Manuel Otto: key obituary facts
Is Manuel Otto dead? Yes. Manuel Otto died on October 20, 2026, at age 30.
Cause of death: Manuel Otto's cause of death was reported as Suicide.
What was Manuel Otto known for?
He was a deutscher Entwickler von Flash-Spielen.
More about Manuel Otto
Born: 18 July 1996.
Gender: male.
Occupation: video game developer.
Nationality: Germany.
Also known as: Manuel Otto.
Manuel Otto, a German video game developer who created Stick Run, died by suicide on October 20, 2026, aged 30.
Born on July 18, 1996, Otto was a 14-year-old secondary-school student when he released the endless-runner game on Facebook in 2010. He had spent four months developing it.
Stick Run reached a high monthly player count soon after its release. Otto later founded a company with his father and had the game’s name and logo protected. He also worked with a Russian publisher on an iOS version of Stick Run. Otto was known as a developer of Flash games, and Stick Run was the work identified in accounts of his career.