Google.exe

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Google.exe is a series of creepypasta .exe games created by RecordGuy626 and uploaded to GameJolt. Built with Game Maker, the series spanned over eight years from 2016 until its conclusion on May 10, 2024.

History

The history of the Google.exe series began on November 7, 2016, when RecordGuy626 released the original game on GameJolt as a short creepypasta project about Google. Between 2017 and 2019, the franchise expanded with sequels like Google.exe 2 (Google Hangouts), Google.exe 3 (ChromeOS), and Google.exe 4 (G-Suite). After a brief expansion and a joke release on April 1, 2022 (Google.exe 6: April Fools Edition), the developer released the final version, Google.exe Redefined, on May 10, 2024, to combine all five original games and concluded the eight-year project.

Plot

The main story of the Google.exe series focuses on Tim Hairten, a boy who suffered from severe depression until an evil voice drove him to his death. After he died, Tim's soul was pulled into the digital world, where he joined the evil spirit that had been tormenting him. Tim and other trapped souls were forced to live inside the "Google Entity", which cursed the company's programs, including Hangouts, ChromeOS, YouTube, and Google Drive (referred to as "Filename" in the lore).

Gameplay

The application opens with a simulated Google interface, featuring limited interactable elements like the search bar, the "search" button, and the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. Players can input anything in the search bar and, if available, be redirected; otherwise, they are redirected to a list of available contents.

First column

• About Google goes to a note stating Google is now safe and telling the player to check Gmail.
• Google Earth shows the Earth and lets the player search for a country, but typing one makes the Earth explode with a loud beep as the application shows a note: "Invalid country you had putten [sic], It doesn't exist..."
• Gmail shows a password screen where the player can type anything to read an email from "The Google Team" claiming they stalk the player, and leaving the page locks the button forever.

Second column

• Google Update shows a "Welcome to Version 6.6.6" message before the background turns to static and the game crashes, leaving a note saying "DENIED YOURSELF DENIED YOURSELF."
• Google Photos displays stock images of entrepreneurs, but searching for the Google Speed Update suddenly flashes a scary picture of Amy Peterson from Fright Night alongside the loud Mov0001.swf scream.
• Google Settings simply shows a fake error message stating that the service is not ready yet.

Third column

• YouTube opens an "unavailable" video called "Unknown Blog" by Tim Hairten before a scary vampire face flashes with a loud scream from Scary pop up that will make you jump and cry, causing the application to close into static.
• Asurion.com lets players click "Scan" for a fake virus check, but the application suddenly cuts to static and closes to show a notepad message repeating, "Your Computer Issues are solved."
• Ask.com forces the player to search for "Google.exe," and clicking the result shows a "Google Refused" message alongside a quick flash of Katie Embry from The Ring.

• 
  The Google homepage.
• 
  YouTube.
• 
  CD Drive Cleaner.
• 
  The easter egg. (See "Other versions" section.)

Google.exe 2: Hangouts.exe

After the game launches, the player clicks a "Welcome to Google Hangouts" screen to start a new session. The main interface shows scary sidebar contacts like Alex Blogger, Woman 666, Mr. Death, Charlie, and Satan. Clicking Woman 666 turns on a fake in-game microphone, which displays a distorted painted eye along with the same scream from The Maze.

Messaging Mr. Death makes the text appear in slow motion to warn the player not to look behind them, all while flashing a Sonic.exe image and opening the computer's real disc tray. Next, the player gets a video call from Charlie, who invites them to ask a question, but the game suddenly cuts away with another flash of Sonic.exe before he can answer.

Finally, the game pretends to crash and reopens to a dark, red interface featuring Satan. The screen says "Your fate is sealed" as the disc tray opens again. To finish, a browser window automatically opens to a "Run away" page with creepy music playing, giving one last warning before the application closes itself.

Google.exe 3: Chrome OS.exe

The game begins with a fake ChromeOS installation window where the player must manually type "I agree the Google Chrome OS terms of service" to accept the Terms of Service. If the player tries to exit or skip this step, a "You can't escape us" message appears.

After installation, a glitchy replica of a Chrome OS desktop appears, and any attempt to search for information leads to a Google 666 screen or "Creating document" error messages. A "Something went wrong" crash screen then forces the player to try updating or restoring the operating system while "You can't leave us" messages pop up through the recovery options.

