Devil Die

The pitch

Devil Die looks like a simple, cute 2D platformer until the floor suddenly disappears, spikes pop out of nowhere, and the “safe” door turns into a trap. You play as a tiny pixel hero trying to reach the exit door in each stage. The controls are super easy, but the levels are full of hidden tricks: falling platforms, surprise buzzsaws, moving walls, reversed controls, fake safe zones, and more. The game starts simple and then slowly turns into a rage-game where every step can be a trap.

Controls & how it runs

Mobile Controls : Left arrow – Move left Right arrow – Move right Jump button – Jump over gaps and traps PC / Laptop Controls: A key → Move left D key → Move right Space bar → Jump Reach the exit door in every level. Avoid all spikes, pits, saws and hidden traps. If you touch a trap, you die and restart the level.

Getting a run going takes exactly one press: Press start, up top, and the game boots inside this page — nothing downloads in the background and no form wants your details before the first jump. The cabinet is drawn for a landscape (wide) screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. This cabinet runs wide: landscape screens flatter it, so tip a phone on its side or hand it a tablet or desktop and let it stretch out. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Pro tips for platform cabinets

• Jump from the very edge. Platform cabinets measure your takeoff in pixels, and the last two pixels of a ledge are the difference between a clear gap and a short fall.
• Learn the landing, not the jump. Air control differs per cabinet, but the habit transfers: plan where you'll land before you ever leave the ground.
• Checkpoints change the maths. Once one is banked, spend the next stretch experimenting — bold attempts are free when the reset point is ten seconds behind you.

Devil Die — quick-fire questions

Does Devil Die cost anything to play?

Not a token. The cabinet is free from the first run to the five-hundredth — no wallet, no sign-up, no toll booth hiding three levels in. The adverts around the page are what keep the floor's lights on.

What sort of game is Devil Die?

It stands on our Platform row — that's the family it plays most like. The pitch above is the publisher's own rundown of what it throws at you and what it hands back.

Can I play Devil Die on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. This cabinet runs wide: landscape screens flatter it, so tip a phone on its side or hand it a tablet or desktop and let it stretch out.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Devil Die is an HTML5 game: hit the start button and it boots on this page, and shutting the tab sweeps the cabinet clean behind you.

Before you wander off

Personal best banked, or still chasing it? Either way the full Platform row is powered on and waiting — Seventy-seven platforms-and-peril cabinets: gaps, spikes, moving floors and the eternal question of whether that ledge is reachable. (It is. Barely.)