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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Steel Crate Games · 2015-10-08

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Indie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Oct 08, 2015 (SteamVR), Oct 08, 2015 (Windows Mixed Reality), Oct 08, 2015 (Daydream), May 21, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Mar 26, 2016 (Oculus Rift), Dec 12, 2015 (Mac)

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!

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is an Indie game released in 2015, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 17137 reviews).

82
playing now
97%
positive of 17k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,606
twitch viewers (latest)
803.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
84/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (118 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (87 downloads)
4.37★
PlayStation Store rating (1,447 ratings)
86/100
opencritic · mighty · 77% recommend · from 23 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

82 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a puzzle video game developed and published by Canadian studio Steel Crate Games. The game tasks a player with disarming procedurally generated bombs with the assistance of other players who are reading a manual containing instructions. It was designed around virtual reality support, with availability first on Android-driven Samsung Gear VR, with later ports to supported devices on Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, and Linux; though could be played without virtual reality in some cases. An update for the game released in August 2018 removed the virtual reality requirement for these existing systems, as well as included releases for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. Non-VR ports for iOS and Android were released in August 2019.

Trailer

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes trailer thumbnail

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Launch Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 82 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 753 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~94/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 50,054 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 428k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,137 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 9 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49949920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

227452026-09-15 12:00 — 76 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 140 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 92 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 114 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 191 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 91 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 47 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 136 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 143 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 121 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 104 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 90 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 54 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 177 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 227 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 73 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 109 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 150 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 68 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 135 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 216 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 99 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 53 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 82 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
82665Oct 2015Aug 2026Oct 2015 — avg 382 · peak 1,744Feb 2016 — avg 102 · peak 330Jun 2016 — avg 121 · peak 392Oct 2016 — avg 65 · peak 185Feb 2017 — avg 112 · peak 390Jun 2017 — avg 133 · peak 563Oct 2017 — avg 76 · peak 270Feb 2018 — avg 108 · peak 379Jun 2018 — avg 108 · peak 342Oct 2018 — avg 81 · peak 222Feb 2019 — avg 142 · peak 590Jun 2019 — avg 95 · peak 277Oct 2019 — avg 78 · peak 248Feb 2020 — avg 120 · peak 326Jun 2020 — avg 132 · peak 449Oct 2020 — avg 131 · peak 403Feb 2021 — avg 142 · peak 433Jun 2021 — avg 136 · peak 434Oct 2021 — avg 91 · peak 238Feb 2022 — avg 211 · peak 624Jun 2022 — avg 126 · peak 294Oct 2022 — avg 87 · peak 193Feb 2023 — avg 224 · peak 765Jun 2023 — avg 133 · peak 387Oct 2023 — avg 103 · peak 237Feb 2024 — avg 192 · peak 668Jun 2024 — avg 142 · peak 325Oct 2024 — avg 115 · peak 297Feb 2025 — avg 284 · peak 892Jun 2025 — avg 147 · peak 380Oct 2025 — avg 142 · peak 456Feb 2026 — avg 180 · peak 406Jun 2026 — avg 171 · peak 499Aug 2026 — avg 140 · peak 321
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-10-082026-10-102015-10-08 — best price $13.492016-11-25 — best price $7.492017-04-30 — best price $6.502017-07-10 — best price $14.992017-12-18 — best price $4.942018-02-25 — best price $14.992018-07-02 — best price $5.992018-10-29 — best price $7.492018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-01-28 — best price $14.992019-06-25 — best price $4.942019-08-29 — best price $8.992019-11-21 — best price $4.942020-02-02 — best price $14.992020-03-23 — best price $14.992020-07-27 — best price $7.492020-11-25 — best price $7.492021-03-29 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $4.942022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-06-24 — best price $8.992022-11-22 — best price $5.992023-01-02 — best price $14.992023-03-31 — best price $8.992023-07-07 — best price $14.992023-12-04 — best price $4.492024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-05-21 — best price $14.992024-08-23 — best price $3.742024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-07-10 — best price $14.992026-02-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

273492026-06-01 — 71 pageviews2026-06-05 — 70 pageviews2026-06-09 — 60 pageviews2026-06-13 — 92 pageviews2026-06-17 — 75 pageviews2026-06-21 — 79 pageviews2026-06-25 — 71 pageviews2026-06-29 — 75 pageviews2026-07-03 — 111 pageviews2026-07-07 — 84 pageviews2026-07-11 — 71 pageviews2026-07-15 — 66 pageviews2026-07-19 — 69 pageviews2026-07-23 — 82 pageviews2026-07-27 — 70 pageviews2026-07-31 — 71 pageviews2026-08-04 — 96 pageviews2026-08-08 — 63 pageviews2026-08-12 — 61 pageviews2026-08-16 — 68 pageviews2026-08-20 — 66 pageviews2026-08-24 — 54 pageviews2026-08-28 — 64 pageviews2026-09-01 — 57 pageviews2026-09-05 — 82 pageviews2026-09-09 — 56 pageviews2026-09-13 — 71 pageviews2026-09-17 — 64 pageviews2026-09-21 — 80 pageviews2026-09-25 — 65 pageviews2026-09-29 — 61 pageviews2026-10-03 — 50 pageviews2026-10-07 — 83 pageviews2026-10-11 — 68 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
88.3%
earned "Action Hero"
12.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedVR SupportSteam Workshop1 DLC

26 supported languages: English, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-08-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)52,7672%10
PS4 (PlayStation)7,9562%10
Xbox One (Xbox)1,6904%10
Switch (Nintendo)1430%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRCo-opFunnyIndiePartyCasualPuzzleDifficultBoard GameParty Game

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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