Haunted Hotel is checking guests back into the Undervale. Netflix has renewed the adult animated comedy for Season 3, with its next run planned for 2027. Creator Matt Roller has said the season’s scripts are already written and that the creative team is aiming for 10 episodes.

The renewal arrives shortly after Season 2 premiered and reached the Global English TV Top 10. Its first season, released in September 2025, has accumulated more than 15 million views. Those are two distinct indicators of momentum: a Top 10 placement reflects a period of weekly viewing performance, while the 15-million figure describes the first season’s larger accumulated audience since release.

For viewers, the practical takeaway is unusually concrete for an early renewal: the show is not merely at a vague development stage. Written scripts provide a foundation for the remaining animation and production work, though the 10-episode count remains an aim rather than a confirmed final order.

A return to the Undervale’s supernatural family business

Haunted Hotel centers on a single mother operating the Undervale, described as the world’s most haunted hotel. The premise combines the pressures of raising two children with the logistical nightmare of accommodating supernatural visitors. Her support network is hardly conventional: it includes her ghost brother, a demon trapped in a young boy’s body, and an expanding group of otherworldly companions.

That setup gives the series two lanes to work in at once. The hotel is a natural episodic engine, since new guests and strange entities can introduce fresh problems. The family at its center supplies a continuing emotional framework. In simple terms, an episodic engine is the repeatable story device that can generate an individual installment’s plot; the ongoing family situation is the material that can carry character relationships from season to season.

Roller framed Season 3 as the biggest, funniest, scariest, saddest and most “Abaddoniest” set of stories the series has attempted. “Abaddoniest” is his own playful description, apparently drawing on the show’s demon character rather than identifying a formal genre or production term. The wording nevertheless signals that the third season intends to lean into the series’ particular supernatural comic identity rather than simply repeat its premise at the same scale.

“Season 3 is full of the biggest, funniest, scariest, saddest and ‘Abaddoniest’ stories we’ve ever told.” — Matt Roller

What is confirmed for Season 3

  • Renewal: Netflix has renewed Haunted Hotel for a third season.
  • Target return: The season is set for 2027.
  • Scripts: Roller has said the scripts have been written.
  • Episode target: The creators are aiming for 10 episodes.
  • Returning voice cast: Will Forte, Eliza Coupe, Skyler Gisondo, Natalie Palamides and Jimmi Simpson are set to return.

The distinction between “set for” and “aiming for” matters. The supplied information identifies 2027 as the intended return year and names the returning performers, while describing 10 episodes as the team’s goal. No individual episode titles, plot specifics, release date, or release format have been detailed here.

The creative team behind the animated comedy

Roller, a writer on Rick & Morty, created the series and serves as an executive producer alongside Chris McKenna, Steve Levy and Dan Harmon. Harmon also worked on Rick & Morty, as did Haunted Hotel supervising director Erica Hayes.

Executive producer is a broad senior production credit. In this case, the confirmed fact is that Roller, McKenna, Levy and Harmon hold it; the credit alone does not define each person’s exact day-to-day duties. Likewise, a supervising director is a senior animation-direction role, but no further breakdown of Hayes’ responsibilities has been provided.

Titmouse is the animation studio on the project. Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina are also executive producers. A studio’s involvement is particularly important in animated television because animation requires a long pipeline: scripts must move through design, story work, voice recording, animation, editorial work and finishing. The already-written Season 3 scripts are therefore meaningful production groundwork, but they should not be mistaken for a completed season.

Why the early script status is notable

Animation commonly involves a long lead time because episodes are built rather than captured in a single live-action shoot. A finished script establishes dialogue, story structure and scene requirements, but it is only one portion of the work. It also gives the production a clearer basis for coordinating voice performances and animation tasks.

That does not reveal a release date beyond 2027, nor does it guarantee the final episode total. It does, however, explain why the renewal news comes with more useful specifics than a bare confirmation. The series has a stated destination, a returning core cast and scripts in place.

The show’s creative DNA also clarifies its positioning. An adult animated comedy is animation designed around mature comedic sensibilities, not a label that automatically describes its exact content. Here, the mixture is specifically supernatural horror imagery, family-management tension and absurd hotel operations. Its comedy can draw from the mismatch between ordinary responsibilities and an extraordinary workplace full of ghosts, demons and spectral complications.

What the audience numbers do—and do not—say

Season 2’s appearance on the Global English TV Top 10 is an immediate sign that the new season found visibility after debuting. Season 1’s more than 15 million views since September 2025 points to a broader audience base over time. Taken together, the figures provide context for why the Undervale is remaining open for business.

They do not, by themselves, establish the precise number of viewers who completed the show, how many watched both seasons, or how viewing was distributed across territories. The available information supports two straightforward conclusions: Season 1 has surpassed 15 million views, and Season 2 entered the Global English TV Top 10 after its premiere.

For more television-industry coverage beyond the Undervale’s ghostly front desk, see Mary J. Blige joining the drama Good People as an executive producer.

What to expect next

The clearest expectation is a 2027 reunion with the hotel’s central family and its paranormal residents. Forte, Coupe, Gisondo, Palamides and Simpson are among the returning voice cast, while Roller’s comments point toward a season intended to expand the show’s comedy, scares and emotional stakes.

Until further details emerge, viewers should treat the reported 10 episodes as a production objective, not a finalized public episode list. There is also no confirmed information here on individual storylines, new cast members, a trailer, or a specific 2027 premiere window. What is solid is the renewal itself: the Undervale has another season booked, and its scripts are already ready for the next stage of production.