Kingdom Hearts IV Locks In Late 2027, With Coco and a Playable Donald and Goofy
Four years after its reveal, Square Enix's Disney crossover finally has a release window, a Pixar world and a Switch 2 version. Here is everything confirmed so far.
In the early 2000s, the story goes, a Square producer and a Disney executive happened to share an elevator in Tokyo, and a conversation there helped start one of the strangest and most loved crossovers in games. Mickey Mouse and Final Fantasy characters in one role-playing game? It worked, and twenty-four years later, the fourth main chapter is finally coming into focus.
Kingdom Hearts IV is due in late 2027, worldwide, on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2. Square Enix confirmed the window at Disney's D23 event in August 2026, where it also revealed a new world based on Pixar's Coco and confirmed that Donald and Goofy are playable.
What D23 revealed
The August presentation was the most detailed look yet:
- A Coco world, based on Pixar's 2017 film about the Mexican Day of the Dead.
- Playable Donald and Goofy, Sora's long-time companions, who have mostly been AI partners until now.
- Mickey's puzzle sections, set inside a book.
- An extended trailer, and a reaffirmed late 2027 window.
Pixar worlds are not new to the series: Kingdom Hearts III included worlds based on Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. But Coco is a striking choice for a game whose story revolves around hearts, memory and loss. A film about remembering the dead fits Kingdom Hearts' themes almost perfectly.
At the same time, Square Enix said the Japanese voice recording was finished and the English voice work was about 70% complete, a useful sign of how far along production is.
Quadratum: Sora in a real-looking city
Kingdom Hearts IV was announced in April 2022, at the series' 20th anniversary event. The reveal trailer introduced Quadratum, a realistic city inspired by Tokyo, including fictionalised versions of Shibuya and Minami-Aoyama. It serves as the game's hub, and its realistic style is a sharp contrast with the cartoon Disney worlds the series is known for.
The team behind it:
- Directors: Tetsuya Nomura, the series creator, and co-director Tai Yasue.
- Developer: Square Enix Creative Studio 1, based in Osaka.
- Music: Yoko Shimomura returns.
- Engine: the 2022 trailer used Unreal Engine 4, but the final game is built in Unreal Engine 5.
A long road
Fans have waited a long time. Kingdom Hearts III came out in January 2019, and the series spent years on remasters, spin-offs and a mobile game. That mobile project, Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, was cancelled in May 2025, when Square Enix also shared new screenshots of IV. In September 2025, Nomura said development was "going according to schedule". New footage followed in a Nintendo Direct in June 2026, before the full D23 showing.
What's next
With voice work nearly done and a window locked in, the next step is a firm release date, likely announced at a major show in 2027. A Steam page is already live, so PC players can wishlist it today. One open question is timing across platforms: Square Enix has given a single worldwide window, but has not said whether every version, including Switch 2, will launch on the same day.
If you want to catch up before then, the Kingdom Hearts collections on current consoles and PC cover the whole story so far. Fair warning: it is famously complicated, and that is half the fun.