'Kingdom Hearts 4' Sets Official Release Window

Image via Square Enix Published Aug 14, 2026, 11:21 PM EDT Hannah has been writing about horror, sci-fi, and all things nerdy since 2021. At Collider, she covers news and conducts interviews, along with contributing features that dive deep into genre storytelling and why it works. If there’s something lurking in the shadows, she’s probably already writing about it if she's not too busy watching a tape from her VHS collection. Sign in to your Collider account It has already been a very long wait for Kingdom Hearts 4. Square Enix officially announced the next mainline installment in 2022 as part of the franchise's 20th anniversary celebration, offering our first glimpse at an older Sora and the mysterious world of Quadratum. Updates have been considerably harder to come by in the years since. That drought has made every new glimpse at Kingdom Hearts 4 a major event for fans, especially with so many questions still surrounding Sora's next adventure. The series has always built much of its identity around sending Sora, Donald, and Goofy into worlds inspired by Disney movies, and plenty of potential additions have emerged since Kingdom Hearts 3 arrived in 2019. Of course, the biggest question has simply been when players will actually get their hands on the game. Square Enix had yet to provide a release window for Kingdom Hearts 4, leaving its arrival one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the long-awaited sequel. We finally have an answer, alongside our first look at another Disney world joining Sora's next adventure. ‘Kingdom Hearts 4’ Is Heading to the Land of the Dead in 2027 This is a developing story. Please refresh your page for updates from Collider. Release Date October 27, 2017 Runtime 105 minutes Director Adrian Molina, Lee Unkrich Writers Lee Unkrich, Jason Katz, Matthew Aldrich