When prompted to perform a data scan to remove "issues," trying to delete the Chrome OS installation triggers a sudden jump scare with aggressive glitch sounds. The player is then teleported to a dark, distorted desktop with a forest background, where a mysterious figure sends text messages explaining that the device is designed to "cause pain to everyone stuck here." This figure also claims the internet is a "different timeline" where devices use humans to perform searches.

A series of numbers, 157147, briefly flashes on the screen, and the player must type this specific code into a red "Enter Passcode" box to reach "The Source of the Web". The mysterious figure explains that they are trapped, and forcing the entities to find search results causes them immense pain. Finally, the game displays a Japanese message (pictured).

The game then closes itself, ending with a credit screen thanking the player for experiencing the Google.exe trilogy.

Google.exe 4: YouTube.exe

The game begins with a fake G-Suite login screen, but trying to "log in" reveals that the game is actually a prank. A developer message confirms that Google.exe 4 is not a real project, and a web browser automatically opens to show a "Keep Calm" prank image.

Following the prank, the focus shifts to the actual game, YouTube.exe, which is described in the lore as a "deleted secret" from the original Google.exe universe. It starts by warning the player about loud noises and "scary features" with "no way back," while a mysterious voice asks why they keep returning to risky, outdated programs instead of going outside or taking a vacation. Finally, the player is transported to a replica of the "Old YouTube" website from the early 2010s.

When the player tries to click links or use the search bar, the interface glitches as a video titled "Watch this video until the end" plays automatically without any way to pause or stop it. The screen text flips upside down to mimic the famous "Username 666" creepypasta, while the computer’s physical CD tray opens and the desktop flickers with scary, distorted imagery.

The game reads the player's PC username out loud to deliver a final warning to "always update your stuffs" before ending with a special thanks to the player.

Google.exe 5: Filename.exe

The game begins with a fake "File Converter" program where the player must choose between "Open with File Converter" or "Open without File Converter", but trying to open it without the converter simply causes a fake crash. Clicking "Open with File Converter" first shows a "file corrupted" error, forcing the player to repeatedly click the button as the text distorts and loud static builds up until the program finally opens.

Once opened, the file reveals a red, corrupted Google Drive icon known in the game's story as "Filename", and launching this app shows the player’s real Windows username alongside a "Click Me" button.

The series' main villain, Tim Hairten, then speaks to the player to claim them as his newest "victim" trapped "in the palms of his hands" before triggering a fake "Blue Screen of Death" (BSOD) and a loud jump scare.

To unlock the final part of the game, the player must watch six "Unknown Blogs" that explain the history of the haunting:

• Blogs 1 & 2: Tim Hairten explains how his past struggles with depression and abuse led to his "death", after which his spirit met the evil voice from his head.
• Blog 3: Tim describes entering the spirit world to be trapped inside Google, where he and other spirits "cursed" the headquarters and infected products like Hangouts, YouTube, and ChromeOS.
• Blog 4: Tim reveals that the "Google Entity" search engine released in November 2016 made the company rich, but it was actually powered by "spirits of Hell".
• Blog 5: A user searches for "Google.666" and a screamer appears before Tim physically pulls them into the computer.
• Blog 6: The final blog shows the user was found dead, and even though the CEO tried to hide it, Tim returned as an ".exe" file to continue his terror.

After watching all the blogs, the player enters a creepy black-and-white train station where Tim says, "This won't hurt a bit," before looping the game back to the first File Converter screen. The player is now forced to click "Open without File Converter" to reveal an empty screen with a final message saying, "You walked into a trap... there's no escape," officially ending the series by trapping the player in a never-ending cycle as one of Tim's many victims.

Google.exe: Redefined

Google.exe Redefined is the official and final reboot of the Google.exe series.

The game begins with the player exploring glitchy environments until they meet Tim Hairton, who mocks the player by saying a normal human cannot beat his supernatural power. He then reveals that "six doors" representing different broken apps lie ahead, giving a scary warning that making wrong choices or trying to disconnect will cause terrible consequences.

While exploring the broken software, a mysterious ally contacts the player to ask them to find special items called "Remnants" hidden inside different Google products. During this mission, an evil entity (who is probably Tim in disguise) tricks the player by demanding they hand over a Remnant, and refusing makes the entity threaten to turn the journey into a "living hell".

