Story

You fell.

Not a small fall, or a little trip.

This is a plunging fall. It is a heels-over-head fall. It is an over-a-minute-has-passed-and-you're-still-falling fall.

You are hurtling into darkness so thick you cannot even see your fingers in front of your own eyes. The air tingles with a strange energy that envelops you entirely as you fall, providing you with the sensation of tumbling through mist. 

You fall and fall and fall. 


You survive your fall.

You are injured. . . bleeding. . . dying. . . but alive.

You have fallen into a dark underground that is as silent and lifeless as a grave. There is only you, your heartbeat, and your shadow. With your current state, you're in no shape to even attempt to climb back out. You must push forward and hope to find another way up.


What you find is nothing like you expected.













Disclaimer: Undertale belongs to Toby Fox. DustTale was created by Ask-DustTale on Tumblr. All music credits are in the game under the disclaimer.

Author's Note:   This is not meant to be an easy game. There are no saves, nor back arrows. You can only RESET. 

There are three available HAPPY ENDINGS (two for friendship, one for romance). One NEUTRAL ending, and the rest are BAD ENDINGS. 

Playthrough: 

Playthrough by ★TwinklePhoenix★ on Youtube  - For those who want to listen & react alongside someone! This is a lovely first time play through. 

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(150 total ratings)
AuthorDarkpetal16
GenreInteractive Fiction
TagsCreepy, Dark, dusttale, Horror, Singleplayer, tragedy, Twine, Undertale

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I FINALLY BEAT IT!! YESSSSSSSS!! I got true pacifist friendship ending >:3

what was used to develop this? PLS HELP ME

maaan this made me sob 

you have a talent for writing angsty/bittersweet things

How to get romance ending?? QWQ I've been trying for so many tries, double check every responds in every cycles to definitely get the romance ending, but it ain't happening QAQ 

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Never mind! I got it after another five trials! :D The ending is cute, satisfying, and fulfilling with the bonus parts after~ I super duper love all the endings <3

Can you help a friend in need, I want the romance ending, I'm so tired I wanna cry!!!

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I'm more than happy to help! I'm sorry it took me almost 2 weeks to see your message.
Though, will you still need help?

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oh, thank goodness you replied, I got through it but thank you for teaching out appreciate it dearly! 

I need help I keep dying at the start I wanna reach the end!!!

Please

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Be positive and empathetic. If you ever choose any depressing responds like 'dying is just the way of life' you'd get insta kill next

Literally made me cry like twice oml.. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW GOOD IT IS<3 😭

KYAAA I LIKE THE STORY (FOR SIMP) IT'S REALLY CHALLENGES BUT I LIKE IT!

me: hey dust where's my mom???

dust: *just smiles*

me: WHERE'S MY MOM DUST?!

eu amo a minha vida😭❤️‍🩹

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Help I'm stuck at the start screen and Idk what to do!

Same

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I QUITE LITERALLY SOBBED WHEN I GOT THE TRUE PACIFIST ROMANCE SANS ENDING IT WAS SO WELL WRITTEN VGHCFCHJBKHG

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How to get past the blue bone past the ruins door?

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this made me cry so much! this game is so amazing, like seriously, please keep up the amazing work that you do!

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It's so amazing it literally made me tear up :')) 

100% would recomment to any Undertale/underverse fan, or just for simple sans fans(simps like me). Beautiful story and unteractions, i got the friend ending a few times before i used the walk through to get 2 answers :') 

But its a very enjoyable and challenging game, though i played it on my phone and everytime i left my phone for a few mins i had to literally run back to it so the game doesnt make me re-do the whole game. I like the challange but without. Saves i couldnt really go away from the game and i had to be super precize. Its okay though. I like the chase;) 

Thank you so much for this amazing game, and your other games as well. You're the best! Please never stop what you're doing❤️

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Im stuck help TT-TT

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got surprised when reading there were no saves. it just added more of challenge as stated in the note itself. my first time in the game itself felt exciting, but when getting to moving from the beginning spot...I downright got creeped by the sounds that echoed into my ears. to which it really plays with giving an eerie vibe at the very start. also the fact the text takes time to pop up slowly adds to having a cold lil crawl up the spine not knowing what comes next [until of course having to reset then it becomes sorta normal but the sounds still spook me right on out]

besides the the spooky sounds, when sleeping came upon the player, the shift in the sounds playing was addicting in a sense. I lingered longer on them as the music was so soothing. it was one thing I enjoyed with each reset. 

the story itself, each and every interaction...honestly just everything is breathtaking and really held my attention and I felt so much sorrow later on into the game when getting to the hotlands. I felt the character's depressed state, and it just brought me up when I found the shop.

after that going into the endings, I ended up getting the friendship which made me bit sad, and then got confused with the cycling and thought it was a reset and Sans would remember in the next go. I learned it the hard way until cracking and going to the walkthrough. and I liked the small lil bonus that is shown with the romance route [and also the interaction of the great power of the character holds over Sans during the romance route truly hilarious] 

Literally almost cried so many times-  The music really added to how much of a tragedy Dusttale really is.


