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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Game · 2015 · Notable

Made by Steel Crate Games in-house · Source

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Steel Crate reported over one million sales for its bomb-defusal co-op game.

Trailer · Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes on YouTube
Clip · LtHummus on YouTube
Official gameplay screenshot showing bomb modules and their timer.
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How it works
Reach15ContagionNo data yetBreadth100Velocity65Longevity5052

Numbers

All-time Steam concurrent players, Steambase live tracker
3.4K
As of Oct 13, 2026 · Open web · Steambase
Peak date
Week of Oct 15, 2015
Jul 16 ’15 to Week of Oct 15, 2015
Platforms
6
Started on App stores
Origin
Seeded
Gaming

Mechanics

  • Platform jumpPrimary
  • Press loop
  • Underdog
  • Maker origin
  • Visible in use

How it spread

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The game reached Gear VR in July 2015 and PC in October. Twitch play and YouTube videos widened its audience; Sony ranked it fifth among 2016 PS VR downloads. Steel Crate reported over one million copies sold by September 2019.

Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.

Wikipedia views · Google searchesSep ’13Jun ’14May ’15OctApr ’16DecAug ’17Jan ’19SepDec ’20Apr ’23Mar ’25PeakPressApp storesOpen webTwitchXYouTube
PressApp storesOpen webTwitchXYouTube

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Timeline (18)

  1. January 2014

    PC Gamer precursor · Jan 30 ’14

    PC Gamer covered the 48-hour Game Jam prototype, embedding gameplay and linking the project website.[1]

    and nobody explodes
    Open the first post ↗

  2. September 2014

    WIRED precursor · Sep 1 ’14

    WIRED covered the PAX demo after PC Gamer's January 30 report on the prototype.[1][2]

  3. July 2015

    Steel Crate Games seed · Jul 16 ’15

    Steel Crate Games released the game on Gear VR.[3][4][5]

Changelogupdated Oct 12 ’26
  1. 2026-10-12Added: 16 events, 29 sources · Score 50
Origin
Seeded
Sector
Gaming
Region
CA
All-time Steam concurrent players, Steambase live tracker
3.4K
As of Oct 13, 2026 · Open web · Steambase
Evidence
Grade B

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Wikipedia views · Google searchesSep ’13Jun ’14May ’15OctApr ’16DecAug ’17Jan ’19SepDec ’20Apr ’23Mar ’25PeakPressApp storesOpen webTwitchXYouTube
PressApp storesOpen webTwitchXYouTube

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  1. January 2014

    PC Gamer precursor · Jan 30 ’14

    PC Gamer covered the 48-hour Game Jam prototype, embedding gameplay and linking the project website.[1]

    and nobody explodes
    Open the first post ↗

  2. September 2014

    WIRED precursor · Sep 1 ’14

    WIRED covered the PAX demo after PC Gamer's January 30 report on the prototype.[1][2]

  3. July 2015

    Steel Crate Games seed · Jul 16 ’15

    Steel Crate Games released the game on Gear VR.[3][4][5]

  1. press · Aug 6 ’15

  2. commercial · Oct 8 ’15

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