Key points
- Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 has committed to a January 2025 release window.
- The new episode will initially be available only via Steam.
- Chapter 4 promises to be the darkest Poppy Playtime episode to date.
Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 will arrive in January 2025, Mob Entertainment announced. The St. Louis, Missouri-based developer also shared some new details about the game's next installment, which will initially be offered exclusively to Steam users.
Poppy recreation is a survival horror game built around the exploration of pediophobia, the fear of dolls and other humanoid inanimate objects. Its inaugural episode debuted in October 2021 and was followed by Chapter 2 AND Chapter 3originally released in May 2022 and January 2024 respectively.
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Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 Coming January 2025
Mob Entertainment plans to follow up that episode with Poppy Playtime Chapter 4which he just announced will hit the market in January 2025, as well as sharing its first teaser trailer. The developer says fans can expect the darkest and most disturbing chapter to date, promising to introduce many terrifying characters and expand further. Poppy recreationit's tradition. To this end, Chapter 4 players will be able to learn more about Playtime Co. and explore new levels that will aim to continue experimenting with a variety of gameplay mechanics intended to create new horror scenarios that make them feel helpless.
Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 will introduce a new villain
Although the blue toothy Huggy Wuggy doll has been synonymous with the horror game of 2021 since day one, Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 will also introduce a new villain. Mob Entertainment CEO Zach Belanger previously told Game Rant that this antagonist should take advantage of “every unique advantage of being a Poppy recreation toy monster” and will terrorize players with every aspect of his being. Belanger also promised that the next installment will set a new standard for the level of quality and optimization that Mob Entertainment delivers on day one.
Based on what the developer has teased to date, it would seem so Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 will once again allow players to explore Playtime Co., a creepy toy factory that is at the center of the game's disturbing plot. In terms of content, fans can expect a slightly shorter experience than Chapter 3which took on average around six hours to complete and was thus the game's longest episode to date.
Steam users will be able to wishlist Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 later today, September 30th. As was the case with the first three episodes, this upcoming one will initially launch only via Valve's store. But seen as the previous one Poppy recreation the episodes have also been ported to Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and mobile devices, presumably it's only a matter of time before Chapter 4 makes its way to even more platforms.