I Expect You to Die is a virtual reality game in which the player must solve puzzle scenarios, ranging from breaking out of an aeroplane in a car to surfacing an underwater escape pod.

Objects are hidden in the surrounding environment seemingly at random, but have a specific purpose the player must figure out in order to solve the puzzle and succeed.

In the spy's first mission, their assistant Support Agent reveals that a billionaire super-villain named Dr. Zor, head of the evil organization "Zoraxis", has a cargo plane, scheduled to fly to Zanzibar, that contains a high-tech car.

The spy, after stopping Zor four times, earns a vacation mentioned earlier in the game in Shimla, India.

There, they solve clues while avoiding traps, eventually finding the intel the agency needs and using a rocket chair to escape.

Using the intel from the previous mission, the spy steals a personnel spacecraft off screen and docks with the Death Engine space station.

Using a robotic arm, the spy manages to gain access to the Death Engine's reactor and using either radioactive waste thrown by the Zoraxis assistant or a crystal found inside the pod, blows it up.

He then turned the teleportation mechanics into flying, which incurred motion sickness symptoms in all members of the team and sparked discussion about the medium.

However, the team thought of the idea of a player "having to escape through clever puzzle solving" and "inspired by the famous phrase from Goldfinger, came up with the working title I Expect You To Die."

Schell Games announced a sequel, called I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and The Liar, on 27 January 2021, which was released in August 2021.