# Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

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

- Owner: Steel Crate Games
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2015-07-16
- Peak date: Week of Oct 15, 2015
- Date basis: Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 52 (Notable), v1.2
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Press loop, Underdog, Maker origin, Visible in use

## Summary

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.

## Timeline

- 2014-01-30 — PC Gamer (Press) — PC Gamer covered the 48-hour Game Jam prototype, embedding gameplay and linking the project website.
- 2014-09-01 — WIRED (Press) — WIRED covered the PAX demo after PC Gamer's January 30 report on the prototype.
- 2015-07-16 — Steel Crate Games (App stores) — Steel Crate Games released the game on Gear VR.

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Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/keep-talking-and-nobody-explodes

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.” Case HIS-00243. Spread Score v1.2: 52/100. Updated 2026-10-13. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00243