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The Talos Principle 2

Croteam · Devolver Digital · 2023-11-02

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 02, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Nov 02, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.

120
playing now
95%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
33h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 39h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

120 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Talos Principle 2 is a puzzle-adventure video game developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital. A sequel to The Talos Principle (2014), the game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S in November 2023 to generally positive reviews.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 120 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 741 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~93/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,003 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 267k–602k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,367 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%
GOG$8.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-70%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2026-06-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 76 of 119 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.8k4.8k20232026Week of 2023-11-01: 4,809 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,032 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

25202026-08-07 00:00 — 117 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 65 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 179 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 127 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 97 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 214 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 145 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 125 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 247 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 141 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 74 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 156 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 76 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 148 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 119 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 82 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 209 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 138 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 69 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 144 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 147 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 81 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 159 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 192 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 71 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 109 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 182 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 120 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$7.492023-09-262026-08-302023-09-26 — best price $26.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-02-09 — best price $23.992024-03-14 — best price $17.992024-04-11 — best price $29.992024-05-16 — best price $17.992024-06-17 — best price $17.992024-07-12 — best price $29.992024-08-10 — best price $24.992024-09-19 — best price $17.992024-10-28 — best price $29.992024-11-24 — best price $29.992024-12-10 — best price $12.502025-01-04 — best price $29.992025-01-25 — best price $13.992025-02-15 — best price $15.002025-03-13 — best price $12.502025-04-09 — best price $29.992025-04-26 — best price $29.992025-05-19 — best price $14.992025-06-14 — best price $29.992025-07-18 — best price $29.992025-08-25 — best price $15.002025-09-18 — best price $8.992025-10-09 — best price $24.992025-11-03 — best price $29.992025-12-09 — best price $7.502026-01-08 — best price $8.992026-02-11 — best price $29.992026-03-12 — best price $8.012026-04-03 — best price $29.992026-04-23 — best price $8.992026-05-14 — best price $7.502026-06-04 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-03 — best price $14.992026-08-20 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

215762026-05-31 — 110 pageviews2026-06-03 — 106 pageviews2026-06-06 — 129 pageviews2026-06-09 — 176 pageviews2026-06-12 — 115 pageviews2026-06-15 — 123 pageviews2026-06-18 — 128 pageviews2026-06-21 — 146 pageviews2026-06-24 — 119 pageviews2026-06-27 — 113 pageviews2026-06-30 — 96 pageviews2026-07-03 — 105 pageviews2026-07-06 — 155 pageviews2026-07-09 — 113 pageviews2026-07-12 — 125 pageviews2026-07-15 — 94 pageviews2026-07-18 — 126 pageviews2026-07-21 — 97 pageviews2026-07-24 — 126 pageviews2026-07-27 — 111 pageviews2026-07-30 — 105 pageviews2026-08-02 — 134 pageviews2026-08-05 — 118 pageviews2026-08-08 — 109 pageviews2026-08-11 — 97 pageviews2026-08-14 — 124 pageviews2026-08-17 — 130 pageviews2026-08-20 — 101 pageviews2026-08-23 — 122 pageviews2026-08-26 — 126 pageviews2026-08-28 — 91 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88%
earned "Ab Initio"
51.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudHDR availableFamily Sharing3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,9815%87
PS5 (PlayStation)3,4058%69
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,8222%86

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DLogicPuzzleSci-fiLore-RichStory RichExplorationFirst-PersonThird Person3D Platformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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