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The Talos Principle

Croteam · Devolver Digital · 2014-12-11

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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).

61
playing now
95%
positive of 33k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (466 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 42h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

61 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 61 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 5% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 825k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,019 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.75-85%
Fanatical$4.49-85%
Gamesplanet$4.49-85%
Humble Store$4.49-85%
Microsoft Store$29.99

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 80 of 109 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

131392026-08-06 21:00 — 98 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 56 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 68 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 108 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 50 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 107 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 122 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 98 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 119 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 79 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 96 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 43 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 67 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 101 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 81 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 110 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 50 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 63 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 92 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 65 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 68 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 80 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 74 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 53 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 73 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 61 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$43.65$2.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6981702026-05-30 — 215 pageviews2026-06-02 — 206 pageviews2026-06-05 — 242 pageviews2026-06-08 — 299 pageviews2026-06-11 — 310 pageviews2026-06-14 — 322 pageviews2026-06-17 — 268 pageviews2026-06-20 — 262 pageviews2026-06-23 — 225 pageviews2026-06-26 — 276 pageviews2026-06-29 — 243 pageviews2026-07-02 — 241 pageviews2026-07-05 — 698 pageviews2026-07-08 — 246 pageviews2026-07-11 — 222 pageviews2026-07-14 — 188 pageviews2026-07-17 — 279 pageviews2026-07-20 — 226 pageviews2026-07-23 — 249 pageviews2026-07-26 — 241 pageviews2026-07-29 — 225 pageviews2026-08-01 — 199 pageviews2026-08-04 — 194 pageviews2026-08-07 — 256 pageviews2026-08-10 — 194 pageviews2026-08-13 — 198 pageviews2026-08-16 — 231 pageviews2026-08-19 — 205 pageviews2026-08-22 — 201 pageviews2026-08-25 — 180 pageviews2026-08-27 — 246 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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