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DERE EVIL EXE cover art

DERE EVIL EXE

Darius Immanuel Guerrero · AppSir Games · 2018-07-03

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 29, 2018 (iOS), Jul 03, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 29, 2018 (Android)

DERE EVIL EXE is both a terrifying thriller with a gripping meta horror story and a retro 16-bit pixel platformer with unique puzzles and obstacles.

DERE EVIL EXE is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2018, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 382 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 382 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Dere Evil Exe is a platform horror video game developed by Darius Immanuel Guerrero and published by AppSir Games. It was released on May 29, 2018, on iOS, where it is adware with the option for an ad-free purchase, July 2, 2018, for Android and on July 3, 2018, for Windows as a paid game. A standalone sequel to previous indie games Sorority Rites and The Last Yandere, and a remake of the freeware game DERE EXE, the game is based on creepypasta stories about retro games, and has a self-aware story that breaks the fourth wall. Nominally a masocore fantasy platformer in which the player controls a knight character, Knightly, on a quest to save a princess, the game's rules are skewed, and the player is soon warned not to trust the game's developer messages or its assistant AI, AIDE. The game received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the story, but were split on whether the gameplay was of high quality. A sequel to the game DERE Vengeance was released on September 19th, 2023.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (68 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.6k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 382 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2021-06-24) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220182026Week of 2018-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492018-07-032026-07-092018-07-03 — best price $0.592018-07-28 — best price $1.002018-12-21 — best price $0.542019-02-18 — best price $0.992019-06-26 — best price $0.542019-08-28 — best price $0.992019-12-19 — best price $0.542020-02-24 — best price $0.992020-06-25 — best price $0.542021-01-05 — best price $0.992021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-11-01 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.542022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-06-23 — best price $1.492022-11-01 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $1.492023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-10-26 — best price $1.492023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-10-28 — best price $1.492024-12-04 — best price $2.992024-12-20 — best price $1.492025-02-10 — best price $2.992025-03-24 — best price $1.492025-05-12 — best price $2.992025-07-14 — best price $1.492025-09-08 — best price $2.992025-10-27 — best price $1.492025-12-15 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1402026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 1 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 1 pageviews2026-09-04 — 6 pageviews2026-09-08 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 9 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 5 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-29 — 3 pageviews2026-10-03 — 5 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews2026-10-10 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-07-16, latest 2019-01-29 (Steam store data)

Player tags

AnimeIndieRetroActionCasualHorrorSci-fiPlatformerSimulationStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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