Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Mild overall intensityWhat's in it
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What it is
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a cooperative puzzle game in which one player sees a procedurally generated bomb on screen while the others hold a defusal manual they cannot show to the first player. By talking back and forth under a countdown timer, the group works out how to cut wires, press buttons, and solve modules before time runs out. The only 'harm' in the game is an abstract explosion effect that plays as a fail state; there is no combat, no characters getting hurt, no blood, and no gore. The main content element is the tension of a ticking-bomb premise. It contains no sexual content, nudity, strong language, substances, or gambling.
How it's framed
The bomb is a neutral puzzle device rather than a weapon aimed at anyone; the game frames disarming it as a teamwork and communication challenge, and the recurring emphasis in the experience is cooperation, clear description, and staying calm under time pressure. Failure is treated as a comedic reset rather than depicted violence.
Details
- Developer
- Steel Crate Games
- Publisher
- Steel Crate Games
- Released
- Oct 8, 2015