Last updated: August 16, 2026
Death Order: Simon Says Beginner Guide (2026) — Start Here
Death Order: Simon Says locks a server full of inmates in a prison run by a voice called Simon, and one rule settles everything: obey an order only when it starts with the words "Simon says." Miss that prefix and you lose a life. You get three. The game held 8,774 players at once as of August 16, 2026.
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Your First 30 Minutes
You spawn in the prison lobby, not in a match. To queue, walk to the top prison cell and hold your interact key. Live servers were running between 28 and 72 people when we checked the public server list on August 16, 2026.
Before you queue, hit the Cash icon on the left of the screen to open the redeem box — our Death Order: Simon Says codes page keeps the working list. Community guides also report a one-off 1,000 Cash for liking and favouriting the game plus 500 Cash for joining the Voxq Enterprises group, which we could not confirm first-hand.
Once the match begins you get your own cell, highlighted in white so you can spot it across the room. The match runs in days, and every day ends with "Simon says go to bed" — sprint to your highlighted cell, hold interact, and the next day starts.
Your other early job is the cafeteria, two flights above the main floor, where an NPC named Kevin stands with a bag over his head. Buy a cheeseburger and a coffee. The burger heals roughly half your health across about five uses, and each coffee restores 25 stamina — the difference between finishing an obby and timing out on it.
Core Mechanics Explained
The Simon Says rule, precisely
Read the first two words of the order. That's the whole skill. If the line begins "Simon says crouch," you crouch. If it just says "crouch," you stand still and watch a third of the server delete itself.
One detail new players get wrong: you have the entire on-screen timer to act. If the order is "Simon says jump," jumping in the last second is exactly as safe as jumping in the first, and you don't have to keep jumping. The same goes for sitting, sprinting, dancing and climbing ladders. Panic kills people here, not slow reactions.
Four floors, and why the layout is half the game
The prison — Sableridge Penitentiary, established 1913 and closed 1971 according to Marlow's badge text — has four levels. The main floor holds four tables, a white line, and the endgame circle. The second floor is mostly a stairwell target. The cafeteria sits above it with Kevin's food and the two-doors event, and the basement hosts musical chairs and every obby.
Commands map onto that geography: crouch, jump, sprint, don't move, stand on a table, stand on the line, stand in the circle, sit, go up the stairs, climb a ladder, dance and fist fight. Knowing which floor an order sends you to, before Simon finishes the sentence, beats any cosmetic you'll ever buy.
The events
Between order rounds, Simon runs an event. This is where lives actually get spent.
| Event | What happens | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Bomb | A random player gets a bomb; the holder loses a life and nearby players die | Pass it by touching someone, then change floors |
| Two Doors | Cafeteria; door 1 or door 2. One is safe, the other runs rapid-fire orders | On the fast door, stop predicting and read the prefix |
| The Race | Simon names a destination; the last player there loses a life | Camp near stairs before it starts |
| Obby 1 / Obby 2 | Basement course against a timer | Never sprint into the final ladder — it resets you |
| Obby Race | Same courses, racing every other player | Drink coffee first; pushing is disabled |
| Musical Chairs | Basement; anyone left standing loses a life | Stand in front of a chair, away from the crowd |
| Gas Cells | Certain cells fill with gas | Any cell but your own is reportedly safer — unconfirmed |
| The Killer | NPC hunts players with a melee weapon | Drop to the basement; it spawns upstairs |
| Necromancer | NPC chaser with a green-circle area attack | Never stand in the green ring |
| Hide & Seek | One player becomes seeker; a touch is instant death | Basement vending machines, behind a cell door, cafeteria tables |
| Duels | Everyone locked in cells while two random players shoot it out | Nothing — the loser drops a life |
| Gun / Armed Cameras | One player gets a gun, or wall cameras shoot on sight | Break line of sight in a first-floor cell |
| Murder Royale | Every player gets a weapon | Skip the scrum, pick off distracted players |
There's also a Death Order event that assigns each player a target and hands out a new one when yours dies. We've only seen that one described rather than played, so treat it as community-reported.
Cash and the prediction system
Cash is the only currency, and it buys cosmetics — suits, emotes, titles, fist effects, weapon glows and trails, and cell decoration. It does not buy survival. Winning pays out directly; one recorded winning run ended with 2,500 and then 5,000 Cash on the results screen.
The faster route is the prediction system, which almost nobody explains. Hit Spectate, pick a live match, choose the player you think will win, and stake Cash on them. A correct call doubles your stake, a wrong one takes it. The base cap is 10,000 Cash per prediction, confirmed by the Expert Predictor pass, which exists purely to raise that ceiling to 20,000.
10 Beginner Mistakes to Avoid
Roughly 7.7 million accounts have loaded into this game, and only about 297,953 of them hold the First Win badge as of August 16, 2026 — under 4%. Almost all of that gap comes from the same handful of errors.
1. Acting on the verb instead of the prefix. Players hear "crouch," crouch, and die. 2. Rushing the timer. You have the full countdown, so reading the order beats being first. 3. Losing your cell. When "go to bed" lands, pan the camera for the white highlight instead of sprinting around the block. 4. Fighting over the main-floor tables on a sit command. Walk into any cell and sit on the toilet — it counts, and nobody can push you off it.
