Games Like Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Digital cooperative board game for 2-4 players. You, your friends and a ticking bomb! Work together, communicate efficiently to save lives!

Why similar: Board Game 24.3%, Local Multiplayer 20.1%, Local Co-Op 19.4%, Co-op 12.1%, Puzzle 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the closest experience to the seed, featuring a bomb-defusal mechanic that relies entirely on communication between players.

You and your friend are trapped in a mystical world. As time ebbs away you must solve increasingly complex puzzles to escape. Cooperation is key as neither of you have the full picture! Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.

Why similar: Co-op 41%, Puzzle 19.2%, Local Multiplayer 14.5%, Local Co-Op 12.1%, Multiplayer 7%

Why You'll Like It: Players must share information from their respective screens to solve puzzles, perfectly capturing the asymmetric co-op feel.

It takes two to save the world in this cooperative spy adventure. Pair up with a friend as Agent or Hacker—with only your voices to connect you—and work together to bring a hi-tech global menace to its knees. Now with a FREE CONTENT UPDATE!

Why similar: Co-op 46.3%, Puzzle 26.1%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Family Friendly 9.3%, Casual 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This spy-themed adventure requires one player to act as the field agent while the other provides support from a terminal, mirroring the communication-heavy dynamic.

Lost in a frozen wasteland and split up from your partner inside an abandoned castle, the only possession you have left is a walkie-talkie with a familiar voice on the other end. Can the two of you find your way out in time?

Why similar: Co-op 57.9%, Puzzle 20.6%, Multiplayer 18%, Casual 2%, Indie 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Asymmetric puzzle-solving is the core of this experience, where players are separated and must describe their surroundings to progress.

First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

Why similar: Co-op 46.2%, Puzzle 20.8%, Multiplayer 15%, VR 8.5%, Family Friendly 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly interactive escape room experience that rewards clear communication and collaborative problem-solving.

How 2 Escape is an escape-simulation game where two players will need to cooperate on asymmetrical gameplay and devices. "Talk together. Help each other." will be your new motto to survive in How 2 Escape.

Why similar: Co-op 32%, Local Multiplayer 27.4%, Team-Based 15%, Puzzle 13.2%, Multiplayer 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: One player uses a mobile app for instructions while the other plays on PC, creating a unique asymmetric escape room experience.

Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.

Why similar: VR 38.7%, Puzzle 23.6%, Difficult 12.2%, Funny 10.3%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This VR puzzle game captures the high-stakes, bomb-defusal tension of the seed game in a solo immersive environment.

Unravel the mystery of a cryptic box in this 2-player co-op puzzle game. Join forces as two detectives, solve cooperative puzzles, communicate effectively, crack the codes and outsmart the killer.

Why similar: Co-op 43.4%, Puzzle 28.2%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Family Friendly 9.4%, Casual 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This cooperative puzzle game forces players to share information to solve complex mysteries, much like a manual-based defusal.

The Past Within is the new co-op experience from Rusty Lake! Play together with someone you deem trustworthy: one in The Past, the other in The Future. Observe and communicate what you see around you. Solve the puzzles and uncover Albert Vanderboom’s plan.

Why similar: Co-op 55%, Puzzle 20%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Local Co-Op 8%, Local Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click puzzle game that requires two players to communicate across different perspectives to uncover the truth.

Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 28%, Local Multiplayer 23.5%, Co-op 22.6%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Team-Based 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: The original game established the chaotic, communication-dependent gameplay loop that makes party co-op games so engaging.

You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the greatest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?

Why similar: Co-op 54.5%, Puzzle 25.1%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Casual 3%

Why You'll Like It: The most expansive entry in the series, it deepens the asymmetric puzzle mechanics that make the genre so compelling.

As your final hour approaches, a large structure looms up in the distance, towering above the relentless storm. Discover the truth behind this dark castle in a communication-based, cooperative puzzle adventure.

Why similar: Co-op 54.9%, Puzzle 22.8%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Casual 3%, Indie 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: This entry refines the asymmetric communication loop, requiring precise verbal descriptions to solve intricate puzzles.

As we explore these frozen wastes, misfortune strikes once again. Through the fierce blizzard, a flare lights the sky, followed by a cry for help over the radio - broken, dying... No one else can come to their rescue. Can we make it back - together?

Why similar: Co-op 50.9%, Puzzle 28.1%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Casual 2.4%, Indie 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the tradition of separated players needing to describe their environments to solve complex cooperative puzzles.

Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31%, Co-op 25.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.9%, Multiplayer 14%, Funny 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: While the theme is cooking, the requirement for constant, high-pressure verbal coordination makes it a spiritual cousin to the seed.

A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

Why similar: Co-op 72.4%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Funny 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: The game relies heavily on voice chat and coordination to survive high-pressure environments, capturing the frantic energy of the seed.

With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.

Why similar: Party Game 30%, Party 18.4% ★, Local Multiplayer 15.6%, Local Co-Op 12.8%, Puzzle 7%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based puzzle game adds a competitive party element that rewards quick thinking and coordination.

Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

Why similar: Co-op 47.7%, VR 25.9%, Multiplayer 25.5%, Indie 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: Success depends on constant communication and relaying information to teammates while under pressure, similar to the seed's core loop.

Death Squared is a co-op puzzle game about cooperation, communication, and robot explosions. You should buy it!

Why similar: Co-op 25.2%, Local Co-Op 23.2%, Local Multiplayer 20.1%, Puzzle 11%, Difficult 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game that requires intense coordination and communication to navigate traps, often resulting in hilarious failures.

Pummel Party is a 4-8 player online and local-multiplayer party game. Pummel friends or AI using a wide array of absurd items in the board mode and compete to destroy friendships in the unique collection of minigames.

Why similar: Party Game 25.2%, Board Game 17.7%, Party 13.1% ★, Multiplayer 11.1%, Local Multiplayer 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This party game captures the chaotic, social atmosphere of the seed through its variety of mini-games and competitive tension.

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

Why similar: Party 28.2% ★, Party Game 26.1%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.2%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive platformer where players build the level together, requiring strategic communication and sabotage.

Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!

Why similar: Co-op 27.3%, Local Multiplayer 23.3%, Local Co-Op 22.9%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Procedural Generation 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Players must coordinate their actions in real-time to build a train track, demanding the same frantic teamwork as bomb defusal.

Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 31%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Co-op 11.6%, Party Game 10.2%, Local Co-Op 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced party game that forces players to adapt quickly to changing rules, mirroring the high-pressure environment of the seed.

Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.

Why similar: Co-op 27.8%, Local Co-Op 22.7%, Difficult 12.6%, Puzzle 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This cooperative puzzle game focuses on synchronized movement, requiring players to talk through their actions to succeed.

Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a physics sandbox, and your friends. Make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created mods. Unlimited gaming possibilities!

Why similar: Board Game 45%, Co-op 14.1%, VR 10.4%, Moddable 10.4% ★, Multiplayer 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides the digital space for board games that require the same level of social interaction and rule-following as the seed's manual.

ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.

Why similar: Co-op 44.5%, Local Co-Op 25%, Puzzle 11.8%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Local Multiplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative platformer that requires players to think and move in tandem to solve spatial puzzles.

Five new games: the hit threequel Quiplash 3, the collaborative chaos of The Devils and the Details, the fierce drawing game Champ’d Up, the speech game Talking Points and the guessing game Blather 'Round. Use phones or tablets as controllers and play with up to 8 players, and an audience of 10,000!

Why similar: Party Game 22.7%, Party 18.4% ★, Board Game 13.4%, Local Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This collection features games that emphasize social deduction and communication, keeping the party energy high.

The threequel to the party game phenomenon features the deadly quiz show Trivia Murder Party, the say-anything sequel Quiplash 2, the surprising survey game Guesspionage, the t-shirt slugfest Tee K.O., and the sneaky trickster game Fakin’ It.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 21.3%, Party Game 20.1%, Party 18% ★, Board Game 17.1%, Co-op 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential party game collection that relies on social interaction and quick wit, perfect for the same audience.

A frantic co-op puzzle game where a Pilot and an Air Traffic Controller must communicate, decrypt, and improvise to save a failing aircraft. Talk fast, solve faster, and try not to crash.

Why similar: Co-op 31.8%, Party Game 28.6%, Team-Based 10.6%, Puzzle 10.3%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Tools Up! is an exciting local co-op that tests your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock!

Why similar: Party Game 33.6%, Local Co-Op 21.5%, Local Multiplayer 10.9%, Co-op 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic renovation game that demands clear communication and task delegation to beat the clock.

Partner up with your friend online and set sail for an unforgettable puzzle adventure in this bite-sized standalone We Were Here experience. Work together to overcome brain-teasing challenges and make fun memories, using your best communication, teamwork and trust skills.

