Last updated on January 3rd, 2026 at 10:26 pm
Dumb Ways to Die – Action Game Review
Dumb Ways to Die is a Action/Education game from Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd, first launched in 7th May 2013.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 25,308+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Dumb Ways to Die Stand Out
You've seen the video – now the lives of those charmingly dumb characters are in your hands.
Enjoy 82 hilarious mini-games as you attempt to collect all the charmingly dumb characters for your train station, achieve high scores and unlock the famous music video that started it all.
Download the FREE game now to enjoy the new fun and remember, be safe around trains. A message from Metro.
GAMEPLAY
- Why is his hair on fire? Who cares, just RUN!
- Quickly wipe your screen free of puke
- Balance that wobbling glue eater
- Flick the piranhas out of range of those precious private parts
- Swat wasps before it's too late
- Best not invite that psycho killer inside
- Carefully remove forks from toasters
- Help self-taught pilots
- Get back from the edge of the platform you fools
- Have patience at level crossings
- No crossing the tracks! Not even for balloons!
- And who knew rattlesnakes were so picky about mustard?
Plus loads more!
PLUS
- Perfect your dumb-death prevention skills to unlock the full set of characters for your train station
- Earn your own local copy of the original video
- Create your own Dumb Ways character from loads of facial features, accessories and more!
Watch the original Webby and Cannes award-winning video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Dumb Ways to Die is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 19th June 2024
Recent improvements include:
- Bug fixes
- Improved load time
- Minigame playlist improvements
- General app enhancements :)
Download & Availability
Dumb Ways to Die is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Dumb Ways to Die 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:
After we did the minigame where try to find out witch panda is behind the door, we got it wrong and after it happened the psycho bean kept flickering after we got it wrong.
We are now 10 years old and we remember being 5 years old when us and our cousin that was 3 or 4 at the time were playing together and we were waiting for his new baby sister to be born and we were playing on the game for a while but it so nostalgic.
We like this game and everything but the ads are just so annoying like $2 is so much to get rid of the ads and we have no money in our Apple wallet Im broke bro so make the no ads beginner pack free we just hate ads so much.
Every time we click play it crashes and takes us out the app.
Used to play this great game years ago, tried to pick it back up but there are ads every few minutes. Completely ruins the experience.
Theres too many ads, and they pop up in the middle of ur game too.
The violence in the game was to scary for our kid he is very stupid in video games we tried the gameplay and it was fun the music and the died bean.overall we are stupid so good game.
We like dumb ways to die because we win over and over characters we Just winned the out Of date medicine Guy and the Blue with money Guy and the grizzly one too and our skin looks like Calamity the brown girl that eats Glue. We CANT WAIT TO SEE HOW MANY CHARACTERS IM GOING TO WIN !!!! THANK you DUMB WAYS TO DIE.
We love this game. The music hits different and we honestly didnt know what to expect when we downloaded it. The gameplay can be surprisingly difficult at times, especially at times. Our friends call us an iPad kid when they see us play this, it we dont care. Our only issue with this is the ads. Theyre pretty annoying and sometimes mute the game. We just wish that the Remove Ads feature was $0.99 instead of $1.99. We think $0.99 is much more reasonable. But thats all we have to say. Sincerely, Goober.
Dumb ways to die, classic, it gets so hype sometimes we quit fortnitw and among us for this classic. Doodle jump classic never played it tho. GTA is a classic but Kanye zone.com is more classic then this since it gets to so much hype, 5 stars classic. Scary stranger Kanye zone .com is more classic than this tho sorry,.
We like, no, love this game. It literally just teaches you on dumb ways to die so you do not do the same. We play this on the bus a lot and its super enjoyable and funny great work.
