Last updated on December 8th, 2025 at 03:22 pm
DERE EVIL EXE – Action Game Review
DERE EVIL EXE is a Action/Adventure game from Darius Immanuel Guerrero, first launched in 4th July 2018.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 4,273+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes DERE EVIL EXE Stand Out
DERE EVIL EXE is both a terrifying thriller with a gripping story and an unorthodox retro platformer with unique puzzles and obstacles.
In DERE EVIL EXE, you step into the tiny shoes of a silent hero named 'Knightly'. Knightly must jump, run, and manipulate environments in order to survive the heart-racing journey through a stunning pixel art world.
Within surreal structures lurk dangerous creatures known as 'corruptions'. They take the form of their creator's greatest fears. Their creepy creator, sporting a cunning visage of cheerfulness, hides in plain sight as she watches her prey fall deeper into her traps. Will Knightly be able to escape these pixelated nightmares?
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“Take the challenge, and wade in, DERE EVIL EXE is unquestionably worth your time… 5/5” – Touch Arcade
“An indie title that shifts from retro platformer to meta-horror, it pokes fun at and toys with its influences along the way.” – Rock Paper Shotgun
“DERE EVIL EXE is yet another great game from AppSir we really enjoyed… 95/100” – Edamame Reviews
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EERIE AND EXCEPTIONAL
Finalist in the 15th annual International Mobile Gaming Awards and nominated for Best Storytelling in the 2019 Mobile Games Awards.
A GAME LOST IN TIME
Modern 2d side-scrolling horror game with levels inspired by the simplicity and aesthetics of 16-bit arcade classics of the 80s and 90s.
MELODIC MADNESS
The game plays either catchy retro chiptune music or ominous orchestral music, depending on the situation.
IMMERSIVE TALE OF HORROR
A completely new meta story that bends the creepypasta genre in ways unseen in the video game world.
A STANDALONE SEQUEL
Users do not need to play the prequel game to enjoy the story.
NOT SO EVIL STICKER PACK
Liven up your conversations with iMessage stickers featuring cute and quirky characters of DERE EVIL EXE!
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This game contains one optional in-app purchase to permanently disable ads. We recommend that users purchase this feature for a truly immersive experience.
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, DERE EVIL EXE is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 18th November 2024
Recent improvements include:
- Enhanced Immersion: Every collision with a monster, spike, or fall to your doom now sends a haunting vibration through haptic feedback.
- Performance Adjustments: Some anomalies have been contained… for now. A smoother experience awaits, though the presence lurking within has grown more restless.
Download & Availability
DERE EVIL EXE is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get DERE EVIL EXE on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We love the game its got a great storyline and it takes longer then expected Im currently on level 3 and theres warning at the start that this game is rage inducing which we honestly found funny 10/10 would recommend to rage bait people.
This gane kinda scared us at first and it was a bit hard but it was fun and when you get used to the character and the movement mechanics it get easier this is one of our favorite games ever we would play it again the only bad thing are the adds but you only have to turn ur wifi off and tats it and we gave it 5 stars because pf the end and start bc the start is easy but then is hard and good and we really want another game like this one.
This is a masterpiece, much love to creators of it.
Good job. Words cant describe how much we love this game.
We were gonna write a bad review because of the button layouts but we kinda gotten used to it. The game is pretty rad.
We wanted to get a game but none of them were good so we ended up deleting them. We thought this game was gonna be like the others so we had low expectations. This game turned out grate with more lore than Naruto, jujitsu kizen, and every anime and show combined. The story made sense and hope to see more games by the creators.
What kind of idiot would put ads in a game that you constantly die in.
Game is good but they have added too many ads. They are thereafter death about half the time, which occurs pretty often but they don't interrupt gameplay. The problem is when you get to the actual horror moments of the hame. Like in level 3, there is this whole atmosphere building up and creating tension and then you hit a jump a little early and you get some ad with pop music that completely takes you out of immersion. Honestly would prefer ads that came more often if they were removed from these sections. It just completely ruins the atmosphere and experienxe.
level 1, the part with the weird plank covering the exit after u push a box..? Yeah, not possible. Literally tried for 30 mins to try and get through it but no matter what u cant even get to the scary part of the game. Spooky pixel hero is peak and dere exe is ok but this is literally unplayable.
Its a fun and thought provoking game. We love it.
Simply one of the best games you can download on the appstore.
Very great and amazing and fun but for some reason we kept getting bombarded with one peace adds thought.
It was very entertaining and got us raging in a few parts of the game but it was good and we would recommend playing it.
Cant wait to play another part.
The ending was magnificent, it was a hard game, and we like that we hated the ads tho, was it a mechanic.
After playing DERE Vengeance, the news game from this studio, we felt empty and wanted more. So here we are, replaying the game that got us hooked into this phone game studio. DERE Evil EXE is a short and sweet game with challenges that will annoy you. We remembered this game to be hard as nails and it had a meta flavor to it. Pretty happy now. Satisfied.
