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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!

Released Oct 8, 2015 Developer Steel Crate Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Co-opLocal MultiplayerPuzzleParty GameBoard Game
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

97.5%positive15,747 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 103 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 27 found this helpful

“I made my wife cry. She has many qualities that I adore her for. Giving me directions on diffusing a bomb on a time crunch is not one of them. Really fun game but be prepared to question your communication skills with whoever you play with. I'd love to watch new people play this…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“game inspired me to actually learn morse code because my incompetent friends could not parse what the hell it was saying”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“As the name suggests, don't stop talking and be quick with it. Amazing game, especially for couples or smaller friend groups! 10/10”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

188playing at last check
31424-hour peak
3,359all-time peak
0 500 1k 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 826 avg · Dec 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

10achievements
12.5%median completion
1.0%rarest: Seasoned Traveller
88.3% of players 55.8% of players 30.5% of players 26.7% of players 19.5% of players 12.5% of players 4.5% of players 1.8% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 88.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.3%Action Hero — Defuse "The First Bomb".
55.8%Bomb Defusing 101 — Defuse all bombs in "The Basics" section.
30.5%Experience is the Best Teacher — Disarm each type of module at least once.
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Seasoned Traveller — Defuse all bombs in the "Exotic" section.
1.1%Bomb Squad — Defuse 100 bombs.
1.8%To the Extreme! — Defuse all bombs in the "Extreme" section.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU14.79 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia21.95 AUD
Canada19.49 CAD
Japan1,700 JPY
Brazil46.99 BRL
China58.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$8.6 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 17, 2020
1.9.24 Patch Notes

Fixed mod loading regression with multiple mission mods Fixed issue starting game with large number of mod missions installed

Nov 13, 2020
1.9.22 Patch Notes

1.9.22 patch notes Fixed error in Arabic translation for "Big Button" rules. Now requires Arabic manual version 3-ar. Improvements to Romanian translation Fixed missing "MHZ" label on Morse Code in Ru

Sep 25, 2020
Now playable in 26 new languages!

All 26 new languages are officially finalized and out of beta! You can even try playing remotely in new languages with friends and family around the world by using your favorite voice chat service (li

Aug 28, 2020
1.9.19 Hotfix for Arabic and Portuguese (Portugal) translations

Fixed an error in the Arabic translation of the manual. Arabic now requires manual version 2-ar (bombmanual.com/ar). Fixed an error in the Portuguese (Portugal) translation of the manual. Portuguese (

Jul 20, 2020
1.9.18 Hotfix for Hebrew and Czech translations

Fixed an error in the Hebrew translation of the manual. Hebrew now requires manual version 2-he (bombmanual.com/he). Fixed an error in the Czech translation of the manual. Czech now requires manual ve

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie
Player tagsCo-op · Local Multiplayer · Puzzle · Party Game · Board Game · Local Co-Op · Multiplayer · Party · VR · Casual · Indie · Difficult (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Tracked Controller Support · VR Supported
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Hungari…
ControllerFull support
Achievements10
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.keeptalkinggame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: 1.5 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 256MB DirectX 9 or higher Storage: 1 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC Additional Notes: A printed copy of the Bomb Defusal Manual or an additional web-enabled device to view the Bomb Defusal Manual is required. The Bomb Defusal Manual is freely available at . HTC Vive or Oculus Rift/DK2 required for VR play. Gamepad or motion controllers required for VR play.