5. Skipping the cafeteria trip. Burgers and coffee are a late-game advantage you can't buy back. 6. Sprinting into the obby ladder. It blocks the climb and teleports you to the start; jump and hold forward. 7. Sitting in musical chairs when no chair was removed. If the count never drops, sitting is the trap. 8. Hiding in the open during hide and seek. The seeker's touch is an instant kill, so use the vending machines, a cell door, or the cafeteria tables.
9. Standing in the green necromancer circle. That's its area attack, not a safe zone. 10. Panic-firing in the final duel. The endgame gun reloads slowly, so hold your bullet, peek from beside the cafeteria stairs, and aim for the body.
Best Starter Strategy
The winning approach is boring on purpose, which is exactly what Wren tells you. Stay low, stay dull, and let the aggressive players burn their three lives on push fights they didn't need to start.
Play your first two or three matches purely as reading practice. Don't push anyone, don't chase kills, and don't touch a weapon during Murder Royale — just parse orders and reach your bed. Once you're clearing the early days without dropping a life, add the cafeteria run and hoard coffee, because stamina carries you through obby races and hide and seek later.
The endgame has a fixed shape worth memorising. At the final two, Simon calls everyone into the main-floor circle, and that fight is about positioning rather than reflexes. Wait just outside the ring, step in when the order lands, and stay clear of your opponent so you can't be shoved out. Then head for the cafeteria stairs, wait out the gun spawn, and take one patient shot.
For Cash, treat spectating as a second job. Between matches, run predictions on servers already down to their last few inmates — it's the only reliable way to build a balance without winning constantly or spending Robux.
When to Spend Robux (and When Not To)
Almost everything in the store is cosmetic. Of the 17 passes listed as of August 16, 2026, exactly two change how you play, and neither is needed to win.
| Pass | Price | What it actually does |
|---|---|---|
| Starter Pack 4 | 199 Robux | 50,000 Cash, Absolute Unit suit, HIM title, Floss emote — best Cash per Robux |
| Starter Pack 1 | 99 Robux | 20,000 Cash, Chain Gang suit, MENACE title, The Griddy emote |
| Starter Pack 2 | 199 Robux | 30,000 Cash, Clean Getaway suit, BADDIE title, Happy Skip emote |
| Starter Pack 3 | 349 Robux | 25,000 Cash, Off Duty suit, GAMBLER title — half of Pack 4 for nearly double |
| 2x Cash | 199 Robux | Doubles earned Cash, stacks with weekend 2x; predictions excluded |
| Expert Predictor | 799 Robux | Raises the prediction cap from 10,000 to 20,000 Cash |
| V.I.P | 299 Robux | Gold chat tag, rainbow cell light, VIP suit, emote, title, 5,000 Cash |
| Every Cosmetic | 2,999 Robux | 180+ items plus future additions; VIP and Starter Pack exclusives not included |
| Room Packs | 149 Robux (Gold 399) | Recolours all 8 cell items: walls, number, lights, toilet, sink, mirror, bed |
Skip all of it if you're new. Nothing in the shop makes Simon's orders easier to read, and the two passes that touch gameplay only speed up a pile of Cash you spend on outfits. Wear Your Own Clothing (175 Robux), Custom Title (200 Robux) and Emote Wheel (199 Robux) are pure vanity.
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More Death Order: Simon Says
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Frequently Asked Questions
Three. Player guide footage recorded in late July 2026 shows the counter dropping from three to two to one, with no revive once the last is gone. Events like musical chairs and the race take a life rather than killing you outright, so three mistakes across a 40-minute match is your whole budget.
Only obey an order that begins with the words "Simon says". If the prefix is missing, doing the action kills you. The in-game NPC Wren puts it best in the Talk to Wren badge text: "Simon Says means do it. No Simon Says means you never heard it." You have the full on-screen timer to act, so read the first two words before touching a key.
Use the Spectate button to bet on live matches. Pick the player you think will win and stake Cash on them; a correct call doubles your stake. The base cap is 10,000 Cash per prediction, which the 799 Robux Expert Predictor pass raises to 20,000. Bet on games already down to two or three inmates for far better odds.
Servers cap at 76, and the public list showed live games running 28 to 72 people on August 16, 2026. Several community sites claim a hard limit of 36 per round, which the Roblox API contradicts — treat 36 as a common match size, not a cap.
Hide and seek, because the seeker's touch is an instant elimination rather than a life deduction. The reliable spots are behind the basement vending machines, behind the swing of a cell door, and crouched behind the cafeteria tables. The obby ladder is a close second — sprinting into it cancels the climb and resets you.
No. Cash buys suits, emotes, titles, fist effects, weapon trails and cell decoration, none of which affects Simon's orders or the events. Only two passes touch systems — 2x Cash at 199 Robux and Expert Predictor at 799 Robux — and both just accelerate a cosmetic currency. Prices verified against the Roblox game-passes API on August 16, 2026.
Read the prefix, learn the four floors, hoard coffee, and spend your three lives like they're expensive. The developers ship updates most days and openly warn the game is still buggy, so check the official Death Order Discord for changes, grab the current codes from our codes page, and play it on Roblox.