We love this .exe game, although it was difficult at times, the end result was worth the journey.
We did enjoy this game thank you so much. Im waiting for the next game.
We were about 15 minutes in when the jump button just quit working on us. Please fix this, Id really like to play this game but we have to keep restarting and Im only on level 1.
We loved this game, and got the hang of the controls after our second try at the whole game (spoilers ahead) the fact that the ending is reminding us how everything after lvl 2 was a bonus was hilarious in our opinion. Great scares, beautiful pixels, cute character designs :].
The only Downside is how the ads get to ruin the tense moments to be honest, but in general the game is amazing, the style, difficulty and story are simply perfect.
Im just gonna keep it simple. This game is very beautiful. The graphics are really nice and its got a nice story. While, it is decently difficult. The biggest issues we ran into her how close the controls are, so frequently youll miss a platform because you went in the wrong direction.
Ive been playing this game for 6 days, Ive gotten all the endings, but Ive played this when we were 6 years old. It was terrifying for us, and we couldnt beat level 3, but now we have, and we can say Im excited for the next game, if there is going to be one.
The game has a great story a hard but honestly fun mechanics amazing levels and characters it had us wondering who was evil but we still dont know who is but we love it.
But give us a.we.d.e (we think thats how u spell it?) back :,(.
This game is amazing with a platformer and horror story, and for the players who wants a challenge.
Aides voice was like super duper hot and made us get a boner, Yanna was mid though.
This game was hard and we raged quit but Im happy we finished it in the end because the story was soooo good.
We had heard a lot about this, and yet we cant relay what Ive heard. The gameplay is rage game esque and the story (the one thing keeping us from quitting) ended up being quite lackluster. We liked it, but we just cant reccomend it.
We wont lie the game was frustrating at times and made us want to quit multiple times however we preserved though and it was 100% worth it. The game was insanely fun even if it lasted just a couple hours. The ending was a bit of shock too so we greatly recommend you to play this game out but beware as there are a couple jump scares.
So Ive never written a review but we just had to for this game! It was amazing!! We lived all of it, it was quite hard but we got through it and we beat the game! We 100% recommend this! We just loved it so much.
The game is good. Its a decently challenging platform with a nice psychological horror aspect (thats not overdone), especially for a short game(depending on your platforming skill). 8 out of 10 we recommend.
We didnt play the game that came before but you dont need to. The lore lets you piece enough together to understand its past and at the same time builds a beautiful yet slightly tragic current narrative. In regards to the platformer style of play, it takes some careful planning on some levels. Our advice? Think 3 moves ahead and youll finish the game.
Not just an average platformer. The horror, story, 4th wall breaking, mindbending.
This game was so awesome it got us a little with the jump scares.
This game is completely stunning, the story is the best part of it not to mention the amazing mechanics, very difficult yet super fun.
We really love platform games and this one was pretty challenging, in the best way! We love the subtle hints in the game about the story and the ending was heartwarming. We enjoyed playing this game again. Thank you so much devs.
This is a fun game to play we are probably going to play it again just to see if there are things we missed. It is very good at the creepy and jumpscare parts. Gameplay is great too.
Very challenging but very good and happy to see a good ending after all that rage, great game 5 stars we loved it.
It was great and they also took advantage of the fact there's adds too add to the game in a fun way. Plus he gameplay is fun can't wait for the next one.
The only complaint we have the game is short but the game is so good it makes up for it.
Amazing documentary that successfully captures the almost forgotten events of The Great Deletion.
When we first downloaded this game we thought oh it looks easy but when we played it we realized it was WAY HARDER THEN we THOUGHT but we finished the game it is scary but cool and so much fun at the same time we would definitely recommend to play this game if you like VERY HARD GAMES.
PLAY IT! This game is so unique and has a great art style. Just download and see for yourself.
That jumpscare was very creative and really got us. Great job with whoever came up with that.
This game made us hate our soul even more and that is why it is great.
We have played both the first and second game multiple times. The game is enjoyable, the instructions were made to be out of the norm, there is satire, and the story made us happy. The game is immersive and really draws you in as not playing a character, but actually being the player and a character yourself rather than just watching somethings happen in third-view. We must say it has been our favorite game for many years.
Love it, you should go play it, it is a short game so once your done then go play something else.
A little YouTuber called YuB let us to get this app and honestly we love that Ive been stuck on one level for so long we love how it like deceives you into thinking certain things and to be honest one of our favorite games of all time. Thank you devs.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 4.9
- Size: 132.73 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Horror/Fear Themes, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Darius Immanuel Guerrero
Last updated: 18th November 2024 | Genre: Action, Adventure | Developer: Darius Immanuel Guerrero