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The Talos Principle 2

Croteam · Devolver Digital · 2023-11-02

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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.

The Talos Principle 2 is an Action, Adventure game released in 2023, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 13408 reviews).

362
playing now
95%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4
twitch viewers (latest)
2.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (2.0k downloads)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (3,173 ratings)
33h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 39h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

362 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

The Talos Principle 2 trailer thumbnail

The Talos Principle 2 - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

≈350,756 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 362 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 4% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 272k–612k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,600 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-90%
Microsoft Store$5.99-80%
Epic Games Store$7.49-75%
GOG$7.49-75%
GOG$7.49-75%
Humble Store$8.99-70%

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 110 of 149 observed days · at its 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

1.0k592026-09-15 13:00 — 110 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 118 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 69 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 135 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 199 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 90 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 78 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 133 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 93 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 116 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 131 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 101 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 59 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 358 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 498 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 426 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 708 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 511 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 420 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 946 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 882 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 433 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 621 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 362 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.2k115Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 2,164 · peak 7,258Dec 2023 — avg 885 · peak 1,896Jan 2024 — avg 661 · peak 1,737Feb 2024 — avg 355 · peak 854Mar 2024 — avg 425 · peak 998Apr 2024 — avg 430 · peak 1,143May 2024 — avg 286 · peak 644Jun 2024 — avg 505 · peak 1,602Jul 2024 — avg 488 · peak 1,158Aug 2024 — avg 299 · peak 635Sep 2024 — avg 309 · peak 712Oct 2024 — avg 212 · peak 508Nov 2024 — avg 214 · peak 462Dec 2024 — avg 352 · peak 750Jan 2025 — avg 326 · peak 821Feb 2025 — avg 239 · peak 562Mar 2025 — avg 225 · peak 523Apr 2025 — avg 183 · peak 412May 2025 — avg 138 · peak 330Jun 2025 — avg 147 · peak 335Jul 2025 — avg 144 · peak 303Aug 2025 — avg 115 · peak 230Sep 2025 — avg 142 · peak 383Oct 2025 — avg 185 · peak 423Nov 2025 — avg 153 · peak 316Dec 2025 — avg 143 · peak 346Jan 2026 — avg 179 · peak 376Feb 2026 — avg 142 · peak 291Mar 2026 — avg 119 · peak 267Apr 2026 — avg 136 · peak 291May 2026 — avg 126 · peak 271Jun 2026 — avg 160 · peak 345Jul 2026 — avg 158 · peak 325Aug 2026 — avg 133 · peak 277
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
28282026-10-022026-10-142026-10-02: 28 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 12 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 11 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 12 new positive2026-10-08: 13 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 15 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 26 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-12: 13 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 5 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 6 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$2.992023-09-262026-10-152023-09-26 — best price $26.992024-01-12 — best price $23.992024-02-21 — best price $24.992024-04-04 — best price $17.992024-05-16 — best price $17.992024-06-21 — best price $29.992024-08-01 — best price $29.992024-09-12 — best price $29.992024-10-28 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992024-12-21 — best price $14.992025-01-23 — best price $14.992025-02-15 — best price $15.002025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-04-18 — best price $14.992025-05-14 — best price $14.992025-06-14 — best price $29.992025-07-31 — best price $14.992025-09-11 — best price $29.992025-10-07 — best price $14.992025-11-03 — best price $29.992025-12-12 — best price $26.692026-01-26 — best price $29.992026-03-05 — best price $8.992026-04-03 — best price $29.992026-04-27 — best price $7.502026-05-22 — best price $29.992026-06-22 — best price $29.992026-08-03 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $12.492026-09-03 — best price $8.992026-09-13 — best price $8.992026-09-23 — best price $29.992026-10-03 — best price $2.992026-10-13 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

356762026-05-31 — 110 pageviews2026-06-04 — 113 pageviews2026-06-08 — 158 pageviews2026-06-12 — 115 pageviews2026-06-16 — 103 pageviews2026-06-20 — 130 pageviews2026-06-24 — 119 pageviews2026-06-28 — 124 pageviews2026-07-02 — 108 pageviews2026-07-06 — 155 pageviews2026-07-10 — 111 pageviews2026-07-14 — 98 pageviews2026-07-18 — 126 pageviews2026-07-22 — 130 pageviews2026-07-26 — 125 pageviews2026-07-30 — 105 pageviews2026-08-03 — 115 pageviews2026-08-07 — 124 pageviews2026-08-11 — 97 pageviews2026-08-15 — 76 pageviews2026-08-19 — 83 pageviews2026-08-23 — 122 pageviews2026-08-27 — 115 pageviews2026-08-31 — 135 pageviews2026-09-04 — 97 pageviews2026-09-08 — 77 pageviews2026-09-12 — 120 pageviews2026-09-16 — 96 pageviews2026-09-20 — 115 pageviews2026-09-24 — 78 pageviews2026-09-28 — 93 pageviews2026-10-02 — 356 pageviews2026-10-06 — 244 pageviews2026-10-09 — 327 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7102026-10-02 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-15 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 4 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2023-11-02, latest 2024-06-14 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DLogicPuzzleSci-fiLore-RichStory RichExplorationFirst-PersonThird Person3D Platformer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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