The Talos Principle

Buy95%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 33k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Croteam · Puzzle · Dec 11, 2014

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
40
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
13
Full audio12 of 13
Subtitles13 of 13

Should I buy The Talos Principle?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 108 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 33k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
56% of themes are praise44% are divided0% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
108 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It has simpler world, but it stretches your brain big time, also has very cool supportive story, enlightening too at that, and the ending sequence is superb.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
WHEN SEARCHING FOR IT, DO NOT OVERCOMPLEXIFY IT, FINDING THE LAST STAR ISNT ANY HARDER, JUST KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN AND TRUST GAMEPLAY AND CONVENIENT LVL DESIGN.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Second, the puzzle part are impressively refine, with a difficulty curve almost perfect.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This game is nearly a decade old at this point and the graphics hold up pretty well.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The music and the visuals pair fantastic, and with the voice acting and story, I was invested the entire time.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story108 reviews
Gameplay53 reviews
Difficulty30 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
75% still recommend
Crashes
100% still recommend
Performance
67% still recommend
Optimization
67% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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