Why similar: Co-op 52.1%, Puzzle 18.9%, Team-Based 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Casual 2.1%

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Puzzle 34.9%, Simulation 21.2%, Difficult 16.9%, Indie 16.2%, Strategy 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: While single-player, it captures the intense, high-pressure simulation of following a strict manual to perform a critical task.

PICO PARK is a cooperative local/online multiplay action puzzle game for 2-8 players.

Why similar: Co-op 22.6%, Local Multiplayer 18.7%, Local Co-Op 18.1%, Party Game 15.6%, Multiplayer 13.7%

The sequel to the party game phenomenon The Jackbox Party Pack, featuring FIVE fresh, rib-tickling party games! Your phones or tablets are your controllers – no big mess of controllers needed. For up to 8 players plus an Audience of up to 10,000! It’s a game-night riot in a box… without the box!

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 20.6%, Party 18.8% ★, Party Game 18.4%, Board Game 11.6%, Local Co-Op 9.5%

KeyWe is a cute, co-operative postal puzzler starring Jeff and Debra, two small kiwi birds working in a whimsical post office. They must jump, flap, peck and butt-slam their way across an interactive landscape of levers, bells and buttons to get those messages delivered on time!

Why similar: Co-op 33.3%, Local Co-Op 21.8%, Local Multiplayer 21%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Puzzle 6.9%

Work together to solve puzzles and escape a desert island in this stylized multiplayer co-op adventure. Success requires more than just you and your partner thinking alike - you'll have to communicate and stay In Sink to overcome the challenges ahead.

Why similar: Co-op 45.8%, Puzzle 19.1%, Multiplayer 17%, Family Friendly 11.4%, Casual 3.7%

A brain-racking game about bathroom breaks, screwdrivers and nuclear explosions.

Why similar: Puzzle 66.7%, Difficult 15.7%, Indie 8.8%, Funny 4.4%, Casual 4.3%

"Tales of Escape" is a series of 6 person multiplayer escape room adventures for virtual reality or desktop pc! Gather your friends and choose a story to play!

Why similar: Co-op 41.6%, Puzzle 20.3%, VR 16%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Funny 5%

For 3-8 players and an audience of thousands! Your phones or tablets are your controllers! The game of terrible drawings and hilariously wrong answers.

Why similar: Party Game 21.2%, Party 19.5% ★, Local Multiplayer 14%, Board Game 12.2%, Local Co-Op 10.2%

Team up as two quirky construction workers in this fun 2-player co-op platformer! Carry a fragile glass window through colorful levels filled with challenges. Communicate and coordinate to dodge obstacles and solve puzzles. Can you finish the job without breaking the glass?

Why similar: Co-op 53.7%, Multiplayer 18.7%, Funny 10%, Family Friendly 8.7%, Simulation 5.3%

The team behind YOU DON’T KNOW JACK presents FIVE guffaw-inducing party games in one pack! You’re gonna need more than one party for this. Your phones or tablets are your controllers! For 1-100 players!

Why similar: Party 29.9% ★, Local Multiplayer 19.2%, Party Game 19.2%, Board Game 9.9%, Co-op 6.4%

Play alone or with your friends in this cooperative adventure for 1 to 4 players. Make the right moves, and coordinate with your team to rescue people in danger. Have fun, and act fast! The success of your team depends on your choices. Save as many lives as possible in a frantic race against time!

Why similar: Party 30.6% ★, Co-op 23.4%, Local Co-Op 17.9%, Local Multiplayer 7.8%, Puzzle 6.2%

Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

Why similar: Co-op 24.4%, Local Multiplayer 23%, Local Co-Op 22%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Simulation 5.6%

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Co-op 53.5%, Local Co-Op 35.1%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Indie 0.3%

Team up with a friend to reach a lost submarine and prevent the outbreak of war. Work together on two devices to solve increasingly challenging puzzles, where each of you has your own unique role to play. 2 players: 1 buys the game, the other uses the free Companion App

Why similar: Board Game 32.7%, Team-Based 16.7%, Local Co-Op 12.3%, Co-op 12.1%, Puzzle 11.8%

You are a chef in VR who need to satisfy your customers in a limited amount of time. Share the experience with a friend in local multiplayer mode. Chaotic levels are waiting for you!

Why similar: Asymmetric VR 53.4% ★, VR 23.4%, Local Co-Op 14.5%, Simulation 4%, Casual 2.7%

It’s the wildest Party Pack yet, with the absurd deathmatch Trivia Murder Party 2, the weird word circus Dictionarium, the hidden identity game Push The Button, the comedy contest Joke Boat and the offbeat personality test Role Models.

