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The Talos Principle

Croteam · Devolver Digital · 2014-12-11

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

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

Releases: Sep 04, 2018 (Xbox One), Dec 10, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 11, 2014 (Linux), Dec 11, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 13, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Oct 11, 2017 (iOS)

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

The Talos Principle is an Action Adventure Indie game released in 2014, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 33051 reviews).

168
playing now
95%
positive of 33k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (466 ratings)
4.69★
PlayStation Store rating (4,008 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 89% recommend · from 59 critics
20h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 42h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

168 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

The Talos Principle is a 2014 puzzle video game developed by Croteam and published by Devolver Digital. It was simultaneously released on Linux, OS X and Windows in December 2014. It was released for Android in May 2015, for PlayStation 4 in October 2015, for iOS in October 2017, for Xbox One in August 2018, and Nintendo Switch in December 2019. Virtual reality-enabled versions for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive were released on 18 October 2017. The downloadable content Road to Gehenna was released on 23 July 2015.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 168 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 682 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~85/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 829k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,143 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$2.99-90%
Fanatical$4.49-85%
Gamesplanet$4.49-85%
Humble Store$4.49-85%
Steam$4.49-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2023-09-26) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 107 of 133 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
61261220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

418292026-09-15 12:00 — 53 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 77 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 40 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 74 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 111 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 51 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 43 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 83 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 59 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 57 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 74 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 65 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 29 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 161 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 273 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 147 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 250 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 293 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 173 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 325 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 418 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 168 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 168 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8330Jun 2014Aug 2026Jun 2014 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2015 — avg 258 · peak 701Jun 2015 — avg 514 · peak 2,024Oct 2015 — avg 193 · peak 432Feb 2016 — avg 550 · peak 1,484Jun 2016 — avg 317 · peak 995Oct 2016 — avg 345 · peak 892Feb 2017 — avg 200 · peak 461Jun 2017 — avg 249 · peak 665Oct 2017 — avg 256 · peak 958Feb 2018 — avg 211 · peak 465Jun 2018 — avg 265 · peak 791Oct 2018 — avg 103 · peak 239Feb 2019 — avg 225 · peak 562Jun 2019 — avg 251 · peak 643Oct 2019 — avg 103 · peak 205Feb 2020 — avg 150 · peak 337Jun 2020 — avg 159 · peak 377Oct 2020 — avg 115 · peak 357Feb 2021 — avg 161 · peak 370Jun 2021 — avg 150 · peak 336Oct 2021 — avg 130 · peak 339Feb 2022 — avg 109 · peak 256Jun 2022 — avg 114 · peak 237Oct 2022 — avg 75 · peak 159Feb 2023 — avg 85 · peak 170Jun 2023 — avg 191 · peak 471Oct 2023 — avg 360 · peak 874Feb 2024 — avg 200 · peak 424Jun 2024 — avg 179 · peak 400Oct 2024 — avg 126 · peak 276Feb 2025 — avg 159 · peak 379Jun 2025 — avg 106 · peak 255Oct 2025 — avg 97 · peak 234Feb 2026 — avg 104 · peak 253Jun 2026 — avg 109 · peak 258Aug 2026 — avg 74 · peak 144
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$43.65$2.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $26.302015-05-27 — best price $36.782015-08-17 — best price $36.952015-12-19 — best price $39.992016-02-24 — best price $9.992016-07-07 — best price $38.652016-12-22 — best price $9.992017-07-21 — best price $9.992018-01-07 — best price $7.992018-07-05 — best price $39.992019-02-11 — best price $39.992019-10-02 — best price $39.992020-01-09 — best price $7.992020-04-02 — best price $9.992020-08-06 — best price $39.992021-01-05 — best price $39.992021-06-12 — best price $5.992021-10-18 — best price $5.992022-01-14 — best price $7.992022-04-11 — best price $7.992022-06-17 — best price $39.992022-08-23 — best price $7.122022-12-03 — best price $39.992023-03-02 — best price $39.992023-05-23 — best price $29.992023-08-07 — best price $7.492023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-03-07 — best price $3.752024-06-17 — best price $4.492024-09-16 — best price $4.492024-12-10 — best price $3.752025-03-03 — best price $29.992025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $3.752026-02-04 — best price $4.492026-05-02 — best price $4.002026-08-03 — best price $4.492026-08-30 — best price $4.492026-10-03 — best price $4.492026-10-14 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6981602026-05-30 — 215 pageviews2026-06-03 — 241 pageviews2026-06-07 — 239 pageviews2026-06-11 — 310 pageviews2026-06-15 — 292 pageviews2026-06-19 — 267 pageviews2026-06-23 — 225 pageviews2026-06-27 — 283 pageviews2026-07-01 — 223 pageviews2026-07-05 — 698 pageviews2026-07-09 — 252 pageviews2026-07-13 — 220 pageviews2026-07-17 — 279 pageviews2026-07-21 — 198 pageviews2026-07-25 — 229 pageviews2026-07-29 — 225 pageviews2026-08-02 — 241 pageviews2026-08-06 — 199 pageviews2026-08-10 — 194 pageviews2026-08-14 — 271 pageviews2026-08-18 — 199 pageviews2026-08-22 — 201 pageviews2026-08-26 — 272 pageviews2026-08-30 — 212 pageviews2026-09-03 — 173 pageviews2026-09-07 — 212 pageviews2026-09-11 — 183 pageviews2026-09-15 — 239 pageviews2026-09-19 — 163 pageviews2026-09-23 — 172 pageviews2026-09-27 — 211 pageviews2026-10-01 — 359 pageviews2026-10-05 — 432 pageviews2026-10-08 — 555 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4002026-10-07 21:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
92.2%
earned "Logic check... OK"
21.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing4 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2014-12-11, latest 2015-07-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)47,2476%40
PS4 (PlayStation)12,17521%40
Xbox One (Xbox)6,1395%40
Windows (Xbox)9858%40
Switch (Nintendo)1280%0

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

IndiePuzzleRobotsSci-fiMysteryAdventureDifficultStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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