Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes co-op guide

6 topics for playing together: how to start, what Defuser and Expert each do, and the milestones on the way. 57 steps in total.

Compiled from 3 playthrough videos and 28 guide pages · checked Oct 19, 2026. We did not play the game for this guide.

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Getting started
Setting up a session
Who sits where, where the Experts get the manual, and what changes on VR, console and remote play.
- 3 parts
- Sources being checked
0 of 3 done
Topic 1 of 5
Missions, strikes and Free Play
How a bomb is lost, the reading of the casing, the mission binder in order, and what Free Play lets you change.
- 4 parts
- Sources being checked
0 of 4 done
Topic 2 of 5
The First Bomb modules: Wires, The Button, Keypads
The three modules on the very first bomb, as call-outs between the two seats.
- 3 parts
0 of 3 done
Topic 3 of 5
The Basics modules: Simon Says, Who's on First, Memory, Mazes
The four modules the Basics section adds, as call-outs between the two seats.
- 4 parts
0 of 4 done
Topic 4 of 5
Moderate modules: Passwords, Morse Code, Complicated Wires, Wire Sequences
The four modules the Moderate section adds, as call-outs between the two seats.
- 4 parts
0 of 4 done
Topic 5 of 5
Needy modules: Venting Gas, Capacitor Discharge, Knobs
The three modules that cannot be finished, only kept quiet, from the Needy section on.
- 4 parts
0 of 4 done

Sources (31)

Playthrough videos (each part on a topic page can jump the page's video to the moment it starts) and text guides.

Setting up a session