Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

    One player defuses a bomb while friends read the manual and talk them through it.

    Steel Crate Games

    Playing together

    Local co-op
    Confirmed
    One copy is enough
    1 source
    Free to play
    1 source
    Plays like
    Not known yet
    Online co-op, Online versus, Online multiplayer, Players in online co-op, Players online, Best with, How co-op works, Crossplay, Multiplayer through mods, Plays in browser, Demo, Playtest, Early access

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    How you talk

    Not known yet
    Plays without voice or typing, Wordless tools, Public matchmaking, Friendly with strangers

    About the game

    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!
    From Steam

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    Why we rate it this way

    • 97% positive from 17,212 Steam reviews.
    • Critics rate it 84/100 from 5 reviews.
    Steam, checked 1 Nov 2026Num reviews: 1Review score: 9Review score desc: Overwhelmingly PositiveTotal positive: 16743Total negative: 469Total reviews: 17212{"num_reviews":1,"review_score":9,"review_score_desc":"Overwhelmingly Positive","total_positive":16743,"total_negative":469,"total_reviews":17212}IGDB, checked 1 Nov 2026Id: 13226Name: Keep Talking and Nobody ExplodesUrl: https://www.igdb.com/games/keep-talking-and-nobody-explodesCreated at: 1444420311First release date: 1437004800Total rating: 84.38121763928612Total rating count: 124Aggregated rating: 84.33333333333333Aggregated rating count: 5Release dates: [{"id":314275,"date":1444262400,"human":"Oct 08, 2015"},{"id":314276,"date":1444262400,"human":"Oct 08, 2015"},{"id":314277,"date":1444262400,"human":"Oct 08, 2015"},{"id":314272,"date":1558396800,"human":"May 21, 2019"},{"id":314273,"date":1458950400,"human":"Mar 26, 2016"},{"id":416622,"date":1449878400,"human":"Dec 12, 2015"},{"id":416623,"date":1513728000,"human":"Dec 20, 2017"},{"id":156816,"date":1513728000,"human":"Dec 20, 2017"},{"id":173801,"date":1564617600,"human":"Aug 01, 2019"},{"id":173800,"date":1564617600,"human":"Aug 01, 2019"},{"id":314274,"date":1437004800,"human":"Jul 16, 2015"},{"id":430632,"date":1558396800,"human":"May 21, 2019"},{"id":153557,"date":1476316800,"human":"Oct 13, 2016"},{"id":153556,"date":1444262400,"human":"Oct 08, 2015"},{"id":156818,"date":1534464000,"human":"Aug 17, 2018"},{"id":156819,"date":1534377600,"human":"Aug 16, 2018"},{"id":250973,"date":1534377600,"human":"Aug 16, 2018"},{"id":156817,"date":1534377600,"human":"Aug 16, 2018"}]Game type: {"id":0,"type":"Main Game"}Involved companies: [{"company":{"id":7028,"name":"Steel Crate Games"},"developer":true,"publisher":true}]{"id":13226,"name":"Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes","url":"https://www.igdb.com/games/keep-talking-and-nobody-explodes","created_at":1444420311,"first_release_date":1437004800,"total_rating":84.38121763928612,"total_rating_count":124,"aggregated_rating":84.33333333333333,"aggregated_rating_count":5,"release_dates":[{"id":314275,"date":1444262400,"human":"Oct 08, 2015"},{"id":314276,"date":1444262400,"human":"Oct 08, 2015"},{"id":314277,"date":1444262400,"human":"Oct 08, 2015"},{"id":314272,"date":1558396800,"human":"May 21, 2019"},{"id":314273,"date":1458950400,"human":"Mar 26, 2016"},{"id":416622,"date":1449878400,"human":"Dec 12, 2015"},{"id":416623,"date":1513728000,"human":"Dec 20, 2017"},{"id":156816,"date":1513728000,"human":"Dec 20, 2017"},{"id":173801,"date":1564617600,"human":"Aug 01, 2019"},{"id":173800,"date":1564617600,"human":"Aug 01, 2019"},{"id":314274,"date":1437004800,"human":"Jul 16, 2015"},{"id":430632,"date":1558396800,"human":"May 21, 2019"},{"id":153557,"date":1476316800,"human":"Oct 13, 2016"},{"id":153556,"date":1444262400,"human":"Oct 08, 2015"},{"id":156818,"date":1534464000,"human":"Aug 17, 2018"},{"id":156819,"date":1534377600,"human":"Aug 16, 2018"},{"id":250973,"date":1534377600,"human":"Aug 16, 2018"},{"id":156817,"date":1534377600,"human":"Aug 16, 2018"}],"game_type":{"id":0,"type":"Main Game"},"involved_companies":[{"company":{"id":7028,"name":"Steel Crate Games"},"developer":true,"publisher":true}]}

    Sources

    First listed 1 Nov 2026. Updated 3 Nov 2026.