Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2015)

Steel Crate Games

Android · Daydream · Gear VR · Linux · Mac · Meta Quest 2 · Nintendo Switch · Oculus Quest · Oculus Rift · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation VR · SteamVR · Windows Mixed Reality · Xbox One · iOS

3.92 from 609 ratings

2770 members have it in their collection · 58 playing now · 1069 backlogged · 170 wish listed

How long? Main story 4h (from 1 logged playthrough)

One player is trapped in a virtual room with a ticking time bomb they must defuse. The other players are the “Experts” who must give the instructions to defuse the bomb by deciphering the information found in the bomb defusal manual. But there’s a catch: the experts can’t see the bomb, so everyone will need to talk it out – fast!
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Details

Developers
Steel Crate Games
Publishers
Steel Crate Games
Genres
Indie, Puzzle, Simulator
Themes
Party, Thriller
Event
BitSummit 7 Spirits
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jul 16, 2015 (Worldwide) Gear VR
  • Oct 08, 2015 (Worldwide) Daydream, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Windows Mixed Reality
  • Dec 12, 2015 (Worldwide) Mac
  • Mar 26, 2016 (Worldwide) Oculus Rift
  • Oct 13, 2016 (Worldwide) PlayStation VR
  • Dec 20, 2017 (Worldwide) Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Aug 16, 2018 (North_America) Nintendo Switch
  • Aug 16, 2018 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
  • Aug 17, 2018 (Worldwide) Xbox One
  • May 21, 2019 (Worldwide) Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest
  • Aug 01, 2019 (Worldwide) Android, iOS
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Rating distribution

5 stars
138
4 stars
308
3 stars
142
2 stars
18
1 star
2
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Community All Reviews Statuses

AndTheBeanStalk

Review AndTheBeanStalk 5/5 · May 24, 2019

Super fun couch co-op with free bonus feature of testing how good you are at communicating with your partner

kiyohie

Review kiyohie 3/5 · Apr 7, 2019

This game tests how well you communicate with your friend, because conveying literally EVERY single detail is important. Although it's kind of hilarious to play, I'm only able to enjoy it for a short period of time. It eventually gets stale even if they involve new things to make it even more difficult to diffuse.

Gangreen

Status Gangreen Nov 23, 2018

I think playing this in VR helps add to the experience a lot. Playing in VR is not relaxing the same way a typical video game is, but that's appropriate because you are defusing a ticking bomb.

CrossBread

Status CrossBread Jun 9, 2018

Asymmetrical play was really fun with a game about improving clear communication and multitasking.

VR was especially enjoyable.

GigaDeathNullGolem

Review GigaDeathNullGolem 4/5 · Sep 12, 2016

Fun two player co-operative game, that plays a bit like a party game.

This is a really fun game but it's tough and I must say for me i found it really exhausting. The puzzles are not too hard for the most part but there are certain stressful things that can occur while playing it. and the puzzles are briliantly conceived to stress you out, as they take advantage of certain human communication …

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This is a really fun game but it's tough and I must say for me i found it really exhausting. The puzzles are not too hard for the most part but there are certain stressful things that can occur while playing it. and the puzzles are briliantly conceived to stress you out, as they take advantage of certain human communication hangups and errors. This would have to be one of the better games made for VR so far in that it is a unique and perfectly designed premise that takes advantage of what the player does and what the 'reader' does, providing roles for both (almost like a player and a dungeonmaster in a AD&D setting)

Unique experience well designed
Decent enough replayability (especially for VR games/experiences anyway)
scenarios, challenges ability to scale into difficulty

not a single player game, two players (or more) mandatory. Not going to be a game for everything.


If you like puzzle games and party games this is a must have.

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