camellia [103]
2022 Song "Skies Forever Blue" Composer, writer In collaboration with Itoki Hana [104]
Commercial Pocari Sweat Composer In collaboration with PUNPEE and imase [105]
2023 Song "The Greatest Living Show" Composer, writer In collaboration with Itoki Hana [106]
Song "Prelude" Composer In collaboration with bo en [‡ 10]
Animated television series We Baby Bears Voice actor (2 episodes) [56]
Downloadable content Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Composer Remix of Ed Sheeran's "Celestial" [54]
2024 Song "Fallen Wing" Composer As a guest composer for Hololive VTuber Amane Kanata's Unknown DIVA album, with Camellia [107]
Song "Dead Ma'am's Chest" Composer In collaboration with Hololive VTuber Houshou Marine and Camellia [108]
2025 Web series Homestuck: The Animated Pilot Composer, Executive Producer, voice actor (John Egbert) Credited as Toby "Radiation" Fox [109]
2026 Web series Gameoverse Special thanks [‡ 11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Attributed to multiple references:[19][20][21][22]
  2. ↑ GamesRadar+ incorrectly states $322,805.68, the amount raised by the Spamton Sweepstakes.[65]

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