Why similar: Party 22.3% ★, Local Multiplayer 17.6%, Party Game 17.4%, Board Game 11.3%, Local Co-Op 8.3%

"The Experiment" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! You took part in an experiment that went out of control, can you escape the facilities before it's too late?

Why similar: Co-op 41.1%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Puzzle 16.1%, VR 14.4%, Casual 5.4%

Play an early version of the first level for free! Work together to solve the puzzles and escape a desert island in this multiplayer co-op adventure. Success requires more than just you and your partner thinking alike - you'll have to communicate and stay In Sink to overcome the challenges ahead.

Why similar: Co-op 35.6%, Puzzle 26.6%, Multiplayer 22.4%, Family Friendly 6.6%, Strategy 3.8%

A new lead turns up old doubts about an 'Unsolved Case'. A trap, or a copycat killer? In this co-op puzzle game prequel to the award-winning Cryptic Killer series, put on your detective badges as you collaborate and communicate to crack the codes, solve the riddles, and catch the Cryptic Killer.

Why similar: Co-op 42.6%, Puzzle 27.7%, Multiplayer 17.6%, Family Friendly 8.3%, Casual 3.7%

For 3-8 Players and an Audience of thousands! Your phones or tablets are your controllers! The gut-busting, say-anything, no-rules party game!

Why similar: Party Game 24.4%, Party 21% ★, Local Multiplayer 17.1%, Co-op 16.1%, Multiplayer 9.5%

Eye in the Sky is an asymmetrical local co-op escape room where a VR player and a Computer player solve puzzles from different perspectives. The goal is to share information from each perspective and overcome the obstacles on a journey to the center of a post-apocalyptic robot planet.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.2%, Asymmetric VR 26.6% ★, VR 17.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Casual 8.3%

BFF or Die is a cozy/crazy couch co-op puzzle-action game for one to four players. As time traveling aliens you’re sent on a risky rescue mission to Earth! Use your gadgets collaboratively to overcome danger and survive as a team.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 20.6%, Local Multiplayer 18.5%, Co-op 16.2%, Team-Based 11.8%, Puzzle 9.1%

Save your next party! 5 new games in 1 Party Pack: the trivia bluff-off Fibbage 4, the team test Quixort, the joke auction Junktopia, the silly guessfest Nonsensory and the reality TV game Roomerang.

Why similar: Party Game 21.3%, Board Game 19.1%, Party 18.9% ★, Local Multiplayer 11.7%, Local Co-Op 7.3%

Strategy co-op online multiplayer game about living on a spaceship with your roommates. You'll need to generate resources, take care of a deadly alien infestation, upgrade your appliances and build your sustainable space home. Living together is never easy, especially when you are in outer space!

Why similar: Co-op 36%, Local Co-Op 24.6%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Local Multiplayer 12%, Strategy 5.6%

It’s the biggest Party Pack yet, including the return of the classic pop culture trivia mash-up YOU DON’T KNOW JACK: Full Stream; the game of hilarious hypotheticals Split the Room; the lyric-writing, robot rap battle Mad Verse City; the inventive drawing game Patently Stupid; and the outer space fling-fest Zeeple Dome.

Why similar: Party Game 28.1%, Local Multiplayer 25.6%, Party 18.8% ★, Board Game 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.7%

"Escape Memoirs: Mini Stories" is a series of co-operative escape-room style puzzle scenarios. Each one is sure to test your wits as you try to overcome the challenges that stand in the way of your escape.

Why similar: Co-op 49.5%, Multiplayer 24.9%, Puzzle 24.3%, Casual 1.2%

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Puzzle 77.7%, Funny 22.3%

Welcome to Escape Academy. Train to become the ultimate Escapist. Solve Puzzles. Hack Servers. Meet the Faculty. Brew the perfect cup of tea. Escape Rooms in single player or co-op with a friend - local or online!

Why similar: Co-op 30.2%, Local Co-Op 28.4%, Puzzle 15.7%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Local Multiplayer 5.8%

Now with Vive Support! A cryptic, brain-racking, button-pushing non-linear puzzle game.

Why similar: VR 44.8%, Puzzle 37.7%, Casual 9.8%, Indie 7.7%

A co-op party game where you draw things humans can understand, but an image recognition AI can't! 2-6 players can join with just one copy of the game, using your mobile browser as your controller.

Why similar: Party Game 31.8%, Co-op 17.4%, Local Multiplayer 13.1%, Local Co-Op 11.8%, Team-Based 7.2%