The true ally turns out to be Tim's sister, Jenny, who explains that finding every single Remnant strengthens her ability to communicate through the broken code to properly stop Tim's curse. In a clever break of the fourth wall, Jenny mentions she knows the player is recording their screen and is glad they will upload the video to warn others about Tim's wrath.

As the player moves forward, they find a series of story logs explaining that Tim was a severely depressed and abused teenager who made a deal with a strange man in a suit to become an immortal spirit that infects Google Hangouts, ChromeOS, and YouTube. The logs also reveal that Tim pulled his first victim into the computer screen, forcing the Google CEO to quickly cover up the paranormal event before the haunted website returned as a Microsoft Windows file.

Before the final battle, Jenny shares that she snuck into Google Headquarters to find Tim's unconscious body hooked up to a machine in a secret room, leading her to digitize her own spirit into the cloud to stop his rampage. The player then reaches the end of the digital journey where Tim traps them, declaring that their run is over before telling them to "stay still, this would hurt a bit."

However, since the player successfully collected every Remnant, Jenny jumps in just in time to use their power against Tim, overpowering him and ending his terror even as he screams for her to stop.

In the final moments, Jenny congratulates the player for doing everything right and uses the system to banish the defeated Tim for good, freeing all the innocent souls trapped inside the search engine before thanking the player and saying goodbye forever to officially end the "nightmare".

Other versions

Google.exe 6: April Fools Edition

In this version, the player uses a fake Google search engine where normal searches trigger red glitches to show the program is watching them, and searching for cursed words like "Satan" starts the "666 Protocol" to make the background pitch black and the Google logo bleed. Interacting with these results triggers a loud jump scare with a distorted face and The Maze scream soundbite, right before a "special code" in GameMaker: Studio physically opens the computer's disc tray and tells the player to look behind them. Near the end, the game fakes a crash to show a creepy desktop full of rapid-fire error windows for extra suspense, and it finishes with a full-screen screamer that forces the app to close and returns the player to their real desktop.

Old version

The early version of the first Google.exe let players choose between YouTube, CD Drive Cleaner, Google Update, and other Google services.

• Google Update shows a "WELCOME TO GOOGLE NIGHTMARE PAGE" message before the screen turns dark red with the text "You shouldn't have done that," and interacting with Skull Kid pop-ups saying "You met a terrible fate, haven't you?" closes the app while creating three creepy text files.
• YouTube plays a video of TV static and an error message that eventually changes into an image of Sonic.exe with a distorted laugh, opening the browser to a "Hello, do you want to play with me?" prompt before generating more eerie files.
• CD Drive Cleaner features a clean button that closes the app once a loading bar reaches 100%, triggering a pop-up of Majora's Moon from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask with the same Sonic.exe laugh.

At random times, a "WELCOME! TO YOUR NIGHTMARE!" screamer appears with a loud noise and 11 creepypasta images, including: Squidward's Suicide, B.O.B, The Rake, Suicide Mouse, SlenderMan, Laughing Jack, Zalgo, BEN Drowned, Eyeless Jack, Smile Dog, Smile.jeff (a yellow Jeff the Killer with a Smile Dog grin).

The program has an Easter egg hidden in the text files suggesting an answer that starts with "G" and ends with ".exe," and typing "Google.exe" into the search bar turns the homepage demonic. After a second, a "You shouldn't have done that" message appears alongside a scary face with white eyes and sharp teeth, playing a roar from the The Milky Waif episode of Tom & Jerry before showing The Happy Mask Salesman and the creepypasta character BEN Drowned.

Trivia

• The series took exactly 100 updates to get the original 2016 game to its final, stable state.
• After Google.exe Redefined, The developer stated they are completely done with the Google.exe storyline and are moving on to remaster an old film project called The Master War.
• Google.exe was inspired by an old .exe game called "Internet Explorer.exe" by MattTheGameMaker from August 2, 2015.

Links

NOTE: The following games contain screamers!

• gamejolt.com/games/google-horror-page/206231
• Redefined version: gamejolt.com/games/GOOGLEEXEREDEFINED/894787
• All games listed: archive.org/download/google.exe-games/Google.exe%20games.zip
• Showcase video: youtube.com/watch?v=iSmiq0le01M

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