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The Talos Principle

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App ID 257510
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Devolver Digital, Croteam
Franchise The Talos Principle, Croteam, Devolver Digital
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Serious_Engine Engine
Last Changenumber 31825149
Last Record Update 21 October 2025 – 22:26:39 UTC ()
Release Date 11 December 2014 – 17:02:00 UTC ()
😍 93.39%
32k reviews
159
In-Game
🧩 Puzzle 🧙‍♂ Philosophical 🙌 First-Person 🚀 Sci-fi 🌫 Atmospheric

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).

Additional Information

Developer Croteam
metacritic_name The Talos Principle
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metacritic_score 85
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DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Devolver Digital
Store Release Date 11 December 2014 – 17:03:00 UTC ()
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Social Media https://www.facebook.com/TheTalosPrinciple/
https://x.com/TalosPrinciple
https://www.youtube.com/croteam/
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 11 December 2014 – 17:02:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 10 April 2025 – 23:27:11 UTC () (1744327631)
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schinese塔罗斯的法则
review_score 9
review_percentage 95
Detected Technologies (?) Serious_Engine Engine, AMD_GPU_Services SDK, Autodesk_FBX SDK, Lua SDK, OpenAL SDK, Tobii SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 1 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 3897867
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 28 September 2013 – 19:28:30 UTC (), in changelist #293298

Supported Languages

13 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes

Tags

🧩 Puzzle 🧙‍♂ Philosophical 🙌 First-Person 🚀 Sci-fi 🌫 Atmospheric 📚 Story Rich 👤 Singleplayer 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🤖 Robots 🗺 Exploration 🗺️ Adventure 🌱 Indie 🔚 Multiple Endings 😓 Difficult 🤫 Mystery ☢️ Post-apocalyptic 💥 Action 🖥️ Simulation 🔬 Science 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Includes level editor Remote Play on TV Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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timestamp10 April 2025 – 23:27:19 UTC

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timestamp 12 November 2015 – 21:48:53 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 159 players right now
  • 171 24-hour peak
  • 4,007 all-time peak 26 July 2015
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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 34 24-hour peak
  • 139,966 all-time peak
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  • 😍 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 93.39% SteamDB Rating
  • 30,762 95.4% positive reviews
  • 1,487 4.6% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
11 December 2014 Steam Release -
1 January 2016 ⇄ Humble Bundle: January 2016 Humble Monthly #3 -
25 May 2020 ⇄ Humble Store: Devolver Build Your Own Bundle -
9 February 2024 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Mind-Bending Masterpieces -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 159 players live playing The Talos Principle on Steam.

The Talos Principle had an all-time peak of 4007 concurrent players on 26 July 2015.

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