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The Talos Principle VR cover art

The Talos Principle VR

Croteam VR · Devolver Digital · 2017-10-17

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

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

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.

The Talos Principle VR is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $29.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (84% of 859 reviews).

3
playing now
84%
positive of 859 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 859 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 13 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
404020172026Week of 2017-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$4.492017-10-182026-09-092017-10-18 — 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 $5.992026-09-09 — best price $4.49
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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