The game is a parody of Super Mario Bros. Players control the inhabitants of a kingdom invaded by a plumber and must stop him before he can reach a princess.

It was released in 2016 for Windows and Android, but Apple rejected it for violating Nintendo's copyright.

While negotiating with Apple, Keybol ported the game to Windows, which took another six weeks of development time.

[5] Though he criticized the controls and music, Victor Barreiro Jr. of Rappler wrote that the Windows version of Kill the Plumber has a variety of challenging puzzles.

[7] At 148apps.com, Campbell Bird rated the iOS version 2.5/5 stars and wrote, "Even though Kill the Plumber has a clever premise, I'm afraid it has little going for it beyond that.