This was beautiful to play 

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I tried to play it a while ago but my tablet kept crashing. now I played through it and enjoyed it :)

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i cant get past the beginning :,)

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nevermind, i did it!! got the sans friend ending def not tryna get the romance ending though..

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Same. I was hoping for the romance but…the Friendship Happy Ending is SO GOOD😭 I can’t send my homeboy back…not when he’s so happy now.

It was stunning, I got one of the happy endings! I will be playing more of these

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Just finished the game, and I love it so much <3
Your games are the best and I can't wait to play the rest ^^

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Bro I just finished one of the happy ending and that was beautiful, the whole story is beautiful, I almost cried multiple times while reading/playing this.

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dust needs a hug


and so do you petal make sure to hydrate and take care of yourself (not saying that you dont hdkdjdks)

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can someone please tell me how you get the other two endings??

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I know how to get the friendship ending I just don't know how to get the romance ending. 

this made me cry so hard, thank you for sharing your stories with us!! i love all of your games dark!!

I love your games so much. I play a couple of them in one sitting and they’re amazing. I think I’ve seen your username before, do you also happen to write stories as well.

just played this today, having never seen undertale before. thank you for introducing me to the franchise with your writing :)

I love my funny bone man so fcking much T-T

Not many games/books make me cry, but THIS? Holy smokes I was literally sobbing. It's so sad, yet heartwarming at the same time. I love it.

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I love this game sooo much I didnt stop playing till I got a good ending, and I cried so much, like you shouldve seen me, and I never cry with games, this was the most heart moving game I've played in a long while

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After completing this game.. I feel so good. My heart is filled with warmth, as if little Grilby lives in it. Everything is spelled out very well. You are a very talented writer. I love your work. 

Although I am Russian and I am not fluent in English .. But I still liked it. I was surprisingly not too lazy to run the text through the translator, although I was too lazy to make unnecessary movements. Thank you for your work and for your work. We look forward to your next works and the continuation of Mafiafell. We love you. 

I had YT playing in the background, and right as I began to place the flowers on the ashes, COLOR ME BLUE - AKANE started playing. Jeez the way it perfectly complimented the cold sounds of the cave and what was happening in the story 

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NAILED IT SANS FRIENDSHIP ONLY DIED ONCE

Cool XD

I‘m on the friendship route too!What was your favorite part of the game; mine was when we got to reset and start a new journey! 😁

yeah i loved that bit to it was nice to get a happy ending

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yeah i loved that bit to it was nice to get a happy ending


replied twice for some reason??

I can't even get out of toriel's house man 😭

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THIS IS SO SAD OMG!!! I got the romatic ending with sans and just gosh.. wordless. Im obssesed with your IF- series and this just made me dive deepter<3. You're such a great game maker!!!! Thank you for making my old hyperfixation come back alive with a new passion!!

Thank you so much for playing!! I'm so happy you enjoyed the game. I hope the bonuses cheered you up. :)

Hello, i would like to ask how you got the romance route if that is okay with you?

OH YEAH OFC!! Uhm what I did was be a soft heart (cry Everytime u get) mourn the dead with the flowers, uhh theres a part where you ask him about him mumbling in his sleep sorry havent played in so long but I don’t think u ask him about it! ALSO LEAN INTO HIS TOUCH WHEN HE TOUCHES UR FACE AND DONT OPEN YOUR EYES!! I kinda just messed around and did what I would do if it was me ig, GOODLUCK!! Oh yeah make sure to visit everywhere!!

Alright thank you, i appreciate the help, though i do not remember being able to ask him about him mumbling, do you mean about him watching you in your sleep?

YES! That sorry!

It's no problem, have a nice day/night ^^

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I'm actually sobbing right now and all I did was give everyone flowers and stumble through the barrier-

Amazing storytelling skills, and none of the scenes were too much for me to read. I love all the options and freedom you get, and the tips are gonna be very helpful because I know I'm replaying this to get a good ending.

I also don't cry at much too, but this got me man-

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Thank you so much for playing my game! I hope the ending cheered you up a bit. :)

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Ragh it was really cute :'D

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