Okay so the whole reason we did the red things was to get ur attention. So if you cant do blood or cartoon gore, plz dont download this. Im weirdly obsessed with cartoon gore dont ask why anyway so yea if you cant do that stuff make sure not to get this. We have this vivid memory of playing this game in a waiting room at the doctors office Bcz we were too young to stay home alone by ourselves (just so u know Im the youngest so ,y mom wouldnt let us stay home) anyway and we accidentally had our thing on full volume so one of the old people looked at us with this really judgmental look. Now every time we play this we think of that dinosaur show the waiting room tv had on THIS WAS RLLY OFF TOPIC SO IM SRY ML devs plz respond :3.
Fun and amazing! Super nostalgic :).
Worst game why have SO MUCH AD LIKE AT LEAST MAKE ONE GAME WITHOUT A AD we CANT EVEN JOIN IN WITH OUT A AD.
We really like dumb ways to die because like, they teach you a lesson on how to not be dumb. Yes, there are ads but they dont bother us that bad. We think you could get rid of them tho, or add less since of the amount of complaints about ads. But we really love the theme song of dumb ways to die also!! Its like our fav song ever.
We love this game. It has free Wi-Fi and it has so many off-line games car rides, train rides and even more.
Yayyy you brought it to fort we love you guys thank you guys.
To think all of this started from a safety video is insane. The gameplay is really fun, we love the music, and the art style is great. Very fun and replayable.
THE GUYS FROM FORTNITE OMG YALL ARE FORTNITE RIZZLERS 67 MANGO MANGO SKIBIDI TOILET.
We LOVE Dumb ways to die, but the song is even better we mean, we can't stop thinking about it, like right now we have an ear worm, the game has like too many adds, like why do we have to pay money? Anyways, we've been playing for we think a month or two and we still haven't unlocked one bean except for the grizzly bear one but we think that's the last one that we ever got make it easier dumb ways to die developers. Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die.
Played this game and the second one soooo much years ago. Rewatched the original video recently and remembered how good the games were too. And yeah, its honestly better than we remember. Theres more content than there used to be and its awesome to see the first game in such good condition compared to when we first experienced it. Our one and only critique isnt even entirely the ads, its more so that the game is free to download but in reality to play without silly interruption is to pay for no ads. Its cheap and honestly worth doing, but Id rather pay 3.99 upfront to download the game rather than have to pay for no ads after trying to get past our first run on the minigames. We dont hold it against the game too much because its super common in mobile games like this anyway. Yeah, Dumb Ways to Die is a mini-masterpiece. Its games are simple but fun, and while they increase in difficulty, you begin to learn the ropes of each game and how to consistently beat them. Some of these games we thought were broken at first, but we actually was able to learn those standout minigames and continuously out-do ourselves more with each run. Easily a favorite mobile game of ours, and the song still slaps. When Im mostly done with this game, we guess Ill move onto the sequel.
Only rating it 5 stars so you can see this. Its filled with ads every 2 mini games. DONT try reliving your childhood. Its not the same.
Is ruining our game progress because of ads.
Happy tree friends is an adult animated, web series and from your video we saw something about happy tree friends. We dont know what its for. So can you you better tell us about the thing.
This is a fun game but there is too many ads.
Very time consuming which is good for long car rides helps us calm down and focus sometimes it can even cheer us yo to see the little people.
Its Avery fun game but a lot of ads but thank god our mom removed ads still a good game love the song love the game.
Ok we wonder why this game is a reference to HTF but it is actually a good game but we tried the first one to play on ourselves but we cant stop with those too many ads because theyre horrible and we cant watch them and the only thing we need to do is complete the mini games and levels the game of the year.
This game is really great, but if you wanna play it in peace with no ads for free, heres what you gotta do Its pretty simple, you need to turn off the Wi-Fi (make sure you FULLY CLOSE THE GAME) then when you get one it again there ya go, no ads.
In every free to download game with IAPs, there are always people complaining that the game has too many ads, is hard to play without paying, etc. Guess what?? Game developers have to feed their families and the company has to turn a profit or else why would they even bother? Almost EVERY game has a reasonable NO ADS IAP which is totally worth it if you enjoy the gameplay. We dont mind paying a few bucks to get rid of ads. And new content (DLC) or gameplay is ok to pay for too, if we enjoy what Ive played so far. True, far too many games push you to buy gems just to play the game without getting totally hit by a paywall and we just avoid those. They start out friendly but they inevitably get greedy and make the IAP costs ridiculous. But a one-time fee to get rid of ads? Cmon people, dont be morons. If you hate ads that much, pay a little money! Its not nuclear fusion engineering.
