Croteam

The Talos Principle

2014 science fiction video game · puzzle video game · action game^*

At a glance

Genres

Play modes

single-player video game

Series

The Talos Principle

Game facts

Developers

Croteam

Publishers

Devolver Digital
Croteam^*

Engines

Serious Engine 4

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Platforms

Players by platform

Microsoft Windows^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
1^*

Content classifications

ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*
Classification
T - Teen^*

Compatibility and community reports

Steam Deck^*
Compatibility category
Playable^*
Controller support · 2026-06-27^*
Controller support
Full^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Playable^*
Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Platinum^*
Reports
74^*
Community confidence
strong^*

System requirements

Linux · Minimum^*
Operating system
Ubuntu 14.04^*
Processor alternatives
Dual-core 2.2 GHz^*
Memory
2 GB RAM^*
Graphics alternatives
nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT 512MB VRAM, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 512MB VRAM^*
Storage
5 GB available space^*
macOS · Minimum^*
Operating system
OSX version Lion 10.7^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz^*
Memory
2 GB RAM^*
Graphics alternatives
nVidia GeForce GT 9600M/320M 512MB VRAM, AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB VRAM (Intel integrated GPUs are not supported!)^*
Storage
5 GB available space^*
Conditions
OSX 10.5.8 and 10.6.3 can run the legacy version of the game, but it is no longer being updated.^*
Windows · Minimum^*
Operating system
Windows 7^*
Processor alternatives
Dual-core 2.0 GHz^*
Memory
2 GB RAM^*
Graphics alternatives
DirectX 11 class GPU with 1GB VRAM (nVidia GeForce 480 GTX, AMD Radeon HD 5870)^*
Graphics API
Version 9.0c^*
Storage
5 GB available space^*
Windows · Recommended^*
Graphics alternatives
AMD RX 480 or NVIDIA GTX 970^*
Processor alternatives
Quad-core 3.0 GHz^*
Memory
4 GB^*
Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*
Memory
4 GB^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
macOS^*
Supported
Yes^*
Linux^*
Supported
Yes^*

Interface languages

English^*
Full audio
Yes^*
French^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Italian^*
Full audio
Yes^*
German^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Russian^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Japanese^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Korean^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Polish^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Portuguese - Brazil^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Simplified Chinese^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Traditional Chinese^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Czech^*

Audio languages

English^*
French^*
Italian^*
German^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Russian^*
Japanese^*
Korean^*
Polish^*
Portuguese - Brazil^*
Simplified Chinese^*
Traditional Chinese^*
Czech^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Steam Achievements^*
Full controller support^*
Steam Trading Cards^*
Steam Workshop^*
Steam Cloud^*
Includes level editor^*
Remote Play on TV^*
Family Sharing^*

Store genres

Action^*
Adventure^*
Indie^*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from The Talos Principle

Screenshot 2 from The Talos Principle

Screenshot 3 from The Talos Principle

* Provisional data