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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Steel Crate Games

Quick read

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes splits the bomb and the manual across the table. One player sees wires; the other sees a binder; the timer is the third person.

What kind of game is it?

Local co-op information puzzle. One screen holds the bomb and one binder holds the manual. You describe a module, you hear a page turn, you cut a wire. The mechanic is speech.

Who is it for?

For players who keep describing a bomb module to someone who cannot see it.

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How it plays

Loop: Social deduction
Sessions: Short sessions
Progression: Runs that reset
Players: Co-op
Structure: Linear
Tone: Tense · Challenging

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression35
Estimate
Social78
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Aug 2026.

Release

released

2015-10-08

Review score

97.3%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

17,080

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Store price

€14.79

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Co-op

How many people play Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

430k – 940k

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players

3,359

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

140

Peak that month: 321.

Median playtime

6.2 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 3.1–11.7 h. 14% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English46%
Russian13%
Spanish (Spain)7%
Portuguese (Brazil)6%
Simplified Chinese5%
Turkish4%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The bomb stays on one screen and the manual stays in someone else's hands.

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Related rankings

Sources

Store price checked 17 Aug 2026.

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