This is GREAT. We play it a lot. But we have a few complaints. We wish ads were just not in the game at all instead of being a microtransaction because ads are annoying. Characters are now SUPER hard to get since you probably die minutes when you start playing and by the way, when you lose all your lives, the points get added to the bar in the gauge, and we lose all our lives at like 1000+ points or something. We also wish Clod was an unlockable bean for your train station. Why cant you just unlock characters the old way by scoring a certain number of points? Anyway this is a great game, its fun.
Its about the game experience not the ads.
Set fire to your hair Poke a stick at a grizzly bear Eat medicine that's out of date Use your private parts as piranha bait Dumb ways to die So many dumb ways to die Dumb ways to die So many dumb ways to die Get your toast out with a fork Do your own electrical work Teach yourself how to fly Eat a two-week-old un-refrigerated pie Dumb ways to die So many dumb ways to die Dumb ways to die So many dumb ways to die Invite a psycho-killer inside Scratch a drug dealer's brand new ride Take your helmet off in outer space Use a clothes dryer as a hiding place Dumb ways to die So many dumb ways to die Dumb ways to die So many dumb ways to die Keep a rattlesnake as a pet Sell both your kidneys on the Internet Eat a tube of superglue "we wonder, what's this red button do?" Dumb ways to die So many dumb ways to die Dumb ways to die So many dumb ways to die Dress up like a moose during hunting season Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason Stand on the edge of a train station platform Drive around the boom gates at a level crossing Run across the tracks between the platforms They may not rhyme but they're quite possibly The dumbest ways to die The dumbest ways to die Dumbest ways to die So many dumb So many dumb ways to die.
It will be nostalgia for old Dumb Ways To Die fans.
Every time we do 2 levels an ad just pops up like tomb of mask cue and animal jam.
You can make your own bean unlock mini games to play and the mini games are super fun but once you progress and dont die the time limit on the games get shorter so it makes it harder to beat the record but if you get a good record good job but overall its a great game hope this helped someone.
Its pretty simple get out the game by completely get it out completely. Dont delete it though just turn off your Internet turn on airplane mode simple.
Dear dumb ways to die on the airplane death the characters head doesn't fall off it just shows blood zooming on the floor so we think its a bug or a glitch.
When we were a kid we listened to the song and have been playing all the games recommended. If you want a good game for long car drives this is it its easy to play but it also, gets harder it is so fun.
We have three words. Death is funny.
Been playing this game since we were a lil girl we love it so much.
Very good idk why people dont like it but we do.
FOR PARENT/GUARDIAN/KIDS This game sometimes has mildly to not so mildly violent graphics. Please take into consideration. They are not too bad but it can depend on child. More sensitive children may find images disturbing and or scary. Sorry about that people just need a fair warning for kids cause if you any ours, they would HATE this game. This game is really fun and entertaining and high speed. Perfect for short attention spans like ours.
This game is so fun if youre bored you should play it because theres a bunch of puzzles and its fun.
Im been playing this game since we were 7 now Im 18 we love this game.
So you know when you unlock a character right?Well after a while our character disappears until we unlock a new one.we hate that glitch but overall this game AMAZING and we recommend this to anyone who likes comedy.
The first is always the classic the best and most known when the game is mentioned love the basic play the quickness we can play a game real fast while using bathroom or walking.
Anyone under the age of 100 is going to like this game. So have fun because we know we did.
Can we please get the dump ways to die book please please please please please please am begging you please.
We had this game when we were 5 years old.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 36.1.30
- Size: 224.27 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence
- Developer: Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd
Last updated: 19th June 2024 | Genre: Action, Education | Developer: Metro Trains Melbourne Pty Ltd