The Talos Principle 2

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The Talos Principle
Sigils of Elohim	2014
The Talos Principle	2014
The Talos Principle VR	2017
The Talos Principle 2	2023

The Talos Principle 2 is a singleplayer first-person and third-person puzzle game in the The Talos Principle series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
Humble Store
Steam

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Essential improvements

Skip intro video

Delete the intro video file

Delete the file Logo_All.bk2.bk2 from <path-to-game>\Talos2\Content\PrerenderedMovies\Bink

Notes

The game now skips to the Health warning screen right away.

This may need to be redone every time a new patch drops.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Talos2\Saved\Config\Windows\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/835960/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Talos2\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/835960/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		60° to 120°, Demo Info.
Windowed		Limited selection of resolutions, demo info.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Low, Medium, High, Ultra, DLAA
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 2.0, DLSS 3.5, XeSS 1.2, TSR, TAAU TAAU, DLSS, and TSR can be used at native quality, DLSS Frame Generation is supported.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame Rate Limit can be set to any value in the range 30...540, and Unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)		Software Lumen only.
Color blind mode		Has settings which change colors for Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia, can adjust strength of color blind filters, Demo Info.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.

Input

Control settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Cannot remove the ability to use the mouse for looking, Demo Info.
Mouse acceleration		Demo Info.
Mouse sensitivity		Can adjust sensitivity in both axis, Demo Info.
Mouse input in menus		Demo Info.
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Also X-Axis, Demo Info.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Some options are locked like movement, camera and pausing, Demo Info.
Controller sensitivity		Demo Info
Controller Y-axis inversion		Also X-Axis, Demo Info.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Demo Info.
Xbox button prompts		Demo Info.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Game doesn't support DS4 controller natively, yet has options for button prompts, Demo Info.
PlayStation button prompts		Demo info.
Light bar support		Demo info.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Demo info.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Demo info.
Haptic feedback		Demo Info.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Shifts between prompts, demo info

Keyboard and mouse key bindings
Controller button bindings

Audio

Sound settings

Gameplay settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Demo Info
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Can adjust volume percentage, Demo Info
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 (version 2004)
Processor (CPU)	4 core 2.5 GHz (AMD Ryzen 5, Intel Core i3/i5)	6 or 8 core 3.0 GHz (AMD Ryzen 7, Intel Core i5/i7)
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 AMD Radeon RX 6800 8 of VRAM
Other	Intel integrated GPUs are not supported.

Minimum is for Low Quality setting, 720p, producing 30 FPS. Recommended is for High Quality setting, 1080p, producing 60 FPS. Not final specs.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/835960/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (835960) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Croteam Discord #talos-2 - last accessed on 2023-05-24
"Damjan Mravunac: UE 4 from the start, and we switched to UE 5 mid development"

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/835960/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (835960) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/835960/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (835960) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Croteam Discord #talos-2 - last accessed on 2023-05-24
"Damjan Mravunac: UE 4 from the start, and we switched to UE 5 mid development"

[1]

[Note 1]

Developers

	Croteam
Publishers
	Devolver Digital
Engines
	Unreal Engine 5^[1]
Release dates
Windows	November 2, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Puzzle
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	The Talos Principle