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Bomb Squad Academy
Save the world one wire at a time with Bomb Squad Academy, a puzzle game where you have to defuse bombs under a time constraint.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
93 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Great game, but only about a 1 hour playtime. Would be phenominal with a level editor / Steam Workshop, but I feel that's a missed opportunity.”
“A fun game if you're interested in logic and circuits but I cannot recommend it at this time. The game is pretty much one long tutorial and I was able to complete it in two sittings over a total of 1 hour. It sounds…”
“Decent puzzle game with logical mechanics but it's easily finished within 1.5h. A lot of the levels feel like playing a tutorial hence the name Academy. Needs workshop support!”
25 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Took me about 1,5 hours to complete. I did use the current flow indicator though, but it's on by default anyway. I probably would have taken much longer without that. I still managed to blow up the bomb about 20 times…”
“A really fun little puzzler that teaches basic electrical switches and logic gates. Around an hours play time so up to you if you feel it's value. Personally happy with the time i got. Would have liked some more puzzles…”
“SpaceChem with a touch of "Keep Calm And Nobody Explode" (but just a touch) Surprisingly, after playng this game you will better nderstand redstone in Minecraft. Well woth it's price from both entertaiment standpoint…”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Bought this in the Steam Summer Sale 2018 and it's a lot of fun. You do have to think a bit and some of the circuits are quite complicated....especially good fun when you THINK you have it, press the final switch and…”
“This game is quite entertaining and feels polished, although "easy to beat" overall. That said, defusing each bomb on the first try (in under the typical one-minute time limit) is quite challenging with the current…”
“Super fun game with an excellent format! Challenging and exciting, it's just a little short, but very worth it!”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“its a fun little game actually not as nerve wrecking as Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes tough and puzzles might be a bit too simple but if the devs decide to put out a editor that lets players create their own circuit…”
“It's a sequence of circuits. The game introduces you to a component and then you are facing a number of circuits with all thus far known components with increasing difficulty. The gui is nice looking and the controls…”
“This is a great game! Got to try it out at Too Many Games convention in Philadelphia, and installed it so that I could finish. I like figuring out the logic of each puzzle, it's just the right amount of nervewracking,…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This is easily the best horror game I've ever played. I know this doesn't look like a horror game, but honestly: Bomb Squad Academy has made me flinch more than any horror game I've ever played, no matter how loaded…”
“EDIT: Note, this game has no Trading Cards despite the store page saying so. Check the market place to confirm whether this is still the case. Bomb Squad Academy is a pretty well-done, though short, logic puzzler with…”
“I burned through this game in 45 minutes... That is really the only bad thing I had to say about it. The bombs are fun to defuse, there is a little bit of humour hidden in the background detail. The graphics are way…”
68 of the 102 reviews raise this · 55 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game, but only about a 1 hour playtime. Would be phenominal with a level editor / Steam Workshop, but I feel that's a missed opportunity.”
“A fun game if you're interested in logic and circuits but I cannot recommend it at this time. The game is pretty much one long tutorial and I was able to complete it in two sittings over a total of 1 hour. It sounds…”
“Basic electronic circuitry is fun, but I feel like there's not enough depth going on here. I made snip snip and click click with the bombs. A couple times they went boom. The boom wasn't very satisfying, so sad for…”
35 of the 102 reviews raise this · 26 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game, but only about a 1 hour playtime. Would be phenominal with a level editor / Steam Workshop, but I feel that's a missed opportunity.”
“A fun game if you're interested in logic and circuits but I cannot recommend it at this time. The game is pretty much one long tutorial and I was able to complete it in two sittings over a total of 1 hour. It sounds…”
“This is a very fun game, and I dont regret the fact that I bought it; however there is so little gameplay that someone can burn through the entire game in an hour. If there ends up being an expantion with more boards…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a very fun game, and I dont regret the fact that I bought it; however there is so little gameplay that someone can burn through the entire game in an hour. If there ends up being an expantion with more boards…”
“I'd LOVE to recomend this game, but I jsut can't, it's far far too expesnive and frankly I feel slightly cheated by it's price, as it is oh soo very short. Short games aren't bad, but they're not worth the the cost of…”
“Good game, but beat it in 40 mins so can't really recommend it at the price. Maybe if it was $2 or something really cheap. They really need to add a lot more puzzles and then it'd be a fine circuit simulator.”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Basic electronic circuitry is fun, but I feel like there's not enough depth going on here. I made snip snip and click click with the bombs. A couple times they went boom. The boom wasn't very satisfying, so sad for…”
“I'd LOVE to recomend this game, but I jsut can't, it's far far too expesnive and frankly I feel slightly cheated by it's price, as it is oh soo very short. Short games aren't bad, but they're not worth the the cost of…”
“its a fun little game actually not as nerve wrecking as Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes tough and puzzles might be a bit too simple but if the devs decide to put out a editor that lets players create their own circuit…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Not a game - just a tutorial where every mechanic of the game is introduced and and tested if understood. After the finishing the tutorial, the whole game is over. Fail. PS: How is possible to cut off the cable…”
“Got this game as bonus for kickstarting some cool dice. Its pretty good, it could use a little bit of polish: Noticed a spelling error. and the music is all stock (as far as I can tell). And it could use a workshop mode…”
“This is a really good and fun game, its an excellent introduction to electrical circuits and logic gates around defusing a bomb. The steps of each section increase in complexity and there is a real sense of satisfaction…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Super fun game, but a bit too short. The whole game is essentially teaching you more complex mechanisms, but the game's over right when it feel's like it's just begun. I wish it was longer, I agree with others that a board designer or random board generator would make this game…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“One caveat: It's super short, so watch the price. Steam tells me I have 1.5 hours in this game, and 38 minutes of that I was on the phone and didn't bother to shut the game down, and I've played through completely. So it'll take you around an hour if you are somewhat experienced…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Really great game Only takes about an hour to complete Needs level editor or random bomb generator ;-;”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2021-04 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Bomb Squad V1.5 Update
Hello! I am really excited to announce the release of Bomb Squad Academy V1.5. This update includes several UI and performance improvements, but more importantly, it contains almost twice as many puzz
Thanks and What's Next !
Hey all, I've hesitated posting anything until now because I really don't want to make promises I can not keep. But the words of encouragement from friends, this community and the press have been so p
Thanks and What's Next !
Hey all, I've hesitated posting anything until now because I really don't want to make promises I can not keep. But the words of encouragement from friends, this community and the press have been so p
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Casual · Simulation · Indie · Puzzle · Strategy · Logic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * |
| Official site | https://bombsquad.academy |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 10 / 8.x / 7 / Vista / XP Processor: 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 500 MB available space