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The Talos Principle VR

Croteam VR · Devolver Digital · 2017-10-17

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 05, 2018 (Oculus VR), Oct 17, 2017 (Linux), Oct 17, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2017 (SteamVR)

The Talos Principle VR is a virtual reality version of Croteam's critically acclaimed first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction.

1
playing now
84%
positive of 860 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 37% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 860 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2024-08-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 14 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$4.492017-10-182026-08-132017-10-18 — best price $39.992018-02-19 — best price $39.992018-11-01 — best price $39.992019-03-04 — best price $5.992019-08-29 — best price $19.992019-11-15 — best price $39.992019-12-19 — best price $5.992020-05-25 — best price $5.992020-10-29 — best price $15.992021-01-05 — best price $39.992021-05-10 — best price $15.992021-07-23 — best price $15.992021-11-19 — best price $13.992022-02-02 — best price $39.992022-05-16 — best price $39.992022-07-18 — best price $13.592022-11-04 — best price $29.992022-12-19 — best price $29.992023-03-24 — best price $29.992023-06-19 — best price $29.992023-12-04 — best price $8.992024-02-08 — best price $8.992024-05-16 — best price $8.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-09-12 — best price $29.992024-12-09 — best price $4.492025-02-27 — best price $5.992025-05-29 — best price $4.492025-09-29 — best price $4.492025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-08-13 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
80.4%
earned "Logic check... OK"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,4441%40

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

Player tags

VRIndieActionPuzzleAdventureAtmosphericFirst-PersonSingleplayerPhilosophical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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