Sometimes You Die in IOS

Adventure

Walkthrough, Guilds, Tips on this special game

The Game

USD 1.99

Version 1.32Thu May 17 2018

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

+ iPhone X


In a game, you die.

And imply that it has no effect on you.

You feel invincible in the realm behind the screen.

This one is different.

In this game, you have to die.

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What is your motivation?

What do you expect from this game?

Do you want to beat it?

How do you know it can be beaten?

This game plays with expectation, illusion, and reality.

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Think before you act.

Who knows what it means to die behind the screen?

Is it only a number that goes up?

Pixels that change their intensity?

Solve disturbing, surprising, and malicious puzzles.

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Is it possible to go through the game

without dying even once?

Will you aim for it?

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Some think the game is easy.

I think,

those haven't discovered the hidden levels yet.

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slidetoplay.com > "interactive art"

appspy.com > "manipulates expectations"

148apps.com > "borderline brilliant"

ilounge.com > "messes with the players' heads"

toucharcade.com > "incredibly unique"

tabtimes.com > "extremely clever"

cultofmac.com > "must play"

pocketgamer.co.uk > "deliciously unputdownable"

tuaw.com > "play it, and love it"

80+ levels.

Hidden content.

Wow factor.

Epilepsy warning: One level includes fast flashing lights.


Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Ratings & Reviews

4.3 out of 5 with 155 Counts
Age Rating 13+

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Sometimes You Die is a thoughtfully designed mobile game that blends accessible mechanics with steadily increasing challenge. Players place and manipulate objects to influence in-game elements, solve levels, and progress through curated stages. The experience favors experimentation and polish, with simple controls and satisfying feedback.

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News on this game

Philipp Stollenmayer is the greatest indie game auteur you've never heard of

Philipp Stollenmayer makes games about bacon, death, cows, physics, pancakes, words and...games themselves. He's one of the finest minds...

Eurogamer.net Sun Feb 02 2025

'See/Saw' is the Clever New Platformer from the Maker of 'Sometimes You Die' and 'Bacon – The Game' – TouchArcade

Philipp Stollenmayer has become one of my favorite mobile game developers, and his most recent release Bacon - The Game has pretty much...

TouchArcade Sun Feb 02 2020

Sometimes You Die Is The Latest 'Brilliant, Minimalist Platformer You Must Play' [Review]

What are you doing? Sometimes You Die by Philipp Stollenmayer Category: iOS Games Works With: iPhone, iPad Price: $1.99You would tell...

Cult of Mac Sun Aug 02 2015

Sometimes You Die Will Make You Rethink Your Expectations And Reality

Sometimes You Die ($1.99) by Philipp Stollenmayer is a platformer game where you need to die to beat the game. Yes, that's right — dying is...

AppAdvice Wed Sep 02 2015

The best bacon-tossing game you'll play this year gets a sizzling update

To put it mildly, 2020 hasn't been the best year on record. It's been a year that, at various times, makes you mad enough to throw things...

Cult of Mac Wed Mar 02 2022

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