
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).
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,515 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Xbox, Epic publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $29.99 | 33.1Kreviews | 95% | — | $22M |
| $5.99−80% | 4Kratings | 94% | — | not modelled | |
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Reviews
Themes across 878 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
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A part of me is disappointed that the game's philosophical questions didn't stick with me as much as they probably should've, but that's more of a personal thing. The game conveys its ideas about what makes us ...us and consciousness pretty well. I had a good time with the puzzles; they had a good difficulty curve and gave you enough wiggle room to cheese them in small ways, which is even somewhat required to get all of the stars. Although I felt like some of the mechanics weren't fully utilized. Guess that's what the DLC is for. It's kinda wild that Croteam made this, considering how shaky their Serious Sam games usually turn out. There's just that extra bit of polish that I'm not used to from them. Except for maybe the audio balancing, those waterfalls are twice as loud as they probably should be.
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Languages: English*, French*, Italian*, German*, Spanish - Spain*, Russian*, Japanese*, Korean*, Polish*, Portuguese - Brazil*, Simplified Chinese*, Traditional Chinese* +1 more
| $29.99 |
| 593ratings |
| 90% |
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| $29.99 | — | 94% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 884 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Very good puzzle game, didnt care much about the story since i couldnt be bothered reading the walls of texts. Gameplay wise it was very entertaining, especially the stars. Trying to find where they are not so much, but solving them was a blast. Didnt really have a single boring minute playing this, highly recommend. 4/5
A genuinely beautiful game that simultaneously relaxes and challenges you via its engaging puzzles and well-paced exploration of philosophical ideas of being. Why they didn't reciprocate this formula in the second game is beyond me.
incredible game with some incredible ideas that I use and contemplate to this day. pertinent game for today's time
Some of the best puzzle design I've seen. The music and the visuals make a great backdrop whilst you solve. The story and philosophical themes felt forced at first, but it all came together very well by the end, and they can be mostly ignored anyway if you just want the puzzles.
I think I just got Elohim'd
这游戏让我找到一种玩传送门的感觉,一样的精妙,一样的有趣,一样的晕
The best puzzle game available
This game made me feel less alone and gave my heart some relief. Sometimes the weight of not being able to grasp reality and existence is too much for me, and I don’t have anyone to talk to about it, but this game made me feel seen. My only complaint is that it gave me tremendous motion sickness. I’ve never experienced this in a game before. Still, it was worth playing through, even though it hindered me significantly.
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Players by region
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