Dumb Ways to Die is an Android app developed by Metro Trains (Metro Trains Level 16, 700 Collins St Docklands, VIC 3008 Australia).

Dumb Ways to Die first became available on 17 Sep 2013. It is estimated that Dumb Ways to Die has been downloaded between 50000000 and 100000000 times from the Play Store.

Dumb Ways to Die 1.6 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows applications to disable the keyguard if it is not secure.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to record audio.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.