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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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
68 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Excellent communication challenge. Defusing modules with Wires and Morse Code while someone else reads the manual feels nerve-racking and fun. It gets as chaotic when the timer starts ticking.”
“Great way to stress-test your language skills.”
“Kind of hard to play in a discord call, at least if the other people don't know how to play. But in-person, it's a blast. Lots of yelling... i love that! You and your friends can easily sink hours into this game because…”
20 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Excellent communication challenge. Defusing modules with Wires and Morse Code while someone else reads the manual feels nerve-racking and fun. It gets as chaotic when the timer starts ticking.”
“Great way to stress-test your language skills.”
“Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is one of the most uniquely stressful and hilarious games I've ever played — there's nothing quite like screaming at your friend to cut the red wire while they insist there are three red…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Kind of hard to play in a discord call, at least if the other people don't know how to play. But in-person, it's a blast. Lots of yelling... i love that! You and your friends can easily sink hours into this game because…”
“Good "offline-multiplayer" option. I played it with people that don't play computer games and they also liked it. Best played by 2 ppl, the game says that it could be played by teams of players but imo that's stretch.”
“Very good game, both players dont even have to own the game. If you have the game then you can play with anyone.”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Kind of hard to play in a discord call, at least if the other people don't know how to play. But in-person, it's a blast. Lots of yelling... i love that! You and your friends can easily sink hours into this game because…”
“Super fun to play with friends and family and it's really cool that you can install Mods from the Workshop, so you never run out of stuff to do.”
“Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is one of the most uniquely stressful and hilarious games I've ever played — there's nothing quite like screaming at your friend to cut the red wire while they insist there are three red…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very good game, both players dont even have to own the game. If you have the game then you can play with anyone.”
“Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is one of the most uniquely stressful and hilarious games I've ever played — there's nothing quite like screaming at your friend to cut the red wire while they insist there are three red…”
“It's great fun, and the adrenaline you get when you're down to five seconds left, desperately trying to communicate the details of the final module on the bomb with your partner is like nothing else. The game does get…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“I realize I don't understand what morse code is. Also please play this with a friend who knows their right from their left.. My friends didnt like me very much”
“boom boom pow its hard to play with a dyslexic friend "reading" the manual.”
“Fantastic, great fun, however the morse code makes me wish i had no eyes or hands”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Kind of hard to play in a discord call, at least if the other people don't know how to play. But in-person, it's a blast. Lots of yelling... i love that! You and your friends can easily sink hours into this game because…”
“Good "offline-multiplayer" option. I played it with people that don't play computer games and they also liked it. Best played by 2 ppl, the game says that it could be played by teams of players but imo that's stretch.”
“best game but problem is i dont have any friends to play with lol ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“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“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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1.9.24 Patch Notes
Fixed mod loading regression with multiple mission mods Fixed issue starting game with large number of mod missions installed
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
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
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 (
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
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Co-op · Local Multiplayer · Puzzle · Party Game · Board Game · Local Co-Op · Multiplayer · Party · VR · Casual · Indie · Difficult (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Tracked Controller Support · VR Supported |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Hungari… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://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.