Keep Talking & Nobody Explodes

Steel Crate Games, Inc.

About this game

You’re alone in a room with a bomb. Your friends, the “Experts”, have the manual needed to defuse it. But there’s a catch: the Experts can’t see the bomb, so everyone will need to talk it out – fast!

Rounds are fast-paced, tense, occasionally silly, and almost always loud. Whether it’s defusing a bomb or deciphering information from the manual, everyone has a crucial role to play.

Put your puzzle-solving and communication skills to the test as you and your friends race to defuse bombs while attempting to communicate quickly before time runs out!

Features

• Challenging puzzles – Test the limits of your communication skills… and friendships?

• A different bomb every time – Procedurally generated puzzles keep the action fresh.

• A pocket party game for two or more local players – Bring it to your next game night, party, or event to play with friends.

• Mobile portability – Shield your screen from the prying eyes of your Experts.

• Only one copy of the game needed – Have friends join in as “Experts” with their own device by viewing the manual at bombmanual.com

• In-person, multiplayer only – A team game intended for players in the same physical space. Online play is not supported.

• Mission and Free Play Modes – Missions increase in difficulty as players face new modules and constraints are introduced. Unlock Freeplay Mode to set your own pace by creating custom bombs.

• Daydream VR optional – A great way to experience VR with all of your friends!

Bomb Defusal Manual can be printed or viewed for free at www.bombmanual.com

Ratings and reviews

I absolutely LOVE playing this with my friends as a party game. The only thing I have to complain about is that Daydream is the only way to play the game in VR. While it is optional, I wish you could still connect a Bluetooth controller, like an Xbox remote, and slide your phone into a viewer, so that more people could experience this game in VR. It is still very worth the buy in my opinion, it is super fun.

It's a great game, works just about how one would expect. Tons of fun too. One complaint though, I have experienced a music glitch multiple times now, where all sound in the game disappears when beginning a bomb. In my experience, this happened only on the Pick Up the Pace bombs, if that helps. Hope that gets ironed out. Still a 5/5 though! Hoping I can get it in VR on my Dream Vision Pro, although I have my doubts. Guess we'll see soon though.

An excellent port of the wonderful group game. Note that play will require at least 2 people and 1 other device (or a printed copy of the manual). Every module is well designed and the mobile interface is reasonably executed.

What's new

Minor translation fixes for in-game Japanese and Romanian manuals.
Updated credits.