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The Talos Principle

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For the VR version, see The Talos Principle VR.

The Talos Principle
The Talos Principle cover
Developers
Croteam
Publishers
Devolver Digital
Engines
Serious Engine 4
Release dates
Windows December 11, 2014
macOS (OS X) December 11, 2014
Linux December 11, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 85
OpenCritic 87
IGDB 87
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions Finite spend, Cosmetic
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
The Talos Principle on HowLongToBeat
The Talos Principle on IGDB
The Talos Principle on MobyGames
The Talos Principle on Wikipedia
The Talos Principle
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The Talos Principle 2014
The Talos Principle VR 2017
The Talos Principle 2 2023

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

General information

Developer Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Launcher
Standard version. Gold edition is not available.
Windows
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Gold Edition.
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Steam
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Gold Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Monetization

DLC is not available in the Epic Games version.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Road to Gehenna
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Serious DLC
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Bonus Content
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Prototype DLC
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Microtransactions

Type Notes
Cosmetic A single joke cosmetic DLC which replaces the narrator with Serious Sam
Finite spend Single cosmetic DLC

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use the +men_bShowIntroCutscene 0 command line argument

Game data

General settings.
General settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Epic Games Launcher <path-to-game>\UserData\Talos.ini
GOG.com <path-to-game>\UserData\Talos.ini
Microsoft Store
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/257510/local/Talos.ini
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

A backup of the save is stored in the same folder, called PlayerProfile.dat.bkp.
System Location
Epic Games Launcher <path-to-game>\UserData\<user-id>\Talos\PlayerProfile.dat
GOG.com <path-to-game>\UserData\<user-id>\Talos\PlayerProfile.dat
Microsoft Store
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/257510/remote/PlayerProfile.dat

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Only the player profile and progression is synced.
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Advanced settings.
Advanced settings.
Performance settings.
Performance settings.
Custom CPU settings.
Custom CPU settings.
Custom GPU settings.
Custom GPU settings.
Custom VRAM settings.
Custom VRAM settings.

High dynamic range (HDR)

Enable HDR output[1]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Talos.ini.
  3. Find the line gfx_bHDROutput = 0; and modify this to gfx_bHDROutput = 1;.
  4. Save the file and start the game.
DirectX 11 needs to be used as the renderer for this to work.

Input

Keyboard and mouse settings.
Keyboard and mouse settings.
Keyboard rebinding.
Keyboard rebinding.
Controller settings.
Controller settings.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, effects, music and voice.
Surround sound
Up to 7.1 using the XAudio option.[3]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D, Z3D, DirectVR
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.
Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking
In beta.[4] Supports: Clean UI, Dynamic Light, Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Interaction at Gaze.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 The Direct3D 9 renderer has been phased out. Direct3D 12 support has been introduced.[4]
OpenGL 2.1 This is being phased out.[5]
Vulkan 1.0 Added in Update 258375[6] for 64-bit version and Update 260924[7] for 32-bit version
Shader Model support 3, 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
32 bit only for steam version. Go to "Properties", then "Betas" and select "legacylinux -For ubuntu 13.10 or older". The game will automatically update. Select the 32-bit version when starting the game.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Dual-Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 480
ATI Radeon HD 5870
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT
Nvidia GeForce GT 320M
ATI Radeon HD 4670
512 MB of VRAM
OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.3 can run the legacy version of the game, but it is no longer being updated.
Intel integrated GPUs are not supported.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04
Processor (CPU) 2.2 GHz Dual-Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600/9600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 2600/3600
512 MB of VRAM


References